Improvement in Hand-Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Hand-Cultivators.

Patent for "hand-cultivators; and the novelty consists in the improved construction and arrangement of the stock, tongue, and plows; and in the application to the end of the tongue of a shoulder-strap to assist in working the implement." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1872
Creator: Jones, William G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Washing Machines.

Patent for the improvement of washing machine mechanisms.
Date: February 14, 1871
Creator: Jones, William G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cinder and Smoke Consuming Apparatus. (open access)

Cinder and Smoke Consuming Apparatus.

Patent for "devices for conducting exhaust steam, gases and cinders to the fire place of a boiler and is primarily intended for use in locomotive boilers, and its object is to increase the efficiency of such apparatus" (lines 11-16).
Date: February 14, 1893
Creator: Little, Francis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston Packing. (open access)

Piston Packing.

Patent for a new and improved piston packing. This design consists in a "piston head cast entire and having radial arms bored out, in combination with the piston-segments, the steam-ports in the piston-plates, and stems of said segments, packing expansible rings on said stems, and the expansible packing-rings inclosing the said piston-segments" (lines 87-93).
Date: February 7, 1888
Creator: St. James, Henry L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1407 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1407

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: Mandatory or permissive character of provisions for a county engineer in the Harrison County Road & Bridge Law.
Date: February 13, 1952
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-22 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-22

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 proposed plan of the Marshall National Bank, Marshall, Texas, to provide additional banking facilities is in violation of Article 342-903, V.C.S, Texas Banking Code of 1943.
Date: February 11, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Valve Cage for Air-Brake Pumps (open access)

Air-Valve Cage for Air-Brake Pumps

Patent for an air valve cage for air brake pumps which reduces the wear on the air brake pump and substantially reduces the maintenance costs of the system.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Mattingly, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake (open access)

Air-Brake

Patent for an air brake for trains that reduces jerking when the brakes are applied.
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Mead, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Brake Hanger (open access)

Railway-Brake Hanger

Patent for "improvements to Railway-Break Hanger;...will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same"(lines 6, 9-11).
Date: February 26, 1901
Creator: Saling, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Hammer. (open access)

Electric Hammer.

Patent for an electric hammer operated by magnetic pull.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Smith, Reuben S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Caddo Lake State Park

Map of Caddo Lake State Park depicting camp sites, natural features, and other park amenities.
Date: February 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Caddo Lake State Park

A map of Caddo Lake State Park created by Texas Parks and Wildlife. The map contains the features of the park such as the boundaries of Saw Mill Pond and Big Cypress Bayou, check out times, bathroom locations, parking locations, footpaths, etc. The map contains a picture of an alligator alongside men fishing in a boat.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Caddo Lake State Park

Map of the Caddo Lake State Park outlining hiking trails and highlighting activities, facilities, and other features such as bathrooms, lodgings, water/electric, etc. It also contains general information for the park and for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History