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
Flushing Apparatus. (open access)

Flushing Apparatus.

Patent for a flushing apparatus to be used to flush tanks that are normally kept empty. It is also "an improved siphon for emptying the tank, and also an improved mechanism for starting the siphon" (lines 22-24).
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Ackley, George D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Corn And Cotton-Seed Planters. (open access)

Improvement In Corn And Cotton-Seed Planters.

This patent is an upgraded corn and seed planter machine that plants corn, cotton, and other types of seeds for mass production. The machine is aligned with the surface of the ground. It does not converse with the plows that are attached to it, freeing up the machine to release seeds proficiently with ease.
Date: April 9, 1878
Creator: Adams, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reproducing Device for Graphophones. (open access)

Reproducing Device for Graphophones.

Patent for a reproducing device for graphophones improving the objects that transmit sound to the horn or like element and provide a new means to mount the tone arm. It further improves the means for mounting the needle on the device.
Date: April 22, 1919
Creator: Adams, Henry Rolland
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tile-Machine. (open access)

Tile-Machine.

Patent for a tile pipe molder that "expeditiously and cheaply make subirrigating pipe right at the side of the ditch where it is to be laid" (lines 10-13).
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Adamson, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter Attachment. (open access)

Seed-Planter Attachment.

Patent for "seed-planter attachments; and it has for its object to provide a new and useful machine of this character adapted to simultaneously plant two rows of corn, cotton, or other seed at any desired distance apart and to also provide means for marking the third row at any width from the planter." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 14, 1896
Creator: Adkins, Stephen J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker. (open access)

Cotton-Picker.

Patent for a skeleton glove for picking cotton that protects the fingers from chafing from the plant through the use of metal or leather thimbles on the end of each finger of the glove.
Date: April 2, 1907
Creator: Adkins, Willis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 6, Number 4, April 1975 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 6, Number 4, April 1975

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: April 1975
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 7, Number 4, April 1976 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 7, Number 4, April 1976

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: April 1976
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 8, Number 3, April 1977 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 8, Number 3, April 1977

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: April 1977
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 9, Number 4, April 1978 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 9, Number 4, April 1978

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: April 1978
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 10, Number 3, April 1979 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 10, Number 3, April 1979

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: April 1979
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 11, Number 4, April 1980 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 11, Number 4, April 1980

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: April 1980
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 12, Number 4, April 1981 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 12, Number 4, April 1981

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: April 1981
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 13, Number 4, April 1982 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 13, Number 4, April 1982

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: April 1982
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 14, Number 4, April 1983 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 14, Number 4, April 1983

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: April 1983
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 15, Number 2, April 1984 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 15, Number 2, April 1984

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: April 1984
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Perkins and JTPA: Adequacy, Effectiveness, Coordination (open access)

Perkins and JTPA: Adequacy, Effectiveness, Coordination

Biennial report about the impact of two federal laws -- the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act & Job Training Partnership Act -- including the effectiveness of Texas programs, coordination between the vocational education and the JTPA, and recommendations of the Council.
Date: April 1989
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Battalion, Volume 7, Numbers 7-8, April-May 1900 (open access)

The Battalion, Volume 7, Numbers 7-8, April-May 1900

Monthly literary journal of A. & M. College of Texas containing original short stories, essays, poetry, and other creative works written by students.
Date: April 1900
Creator: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Austin Society.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Battalion, Volume 29, Number 30, April 1921 (open access)

The Battalion, Volume 29, Number 30, April 1921

Monthly literary journal of A. & M. College of Texas containing original short stories, essays, poetry, and other creative works written by students.
Date: April 29, 1921
Creator: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Austin Society.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
208 Planning Detailed Work Program (open access)

208 Planning Detailed Work Program

Report detailing the analyses and investigations needed over a two year period, formulates operable alternative subplans for the management of water quality, and resolves environmental problems throughout the Alamo Area Council of Governments 208 Region.
Date: April 1976
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
AACOG Region, Volume 6, Number 2, April 1979 (open access)

AACOG Region, Volume 6, Number 2, April 1979

Monthly newsletter of the Alamo Area Council of Governments describing news and events of relevance to the agencies.
Date: April 1979
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
AACOG Region, Volume 14, Number 4, April 1987 (open access)

AACOG Region, Volume 14, Number 4, April 1987

Monthly newsletter of the Alamo Area Council of Governments describing news and events of relevance to the agencies.
Date: April 1987
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan Quarterly Report: January - March 1977 (open access)

Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan Quarterly Report: January - March 1977

Quarterly report of the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan in/near San Antonio, Texas describing the program's activities, contract status, finances, relationships with other agencies, and additional information for the third quarter of 1977.
Date: April 1977
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History