79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 55, Chapter 284 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 55, Chapter 284

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of portions of Interstate Highway 20 inside Dallas and Tarrant Counties as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway.
Date: June 16, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup. (open access)

Stirrup.

Patent for a new and improved stirrup. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the upper tubular cross-tie, of the stirrup in open-communication through the sides of the latter and serving for attachment of the stirrup strap, of the fender and the cord, arranged to unite the upper portion of the fender to the stirrup" (lines 76-81).
Date: June 16, 1885
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whip. (open access)

Whip.

Patent for a new and improved whip. This design "consists in a combination, with a metallic or other rigid handle, of a whip body or core composed of cotton or other vegetable fibrous material, in one or more strands, having wire wrapped about or incorporated with them, and in the combination therewith of a vulcanized rubber covering, the fibrous material giving the necessary flexibility to the body or core of the whip and the wire applied thereto, said material protecting the latter from injury during the process of covering or vulcanizing the rubber covering" (lines 16-28).
Date: June 16, 1885
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Straightening and Coiling Machine (open access)

Wire Straightening and Coiling Machine

Patent for a wire straightening and coiling machine. Illustrations included.
Date: June 16, 1908
Creator: Horsley, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History