Irrigating Apparatus. (open access)

Irrigating Apparatus.

Patent for a new and improved irrigation apparatus. This design "pertains to improvements in irrigating apparatus, having for its object to prevent the choking or obstructing of the nozzle and to effect the proper distribution of the water; and it consists of the combination and construction of parts" (lines 13-18).
Date: May 27, 1884
Creator: Chisholm, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Multiple Telegraph (open access)

Multiple Telegraph

Patent for "a simple device of this character by means of which any one of a number of instruments or translating devices at a distance may be operated over a single line-wire and by means of a single flow of electric current through said wire" (lines 10-15).
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Foster, Samuel T., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a new and durable valve design, with illustrations.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Villareal, Patricio
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Picking Cotton. (open access)

Machine for Picking Cotton.

Patent for an improved machine for picking cotton that is designed for the purpose of picking cotton fiber from the plants of the row. The machine is adapted to pass along over the row to extract the fiber from the bolls of the plants. The machine's provision allows for discharging the hairy tuft of the cotton seeds into elevating chutes so that the cotton seed can be discharged into a suitable receptacle mounted upon the framework of the machine.
Date: May 18, 1920
Creator: Threadgill, Wilmer
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2617, Chapter 897 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2617, Chapter 897

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in the city of Laredo.
Date: 2007-05/2007-06
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2476, Chapter 231 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2476, Chapter 231

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the operations of health care funding districts in certain counties located on the Texas-Mexico border.
Date: May 29, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History