86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1821, Chapter 184 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1821, Chapter 184

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of State Loop 111 in Travis County as the Richard Overton Memorial Highway.
Date: May 24, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Condenser for Cotton-Presses.

Patent for "Improvements in Condensers for Cotton-Presses," (lines 6-7) including illustrations. The invention is designed with cotton bale presses in mind, specifically the "condenser or bat forming device" (line 11).
Date: May 24, 1921
Creator: Taft, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Side Guide for Printing and Lithographic Presses. (open access)

Side Guide for Printing and Lithographic Presses.

Patent for a new and improved side guide for printing and lithographic presses. This design consists "in a novel construction of . . . feed-guides . . . and a double guide on a single support . . . which may be adjusted a short distance or entirely across the feed board or base of a printing or other press and can be used either on the right or left hand side of the press" (lines 13-23).
Date: May 24, 1892
Creator: Davis, Frederick C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History