84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1059, Chapter 205 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1059, Chapter 205

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the issuance of certain permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles.
Date: May 28, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trapping Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Insect-Trapping Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for "new and useful improvement in insect-trapping attachments for cultivators" (lines 5-7) including illustrations.
Date: March 28, 1916
Creator: Etheredge, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Equilibrium-Retaining Device for Flying-Machines. (open access)

Equilibrium-Retaining Device for Flying-Machines.

Patent related to automatic means for maintaining equilibrium while operating heavier-than-air flying machines through the use of valves.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Macmanus, Augustus Frederick Watson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Processes for Preserving Wood. (open access)

Improvement in Processes for Preserving Wood.

Patent for preserving wood from the ravages of marine insects (lines 7-8).
Date: July 28, 1874
Creator: Archer, Roger W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check-Writer. (open access)

Check-Writer.

Patent for a new check-writer machine capable of typewriting bank checks and similar documents with two sets of type, allowing for the printing of payee names, numerical amounts, and word amounts in a single movement.
Date: June 28, 1921
Creator: Wendelken, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History