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Car-Shading Adjuster.
Patent for a car-shade adjuster in passenger-coaches of street-cars that allows shades to "be raised or lowered at will and held firmly in any desired position" (lines 18-19). It is set in tracks in the window frame, held in place by springs, and bearings to keep friction between the shade-roller and track.
Date:
July 28, 1896
Creator:
Smith, Earl W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1084
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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The gross receipts tax liability of United Gas Pipe Line Company by virtue of recent extension of the corporate limits of Dallas and Houston.
Date:
August 17, 1950
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reed-Organ
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of reed organs.
Date:
July 9, 1907
Creator:
England, James R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Opener and Cleaner.
Patent for cleaning and renovating cotton and other fibrous materials that are found in the lint that falls from the gin in the regular ginning process.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Garner, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Renovating Plant.
Patent for getting knowledge on how to collect the cotton and make it usable.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
James C. Garner, of Dallas, Texas & Charles S. Reynolds, of Houston, Texas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate.
Patent for a crate for eggs which allows the eggs to be suspended in individual compartments for shipping. The crate will be lined with flexible material that will cushion the egg absorbing shock, including illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Smith, Nora S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Gear Shifting Device.
Patent for a new transmission gear shifting device will "provide means for shifting the transmission parts of an automobile or other motor driven vehicle, without employing the usual hand levers and appliances, and to do so by means of electrically controlled operating mechanisms in combination with certain component parts." (Lines 12-18) including illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
De Witt, G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thermostat.
Patent for an improved and automatic thermostat tool to regulate temperature including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 28, 1915
Creator:
Royall, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2803, Chapter 869
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including conforming amendments.
Date:
June 15, 2017
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power Generating Unit for Locomotive Headlights
Patent for an invention that makes the manufacturing of headlights inexpensive, while also keeping the headlights durable and able to fit in a relatively small space.
Date:
November 2, 1920
Creator:
Lacey, Benjamin Burton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History