Auxiliary Piano Pedal (open access)

Auxiliary Piano Pedal

Patent for an auxiliary piano pedal. This invention is an improvement to the construction of an auxiliary pedal and foot-rest for children. Illustration included.
Date: March 19, 1907
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stock and Freight Car (open access)

Combined Stock and Freight Car

Patent for improved stock-car with provided attachments for conversion to freight-car.
Date: June 19, 1906
Creator: Wyatt, Everett
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Manufacturing Heating and Illuminating Gas (open access)

Apparatus for Manufacturing Heating and Illuminating Gas

Patent for an apparatus for manufacturing heating and illuminating gas. Illustration included.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Wynne, Milton P. & Wagley, Samuel L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle (open access)

Bale-Tie Buckle

Patent for a bale tie buckle made from one piece of wire.
Date: December 19, 1911
Creator: McFarland, Frank H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopping Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Cotton-Chopping Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for a cotton chopping attachment for cultivators. Illustrations included.
Date: March 19, 1912
Creator: Walthall, John & Carter, Oliver C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Holder (open access)

Bag-Holder

Patent for bag holder " an improved cabinet for holding paper bags and the like articles; and the object is to construct a useful, inexpensive cabinet which will be light and compact and practical and in which bags may be placed and taken out when needed without mutilating the bags" (lines 7-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 19, 1901
Creator: Thompson, King D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Ship (open access)

Aerial Ship

Patent for "a ship for navigating the air, which shall be almost or quite as easily governed and controlled as regards its course of travel, irrespective of the direction of the wind and in other respects, as a ship provided with propelling means, used to sail in or through the water" (lines 9-15).
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Riddle, William Nelson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angle-Cock. (open access)

Angle-Cock.

Patent for "a locking device for the train pipe valve or plug, and a connection separate from the train pipe and under the control of the engineer, to manipulate the said locking device and secure the valve or plug in position." (Lines 13-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 19, 1895
Creator: Waldron, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6789 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6789

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 persons fishing in the channel of the West Fork of the Trinity River are fishing in Lake Worth proper which requires a special license.
Date: August 19, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1170 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1170

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: Whether the Tarrant County Hospital District is authorized to add the functions and duties of the Senior Public Health Nurse under the facts stated.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fuse Plug (open access)

Automatic Fuse Plug

Patent for "improvements in automatic fuse plugs" (lines 12-12). These are "adapted to be successively engaged by a swinging contact arm" (lines 16-17).
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Bowman, Levi M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter Attachment. (open access)

Carbureter Attachment.

Patent for a carbureter attachment.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: McDonald, James A. & Harris, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Derailing Block dated October 1, 1918 (open access)

Derailing Block dated October 1, 1918

Patent for new and improved detailing rocks for railroads. What makes this unique is that the clamp can be quickly and effectively clamped to railroad tracks.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Samuel Harvey Garrett & Joseph Owen Staude
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1139, Chapter 1182 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1139, Chapter 1182

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the operation and administration of and practice in courts in the judicial branch of state government, the composition of certain juvenile boards, and the increase of certain filing fees.
Date: June 19, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultural Resources Survey Within the Goldenn Triangle Addition, Tarrant County, Texas (open access)

Cultural Resources Survey Within the Goldenn Triangle Addition, Tarrant County, Texas

A report of an archaeological survey done at Big Bear Creek in order to locate and make recommendations about the significance of any cultural resources that may have been present.
Date: November 19, 2007
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Machine. (open access)

Advertising-Machine.

Patent for a machine that displays advertisements in a rotation.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Barnett, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of North Texas System Annual Financial Report: 2018 (open access)

University of North Texas System Annual Financial Report: 2018

Annual financial report of Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the University of North Texas System documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2018.
Date: November 19, 2018
Creator: University of North Texas System
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box Bull and Calf Wheel Gudgeon. (open access)

Box Bull and Calf Wheel Gudgeon.

Patent for protection and strengthening of box bull and calf wheel gudgeons. The purpose is to prevent various troubles with well drilling (oil, etc.).
Date: July 19, 1921
Creator: Taylor, James Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indicator for Pressure Gages (open access)

Indicator for Pressure Gages

Patent for an indicator for pressure gages. Illustration included.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Fields, Roberts E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wagon-Brakes. (open access)

Improvement in Wagon-Brakes.

Patent for a foot operated wagon braking mechanism, including illustrations. Patent for a better alternative to lever brakes on buggies and wagons as the braking mechanism is "out of the way, and not noticeable or prominently visible from the sides of the vehicle".
Date: June 19, 1877
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Ginning, Cleaning, and Bleaching Cotton. (open access)

Process of Ginning, Cleaning, and Bleaching Cotton.

Patent for improvements to the processes of ginning, cleaning, and bleaching cotton, and "particularly to stripping the lint cotton from the seed and for treating cotton with an air treatment after it leaves the saws" (lines 10-13), including illustrations.
Date: June 19, 1917
Creator: Hodo, Wesley A. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock with a locking plate that can be used for multiple nuts, "particularly those used in securing the joints of railroad rails, frogs, switches, and crossings" (lines 10-12), with illustrations.
Date: June 19, 1906
Creator: Taylor, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie for Wire Fencing. (open access)

Tie for Wire Fencing.

Patent for tie for woven fencing that holds the vertical and horizontal wires firmly together and uses less wire in the tie, thereby making the ties more cost effective.
Date: February 19, 1907
Creator: Collar, Charles T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Apparatus (open access)

Washing Apparatus

Patent for a washing apparatus that cleans clothes with boiling soapy water. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Sheard, Harry Hitner
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History