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Improvement in Rotary Engines.
Patent for rotary engines "driven by steam or other elastic agent, or which may be used for pumping water" (lines 29-32) to obtain "a more direct application of the force applied to drive the engine" (lines 39-40) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 6, 1872
Creator:
Richardson, John Dun
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds.
Patent for a new medical compound to remedy chills and fever.
Date:
February 7, 1871
Creator:
Lister, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vapor-Burners.
Patent for, "an improved construction and arrangement of vapor-burner, by which the same is readily lighted, adjusted to a larger or smaller flame, or extinguished" (lines 13-17). Illustration included.
Date:
February 27, 1877
Creator:
Sawyer, Frederick A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saw-Mills
Patent for an improvement in saw mills, with illustration.
Date:
February 9, 1875
Creator:
Linder, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in Adjustable Cultivators"
Date:
February 8, 1876
Creator:
Price, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Instruments for Filling Teeth
Patent for improvement in instruments for filling teeth. "The object of this invention is to furnish an improved mode of filling teeth, by the use of which the filling may be built up, hardened, and polished at once, so that the filling will be as hard as marble when the patient leaves the operator's chair, and so that they can be immediately used for masticating."
Date:
February 29, 1876
Creator:
Ludwig, Carl D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compositions for Filling Teeth.
Patent for a new compound for use as a tooth filling as related to dentistry. Names all of the ingredients forming the compound and lists the necessary proportions of each ingredient.
Date:
February 9, 1875
Creator:
Erlenmeyer, Erwin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Holder.
Patent for a bicycle-holder that holds the bicycle upright. It consists of "a pair of plates clamped upon a portion of the frame of a bicycle, two pairs of ears formed integral with and depending from said plates, one pair of ears being formed convcavo-convex to form a socket between them and constructed with semicircular notches in their lower edges, a rod having a ball or spherical body on its upper end that is located and held for movement in the so formed socket, a lug formed integral with the lower end of one of the remaining pair of ears, and an arm pivoted between said remaining pair of ears, said arm having a bifurcated lower end that engages the rim or tire of the front wheel of the bicycle" (lines 40-54).
Date:
February 11, 1896
Creator:
McKanna, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester.
Patent for a cotton-harvester meant to pick the ripe cotton but leaves the plants or unripe cotton and to improve the construction of cotton-harvesters.
Date:
February 25, 1896
Creator:
Pickering, Charles H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Funnel for Forcing Molasses, &c.
Patent for a new and improved funnel. This design "relates to improvements in funnels for transferring molasses and other thick liquid and substances from one receptacle into bottles, jars, and other vessels; and the objects of [the] improvements are to provide a funnel with means for securing it to a table, counter, &c.; to provide said funnel with means for forcing a liquid therethrough and the forcing apparatus with a detachable spout thereunder" (lines 10-19).
Date:
February 2, 1886
Creator:
Henke, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard for Railroads.
Patent for a cattle-guard for railroads that is "a series of plates or slates mounted with the capability of partial or complete rotation on axes substantially parallel with the rails and between the said rails and on either side of the track so as to span the road bed or space between the ends of the fence" (lines 25-31). The plates have longitudinal flanges with serrated edges.When the cattle step on the guard, they will experience pain and avoid the spot.
Date:
February 6, 1894
Creator:
Lee, Jacob M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for the "construction of a spark-arrester adapted to the smoke-stack of any locomotive" (lines 12-13) detailing a new and better combination and arrangement of plates and screens.
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Wiggin, John E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swing.
Patent for improvement in swings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 7, 1888
Creator:
Goebel, Herman A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oscillating Engine
Patent for improvements to oscillating steam engines, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
February 26, 1884
Creator:
Gilbert, John Oakley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Operating Mechanism.
Patent for a switch-operating mechanism than "may be changed quickly and positively from a moving car" (lines 15-16).
Date:
February 13, 1894
Creator:
Lott, Charles C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer.
Patent for improvements in fertilizers “for restoring to the soil the elements which form the food for plants, and which have been abstracted therefore by the absorption of successive crops, or which are naturally deficient in quantity or entirely wanting in the soil.” (Lines 12-16) Instructions on preparing the fertilizers and ingredients are included. No illustration.
Date:
February 21, 1882
Creator:
Elsasser, Isaac
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito-Net Frame.
Patent for a mosquito-net frame that can support a tester, but does not require one to operate. The net can be draped over a bed and moved out of the way again without interfering with the tester.
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
Lottman, Albert C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for "a non-refillable bottle of simple, cheap, and improved construction, which can be quickly and easily sealed" (lines 13-15). The bottle can be emptied easily.
Date:
February 2, 1897
Creator:
Saunders, David R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attachment.
Patent for "an improved construction for draft attachments whereby we may dispense with the action of the ordinary doubletree or evener and throw the draft of each animal directly upon the axle-clips or fixed point of attachment on its side of the axle, thereby causing the draft of each animal to be independent of the other and avoid the tendency of the stronger, or in starting the quicker animal, pulling the weaker or slower animal backward and to one side of the line of draft." (Lines 14-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Harmon, William Ellis & Garwood, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attachment for Doubletrees.
Patent for "a draft attachment which shall prevent the swaying of the pole or tongue sidewise, and cause the draft of the animals to be independent of each other." (Lines 19-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Harmon, William Ellis & Garwood, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3049
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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Accrual of tax levied by Article 7047(41.a), Vernon's Annotated Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, upon the sale of cement to contractor under a "cost-plus-affixed-fee" contract with the War Department for the construction of a Total and Explosive plant at Baytown, Texas.
Date:
February 21, 1941
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1012
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 applicability of State inspection fees to a fertilizer sold by the City of Houston.
Date:
February 21, 1950
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-3
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, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Duty of Criminal District Attorney of Harris County generally in civil matters and to represent Harris County Flood Control District.
Date:
February 9, 1953
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-21
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, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Tax status of building owned by the Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Roman Catholic Church.
Date:
February 9, 1967
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History