Harness-Rack. (open access)

Harness-Rack.

Patent for a simple harness rack that can be attached to a wagon bed, and is meant to conveniently hold harnesses when the horses are not hitched. The device can be turned out of the way when not being used.
Date: October 10, 1893
Creator: Kitching, John Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in plows; and it has for its object the production of simple and highly-efficient means for regulating the depth and penetration of the plowshare in all kinds and conditions of soil." (Lines 10-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 22, 1895
Creator: Sinclair, James & Sellers, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Funnel and Gage. (open access)

Funnel and Gage.

Patent for a funnel and gage with a mechanism used to indicate "when the proper amount of water has been inserted in the battery" (lines 14-15).
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Burkett, Joseph Benjamin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heat-Producing Process. (open access)

Heat-Producing Process.

Patent for Improvements in Heat-Producing Processes by way of "process of producing heat and conserving heat..." for use in various types of furnaces (lines 9-10).
Date: October 15, 1918
Creator: Bone, David R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-285 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-285

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: What is the legal authority for the creation of Independent School Districts at the Gainesville State School, the Gatesville State School and the Colored Girls Training School at Crockett, Texas, since Opinion No. WW-251 does not define these schools as Eleemosynary Institutions? and related questions.
Date: October 24, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History