Machine for Packing Cotton. (open access)

Machine for Packing Cotton.

Patent for a new and improved packer. This design consists "[i]n a cotton-packer, the combination of the frame, guides mounted therein, rack-bars moving in the said guides, a press-box and steam-cylinder, and heads secured to the rack-bars and moving in the press-box and cylinder, respectively, cog-wheels of different diameters journaled in the frame and meshing with the rack-bars, and anti-friction rollers pivoted in the guides and bearing against the rack-bars" (lines 4-13).
Date: May 21, 1889
Creator: Brady, Farley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoe-Sharpening Device. (open access)

Hoe-Sharpening Device.

Patent for a mechanical hoe sharpening device with a holder for the hoe blade and a file that is operated by a lever.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Criddle, Thomas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1051, Chapter 49 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1051, Chapter 49

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of a campus of the Texas State Technical College System in Ellis County.
Date: May 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History