Corn Planter (open access)

Corn Planter

Patent for a corn planter. This invention is simple and compact and does not require manual actuation of the drum for the dropping mechanism. It can be used for corn and similar seeds, including cotton and seeds with fibrous coating. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Robinson, Charles William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7474 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7474

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: Does the Commissioners' Court of Henderson County have the authority to employ an attorney to act as legal adviser for the Court and expend county funds to pay him a monthly fee or salary for said services?
Date: November 8, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter. (open access)

Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the beam, of a hopper having the front hole, the elastic standards, beam bows or braces, and the eye-rod . . . [as well as] the handles of a planter, secured detachably in a clip on the end of the beam and just within the front of the hopper" (lines 71-77).
Date: November 16, 1886
Creator: Pulley, David F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Pneumatic Toy. (open access)

Rotary Pneumatic Toy.

Patent for improvements in rotary pneumatic toys, "which can be carried by a child and caused to rotate by the action of the air when the toy is carried rapidly or if the air is violently circulated" (lines 11-15) including illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1986
Creator: Laube, Godfried
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History