Well Mechanism. (open access)

Well Mechanism.

Patent for an improved mechanism for drawing water from an artesian or a driven well and which can be assembled and adjusted from outside the well.
Date: May 29, 1906
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo. (open access)

Silo.

Patent for a reinforced concrete silo, including specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Abbett, Edgar J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Smoothing-Drag. (open access)

Smoothing-Drag.

Patent for useful improvements to smoothing-drags which are "designed for the purpose of smoothing roads".
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Parker, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Disk Drill (open access)

Rotary Disk Drill

Patent for rotary disk drills with an illustration included. This drill is meant to be "efficient and strong and so arranged as to be inexpensive of manufacture and easily kept in serviceable condition." (lines 18-23)
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3442, Chapter 299 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3442, Chapter 299

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 566; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: May 29, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History