Burial Apparatus. (open access)

Burial Apparatus.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in "a burial device adapted particularly for use as a cemetery hearse and also for depositing the casket in the grave" (line 12 - 15).
Date: June 7, 1898
Creator: Thorne, Richard Hamilton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Retainer (open access)

Buggy-Top Retainer

Patent for a buggy top retainer designed to keep the top of a buggy stable as it is driving over rough terrain. Illustrations included.
Date: June 23, 1908
Creator: Allison, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Coffee-Pot. (open access)

Collapsible Coffee-Pot.

Patent for a new and improved collapsible coffee pot and similar receptacles, including illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Irwin, Walter W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle Support (open access)

Bicycle Support

Patent for a bicycle support, which can be attached to different bicycles and carried in the pocket.
Date: June 17, 1902
Creator: Moss, Eric
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Attachment. (open access)

Buggy-Top Attachment.

Patent for a new and useful buggy top attachment, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 13, 1899
Creator: Peikert, Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerodrome (open access)

Aerodrome

Patent for an aerodrome/helicopter with improved wing design.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Snow, Guy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Locking and Releasing Device for Mining-Cars (open access)

Automatic Locking and Releasing Device for Mining-Cars

Patent for an automatic locking and releasing device for mining carts and cages. Illustrations included.
Date: June 15, 1909
Creator: Stroope, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Riding Breaking-Plows (open access)

Attachment for Riding Breaking-Plows

Patent for a seeder attachment for riding breaking plows.
Date: June 21, 1910
Creator: Harrell, Joab B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridge Construction. (open access)

Bridge Construction.

Patent for a new and useful bridge construction, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 14, 1898
Creator: Davidson, James Allen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support. (open access)

Buggy-Top Support.

Patent for buggy-top support by providing a device that can “secure the folding top of any vehicle and will protect the bows from strain and breakage, when in lowered position and will also prevent all rattling of and shocks of the folding top.” (Lines 11-15) Illustration is included.
Date: June 4, 1901
Creator: Mason, Everett H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerodrome (open access)

Aerodrome

Patent for an aerodrome. Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Mayhew, Nathaniel L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Airship (open access)

Airship

Patent for an airship that is equipped with gas bags to control the ascent and descent of the airship and make it float in case of landing in the water.
Date: June 11, 1912
Creator: Bradshaw, John F. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shears And Knife (open access)

Combined Shears And Knife

Patent for a knife attached to shears.
Date: June 26, 1900
Creator: Fulks, Fredrick F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bake-Oven (open access)

Bake-Oven

Patent for "an oven through which a current of cool or heated air may be passed to maintain the same at a desired temperature for either purposes of baking, evaporating, drying or roasting substances therein, as may be found desirable" (lines 10-15).
Date: June 12, 1900
Creator: Turner, Robert W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Apparatus. (open access)

Cleaning Apparatus.

Patent for a cleaning apparatus, which cleans objects by blasting air across them and has an air cleaning system for use after the cleaning is done.
Date: June 1, 1909
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support (open access)

Buggy-Top Support

Patent for a supporter for the top of a buggy. Illustrations included.
Date: June 29, 1909
Creator: Putman, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corner Brace and Hinge for Screens (open access)

Combined Corner Brace and Hinge for Screens

Patent for combined corner brace and hinge for screens. Illustration included.
Date: June 12, 1911
Creator: Kirk, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auger-Bit (open access)

Auger-Bit

Patent for an auger bit used for boring holes. Illustrations included.
Date: June 22, 1909
Creator: Harris, Lawrence P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Catching Waste Products From Lead, Silver, or Other Smelters. (open access)

Apparatus for Catching Waste Products From Lead, Silver, or Other Smelters.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in apparatus for "catching the waste products from lead, silver , or other smelters" (line 5 - 7).
Date: June 6, 1899
Creator: Sergeant, Walter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cash-Fare-Slip Holder (open access)

Cash-Fare-Slip Holder

Patent for a cash fare slip holder for use on train or trolley lines.
Date: June 7, 1910
Creator: Thomsen, Herman E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Level and Try Square (open access)

Combined Level and Try Square

Patent for a combined level and try square tool. Illustrations are included.
Date: June 18, 1909
Creator: Blackwell, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard (open access)

Cattle Guard

Patent for a cattle guard. "This invention is a cattle guard having transverse drainage conduits with overhanging plates and so proportioned that the foot of an animal will be projected into the conduit" (lines 13-17). Illustration included.
Date: June 26, 1906
Creator: Lee, Jacob Martin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Review of the Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department (open access)

A Review of the Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an independent accounting and analysis of all funds received under the Alberti court order and state funds allocated to Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department (CSCD) for fiscal years 1994 and 1995.
Date: June 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Review of Fiscal Year 2002 Encumbrances and Payables at Selected Agencies (open access)

A Review of Fiscal Year 2002 Encumbrances and Payables at Selected Agencies

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to reviewing encumbrances and accounts payable at seven agencies to determine whether they accurately reported their obligations as of August 31, 2002, in accordance with Accounting Policy Statement (APS) 018: Encumbrance Report and Lapsing of Appropriations.
Date: June 2003
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History