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Occurrence, Availability, and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 2
The second volume of a two part report on the Creataceous aquifers in Texas. This volume contains information on water wells, water levels, and chemical analyses.
Date:
July 1982
Creator:
Nordstrom, Philip L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1091
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The validity of H.B. 626, 57th Legislature, Regular Session, 1961, in prescribing, inter alia, a chief clerk for the Probate Court of Tarrant County.
Date:
July 18, 1961
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box Bull and Calf Wheel Gudgeon.
Patent for protection and strengthening of box bull and calf wheel gudgeons. The purpose is to prevent various troubles with well drilling (oil, etc.).
Date:
July 19, 1921
Creator:
Taylor, James Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Repairing Scored Cylinders.
Patent for repairing scored cylinders in internal combustion engines by making the cylinders as smooth and hard as before they were scored and by filling the scores with metal to maintain the firmness.
Date:
July 12, 1921
Creator:
Eury, Zebulon J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Strap Binder or Lock and Record-Check.
Patent for an improved strap-binder or lock and record-check that is "simple, effective, and comparatively inexpensive" to manufacture (lines 8-11).
Date:
July 7, 1921
Creator:
Glisson, Amos A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguisher for Aeroplanes and the Like.
Patent for a fire extinguisher apparatus to be used in air crafts, boats, and other vehicles designed to be lightweight and to quickly extinguish fires.
Date:
July 5, 1921
Creator:
Clark, Walter C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Comfort and the Like.
Patent for a loosely woven material that covers household furnishings so it can be easily cleaned and then reattached.
Date:
July 27, 1920
Creator:
McNatt, Lucie R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Control for Radiator Drain-Cocks.
Patent for "controlling devices for operating the valves of radiator drain cocks and for cleaning the drain cock pipe, and the object is to provide a convenient device by which the drain cock valve can be easily and quickly closed or opened and by which the drain pipe can be cleaned and kept cleaned." (lines 10-16)
Date:
July 27, 1920
Creator:
Brandt, Herman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Attachment for Scales.
Patent for improvements in advertising attachments for scales to "provide an attachment of the character specified, wherein a series of display members are provided, mounted to be moved into different positions, to bring different matter into different positions, and controlled to movement by the stepping onto the weighing platform of the one to be weighed." (lines 11-18)
Date:
July 13, 1920
Creator:
Funk, Arthur Neal
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen Pickup-Roller.
Patent for improvements for condensing things such as lint and hair and removing them from "the screen cylinder of the apparatus by a screen pickup roller." (lines 13-15)
Date:
July 13, 1920
Creator:
Martin, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hollow Building-Tile.
Patent for hollow building blocks or tile in a block form with a groove to easily insert a nailing strip which can be secured with nails or screws.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Taylor, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pie-Carrier.
Patent for "relatively inexpensive carriers for delivering or shipping pies" (lines 11-12), including one illustration.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Hubig, Simon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Jack.
Patent for improvements to pump jacks. Simple gravity actuated devices are provided to aid the power mechanism of the pump jack, resulting in smoother, more even operation.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Dayton, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Jack
Patent for an improved pump jack to increase its power when in use.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Dayton, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy-Wrapping Machine.
Patent for a candy and small object wrapping machine that automatically cuts, feeds, and positions paper, making use of a folding arm. Intended to significantly decrease time taken to wrap small objects by hand.
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Greer, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Splitting-Ax
Patent for a splitting ax to be used for splitting wood, especially rails, constructed in a manner to prevent the ax wedge from sticking in the rail. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Sandidge, Thomas R., Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Mail-Box and Door-Bell
Patent for a combined mailbox and doorbell. The invention automatically sounds a bell when mail is placed inside that can be set up directly on the house or at a distance. The invention also serves to protect the mail from rain and mail thieves.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
McDonald, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Vaporizing-Plug
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Vaporizing-Plugs" (lines 5-6). "This invention... has for its principle object the production of a device which is adapted to be carried upon a manifold of an internal combustion engine... so that upon each stroke of the piston, or pistons, air will be drawn into the intake manifold where it will be mixed with gas passing therethrough, thus forming a charge which will have more power when exploded and which will prevent the formation of carbon deposits within the cylinders and which will also reduce the cost of operation of the engine." (lines 9-23).
Date:
July 2, 1918
Creator:
Floyd, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swing
Patent for a new lawn swing design meant to be "a simple and inexpensive swing which will be strong and durable" (lines 10-12) and that will engage all muscles in its operation, including illustrations.
Date:
July 2, 1918
Creator:
Bretz, Don C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor
Patent for improvements to tractors which are designed with the driver's seat positioned on the trailing unit. The improvements allow for tools to be attached in such a way cultivating may be done near fences and other common obstructions.
Date:
July 1, 1918
Creator:
Chenoweth, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Deep Wells.
Patent for a device that uses hot steam to clean caked-on paraffin, mud, and other substances out of oil well pumping apparatuses.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Deats, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Visual Automatic-Setback Annunicator.
Patent for an indicator dial controlled by magnets to read out a display for an instrument via a lever.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Stephens, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scarifier and Blocker.
Patent for a scarifier and blocker designed specifically to go around small plants that is mounted on wheels.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Weisenborn, George P. A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Roll Former for Linter Condensers.
Patent for Auxiliary Roll Former for Linter Condensers.
Date:
July 5, 1917
Creator:
Prater, C.E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History