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Improvement in Hame-Tugs for Harness. (open access)

Improvement in Hame-Tugs for Harness.

Patent for the improvement of hame-tugs for harnesses, using a metallic hame-tug. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: August 15, 1871
Creator: Dawson, Paul R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Metallic Window-Blinds. (open access)

Improvement in Metallic Window-Blinds.

Patent for "a blind which acts both as a barrier to the progress of flames attacking windows and as a convenient shutter for the common purposes, and is adapted to be adjusted and securely locked in an open or closed position." (Lines 21-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 10, 1875
Creator: Mackrell, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Fences.

Patent for improvement in rail-fence by using “triangular-shaped posted or couplings; it consists in arranging posts of a triangular form and a certain construction diagonally with the rails forming the body of each panel, so that long and short rails may be utilized.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.
Date: August 20, 1872
Creator: Willie, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Choppers (open access)

Improvement in Cotton Choppers

Patent for improvement in cotton choppers creating a more effective machine relating to the cultivating and chopping of cotton. Includes labeled figures and descriptive text
Date: August 16, 1873
Creator: Garrett, Joseph M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for improved bale-ties, including illustrations.
Date: August 10, 1875
Creator: Jones, Henry Bradley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists "of a draw-head, a depending hook pivotally mounted therein, a transverse pin arranged on the bottom of the mouth of the draw-head and provided intermediate its ends with a notch to permit the passage of the lower end of the hook, a spring for holding the notch away from the hook, and means for sliding the pin to bring the notch opposite the hook" (lines 83-91).
Date: August 16, 1892
Creator: Davis, William Haywood
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Trunk and Dressing-Case. (open access)

Combined Trunk and Dressing-Case.

Patent for a combined trunk and dressing-case. The trunk has drawers, and the lid of the trunk has a mirror in its lid. "The lid is connected at one end by a hinged strap with one end of the body of the trunk, so as to be adapted to be moved into position for closing the body and to be supported in upright position on the same in line with the bottom, so that it forms a proper support for a looking-glass, shelf, and the like" (lines 19-26).
Date: August 18, 1896
Creator: Witteborg, Ernest
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Loading Cartridges. (open access)

Machine for Loading Cartridges.

Patent for "improvement in machines for loading cartridges" (lines 5-6), with instructions and illustrations
Date: August 10, 1886
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for a hay press that has two adjacent press chambers, that alternate producing hay bales. "the press-chambers are each provided with a lid that is hinged to the longitudinal partition between the press-chambers and that is locked in closed position by hinged bails, said lids being so arranged that one can be moved over the other according as the bale is to be removed from one press-chamber or the other" (lines 20-27).
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: Witte, Armin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Water Heater. (open access)

Feed-Water Heater.

Patent for a feed-water heater for steam-boilers. It provides "such a heater having an arrangement of distributing-troughs located in such a manner as to evenly distribute the water over tubes in thin streams or a thin sheet, whereby it may be quickly heated, and, furthermore, in so constructing the parts that the interior portions comprising the circulating tubes and troughs may be easily removed for the purpose of cleaning" (lines 10-18).
Date: August 25, 1896
Creator: Muday, George T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7298 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7298

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 or not the Chief of Police of the city of Brenham, Texas, is entitled to collect the fees provided under Article 1065, Code of Criminal Procedure, and especially under Section 5 thereof.
Date: August 8, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing Machine (open access)

Automatic Weighing Machine

Patent for an automatic weighing machine. Illustration included.
Date: August 4, 1908
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Trunk And Dressing-Case. (open access)

Combined Trunk And Dressing-Case.

Patent for a new and useful combined trunk and dressing case. This design is to "provide a simple and efficient device of the character specified having a large amount of space for receiving different articles of wearing-apparel and for inclosing various kinds of toilet appliances" (line 9 - 14).
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Carraway, Esther P. H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound For Treating Seeds. (open access)

Compound For Treating Seeds.

Patent for a new and useful composition of matter to be used for killing weevils in corn, beans, or peas, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 9, 1898
Creator: Thiele, Gustav
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coop (open access)

Folding Coop

Patent for folding coop. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Franke, Herman R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blinn College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 (open access)

Blinn College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015

Report submitted by Blinn College containing background information on the commission, and summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2014 and 2015 with supporting documentation.
Date: August 16, 2012
Creator: Blinn College
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barrington Living History Farm [Rack Card] (open access)

Barrington Living History Farm [Rack Card]

Card advertising Barrington Living History Farm with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.
Date: August 2014
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History