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Check Book.
Patent for an improvement to check books and covers.
Date:
April 10, 1900
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for invention relating "to improvements in automatic car-couplings" (lines 9-10) for railroad cars.
Date:
April 16, 1901
Creator:
Priddy, Miles C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements in baling presses: "This invention relates to baling presses provided with runners, (instead of the usual wheels,) to be removed about the field; and my objects are, to construct such a press in such a manner that it can be readily started down with but few stakes, second; to provide a rigid but removable side brace to prevent the press from canting, and third; to prevent the operating lever from canting or swinging upward or downward when in operation; and to promote simplicity" (lines 17-27).
Date:
April 10, 1894
Creator:
Schubert, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Stool.
Patent for an adjustable and foldable stool for but not limited to field workers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1880
Creator:
Smith, William Alexander & Smith, Robert Toumbleson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 123
Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate honoring the Ennis High School Lions football team for winning the 2004 Class 4A Division I state championship.
Date:
April 11, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6527
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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Ellis County can legally expend funds out of the Permanent Improvement Fund for the purpose of building and altering a building with the City of Ennis?
Date:
April 20, 1945
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Compressor.
Patent for a more efficient air compressor with high and low pressure chambers formed of mating sections that can be detached to make repairs to the piston as necessary.
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
Murphy, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbon-Removing Tool
Patent for a new and improved carbon removing tool, which allows for the removal of carbon from the pistons of internal combustion engines. Includes illustrations.
Date:
April 12, 1921
Creator:
Slagle, Eugene H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence, Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 1
Report on the quality and availability of ground water in the cretaceous aquifers of north-central Texas. Includes maps, hydrographs, rainfall data, pumpage, and more.
Date:
April 1982
Creator:
Nordstrom, Phillip L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chicken-Brooder
Patent for an improved Chicken-Brooder that provide an improved brooder especially for outdoor use or independently of poultry house.
Date:
April 29, 1919
Creator:
Murray, Richard R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for improvements “in axle-nut wrenches in which the wrench comprising an angular socket portion adapted to extend partially within the wheel-hub to engage the nut,” (lines 81-83) so that the nut may be unscrewed by rotating the wheel. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Haines, Samuel Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved wheel. This design consists in "inner spokes [that] are inclined outwardly, and the outer spokes [that] are inclined inwardly toward their remote ends, whereby compression of the rim of the wheel is transformed into lateral thrusts on the hub, and the lateral thrusts counterbalance each other" (lines 45-51).
Date:
April 9, 1889
Creator:
Stroud, Wiley N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life-Insurance Table or Chart.
Patent for a new and useful life-insurance table of chart.
Date:
April 5, 1898
Creator:
Neal, Nathan P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Sulky-Plows.
This pantent was created for the construction and preperation of a sulky plow cultivator. The invention was created for new and mechanical improvements.
Date:
April 9, 1878
Creator:
Tucker, Argyle W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Throat Latch Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved throat-latch fastener. This design consists in a "connecting-plate for bridles, having the side and end bars, the intermediate transverse bars . . . and the central longitudinal bar, having a stud in one portion thereof" (lines 79-83).
Date:
April 17, 1888
Creator:
Hopson, Franklin Oliver
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milking Device
Patent for a portable milking device for cows. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 30, 1912
Creator:
Lévay, Ellis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy
Patent for a whirligig toy that rattles.
Date:
April 16, 1912
Creator:
Webster, George Lamont
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for a new and improved design and construction for washing machines.
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Davis, John Lafayette
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit or Vegetables Slicer
Patent for a fruit or vegetable slicer.
Date:
April 14, 1903
Creator:
Lallement, Julius A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hammer
Patent for a hammer
Date:
April 28, 1903
Creator:
Rowe, George Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge.
Patent for improvements in suspension-bridge by using a combination of upper main cables reached from one pillar to the opposite pillar and anchored in the rear side of the pillars. A pair of lower cables at each side of the bridge; each pair being crossed at the center of the A-shaped or angular girders, these girders are bent for use as receiving hooks to form vertical stays. A series of girders hold the upper and lower cables in position thus making the bridge strong, light and rigid span. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 28, 1891
Creator:
Tucker, Argyle W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self Locking Mechanism for Steering Wheel Shafts of Automobiles.
Patent for new and useful improvements to the shaft of steering wheels making them safer and easier to handle.
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Cowart, Stephen A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard
Patent for improvements in plow mold-boards, specifically for shedding sticky soil, and includes illustrations and description.
Date:
April 8, 1913
Creator:
Martin, William A. & Coleman, Robert J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for Nut-Lock. The invention is to enable locking a nut upon a bolt, to keep from coming undone due to vibration.
Date:
April 2, 1918
Creator:
Morris, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History