79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 123 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 123

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate honoring the Ennis High School Lions football team for winning the 2004 Class 4A Division I state championship.
Date: April 11, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence, Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 1 (open access)

Occurrence, Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 1

Report on the quality and availability of ground water in the cretaceous aquifers of north-central Texas. Includes maps, hydrographs, rainfall data, pumpage, and more.
Date: April 1982
Creator: Nordstrom, Phillip L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6527 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6527

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 Ellis County can legally expend funds out of the Permanent Improvement Fund for the purpose of building and altering a building with the City of Ennis?
Date: April 20, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbon-Removing Tool (open access)

Carbon-Removing Tool

Patent for a new and improved carbon removing tool, which allows for the removal of carbon from the pistons of internal combustion engines. Includes illustrations.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Slagle, Eugene H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chicken-Brooder (open access)

Chicken-Brooder

Patent for an improved Chicken-Brooder that provide an improved brooder especially for outdoor use or independently of poultry house.
Date: April 29, 1919
Creator: Murray, Richard R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Necktie-Tying Form. (open access)

Necktie-Tying Form.

Patent for improvements in necktie tying forms. The device is place on the necktie as a form to be tied around and to provide a flat smooth support for the folds of the knot. The purposes of this invention is to avoid the wrinkling and loosening lining that can occur when a necktie is repeatably tied. Additionally its purpose is to improve the lifespan of the necktie.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Wofford, Bushrod W. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for Nut-Lock. The invention is to enable locking a nut upon a bolt, to keep from coming undone due to vibration.
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: Morris, W.T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Locking Mechanism for Steering Wheel Shafts of Automobiles. (open access)

Self Locking Mechanism for Steering Wheel Shafts of Automobiles.

Patent for new and useful improvements to the shaft of steering wheels making them safer and easier to handle.
Date: April 3, 1917
Creator: Cowart, Stephen A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Tramper (open access)

Cotton-Tramper

Patent for a cotton-tramper with less than five horsepower and an eccentrically mounted drum for more efficient cotton tramping.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Whitt, Joseph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire and Armor Therefor (open access)

Pneumatic Tire and Armor Therefor

Patent for an armor for pneumatic tires. This armor allows the the tires to move freely and the replacement of the thread easily.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Posey, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard (open access)

Moldboard

Patent for improvements in plow mold-boards, specifically for shedding sticky soil, and includes illustrations and description.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Martin, William A. & Coleman, Robert J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Compressor. (open access)

Air-Compressor.

Patent for a more efficient air compressor with high and low pressure chambers formed of mating sections that can be detached to make repairs to the piston as necessary.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Murphy, Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milking Device (open access)

Milking Device

Patent for a portable milking device for cows. Illustrations included.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Lévay, Ellis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy (open access)

Toy

Patent for a whirligig toy that rattles.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Webster, George Lamont
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle-Clamping Device (open access)

Receptacle-Clamping Device

Patent for a receptacle clamp. Illustrations included.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Williams, Winfield B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Abrams, Frederic
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hammer (open access)

Hammer

Patent for a hammer
Date: April 28, 1903
Creator: Rowe, George Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit or Vegetables Slicer (open access)

Fruit or Vegetables Slicer

Patent for a fruit or vegetable slicer.
Date: April 14, 1903
Creator: Lallement, Julius A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for improvements “in axle-nut wrenches in which the wrench comprising an angular socket portion adapted to extend partially within the wheel-hub to engage the nut,” (lines 81-83) so that the nut may be unscrewed by rotating the wheel. Illustration is included.
Date: April 15, 1902
Creator: Haines, Samuel Alfred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for invention relating "to improvements in automatic car-couplings" (lines 9-10) for railroad cars.
Date: April 16, 1901
Creator: Priddy, Miles C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for a new and improved design and construction for washing machines.
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Davis, John Lafayette
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check Book. (open access)

Check Book.

Patent for an improvement to check books and covers.
Date: April 10, 1900
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life-Insurance Table or Chart. (open access)

Life-Insurance Table or Chart.

Patent for a new and useful life-insurance table of chart.
Date: April 5, 1898
Creator: Neal, Nathan P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines. (open access)

Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for "an attachment which can be applied to the table of a sewing-machine and removed therefrom at a moment's notice and which can be taken apart when required and reduced to a small package for the purpose of storing or placing aside when not required for immediate use." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1897
Creator: King, James E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History