Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: October 1, 1907
Creator: Murray, Joel S. & Scarborough, Ezem H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6187 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6187

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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Pipelines subject to taxation in and for Anderson County Levee Improvement District No. One.
Date: October 1944
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel Bearing. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel Bearing.

Patent for vehicle wheel bearing that provide an economical, safe, durable, reliable and light running spindle, for use in connection with automobiles and other fast running or weight carrying vehicles, including illustrations.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Douthit, Albert G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Fences (open access)

Improvement in Portable Fences

Patent for an improvement to portable fences so that they can be "easily and cheaply constructed in sections, and then quickly put together and firmly braced and supported." (lines 14-17) Illustration included.
Date: October 3, 1876
Creator: Martin, Josiah
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow (open access)

Harrow

Patent for a harrow. Illustration included.
Date: October 30, 1906
Creator: Henderson, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for an oil burner, which atomizes oil through the injection of steam that helps the oil to burn more easily.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Milton, John Foy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History