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Blotter Holder.
Patent for a new and improved blotter-holder. This design "relates to improvements in devices for attaching to the top of a desk the sheet of blotting-paper usually employed as a surface upon which to write; and it consists in certain appliances by which the blotter will be held tightly and securely to the desk-top and which will present no obtruding edges" (lines 11-18).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Welch, James S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Quality in the Blaine Aquifer of Texas
"The purpose of this report is to describe the water quality of the Blaine Aquifer, particularly as compared with public drinking water standards, and to analyze, if possible, any changes in water quality over time."
Date:
May 2011
Creator:
Hopkins, Janie & Muller, Chris
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobile-Footboards.
Patent for a device to attach to an automobile footboard that can swing out and right angles to the automobile and act as a receptacle for packages. The device can be folded under the footboard when not in use.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Woodley, Henry J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaluating the Ground Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 1
First volume of a report documenting a study to map the High Plains aquifer and obtain data about various measurements and aspects of the aquifer. This volume provides "interpretive information presented as text and related tables and regional figures."
Date:
May 1984
Creator:
Knowles, Tommy; Nordstrom, Phillip & Klemt, William B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The High Plains Region
Report on economic forecast and outlook for the High Plains Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date:
May 2002
Creator:
Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Stirrup
Patent for various improvements in safety stirrups.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Sipes, Alfred M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly Trap.
Patent for a new and improved fly-trap. This design "is to produce a fly-trap the bait-pan of which will be operated by certain mechanism to bring it under the trap, and in such a manner that the flies will be compelled to fly into the trap, and thus be captured. Furthermore, the object of the invention is to produce a simple and effective fly-trap" (lines 13-19).
Date:
May 7, 1889
Creator:
Russell, George Washington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History