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- Apparatus for Loading Cotton-Bales, &c.
- Patent for an apparatus for loading cotton-bales onto trucks from the compress. It is comprised of a cylinder, a piston, a piston rod, an inlet and exhaust pipes and a valve, a chain with grapnels at one end end and the other end is connected to the piston rod, a sheave, an adjustable slidable trip rod, a pivoted trip lever connected to the cylinder, a four armed lever connected to the valve, and connecting rods.
- Cotton and Corn Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design "features . . . first, reciprocating forked seed pushers or plungers attached to a sliding frame and operating alternately to deliver the seed through a covered opening in the bottom of the hopper, whence it passes into the furrow; second, an intermittently-rotating shaft arranged in the seed-hopper and provided with spiral or oblique arms for agitating the seed and feeding it toward the discharge opening" (lines 15-24).
- Bailing-Press.
- Patent for Bailing Press including illustrations. The purpose of the bailing press was to improve "the bailing-press especially adapted for bailing cotton, which press is simple in construction, strong and durable, and operates rapidly" ( lines 9-12).
- Copy Holder.
- Patent for a new and improved book holder. This design "consists in the peculiar construction of the main frame or case provided at or near one end with a slot or opening to expose a portion of the blank paper, and a clamping device to hold the copy-slips, and at its opposite end with a tubular instrument and pen-wiper receptacle" (lines 21-27).
- Windmill.
- Patent for an automatic windmill "which will be capable of obtaining a large amount of power from a comparatively light wind." (Lines 14-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Side Guide for Printing and Lithographic Presses.
- Patent for a new and improved side guide for printing and lithographic presses. This design consists "in a novel construction of . . . feed-guides . . . and a double guide on a single support . . . which may be adjusted a short distance or entirely across the feed board or base of a printing or other press and can be used either on the right or left hand side of the press" (lines 13-23).
- Harness-Saddle.
- Patent for an adjustable harness-saddle that has self-adjusting trees and doesn't pinch or injure the horse.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7251
- 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: Under the provisions of Article 7345-D, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, does the Commissioners Court of Travis County, as a Board of Equalization, have the authority to remove and cancel from the delinquent tax rolls of Travis County taxes, penalties and interest that have been erroneously assessed against property that is exempt from taxation by statute according to findings of the Commissioners Court of said County?
- Framometer
- Patent for a framometer. This invention is a square and to be used by house builders. Illustration included.
- Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, April 24, 2013
- Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the forty-sixth day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, First Called Session, June 24, 2011
- Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the 14th day of the first called session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Paving
- Patent for road paving material with cement as a base and stones or gravel used as a topping. Asphalt is poured over the gravel to extend the life of the paving.
- Case for Rural-Mail Carriers.
- Patent for a device to enable rural mail carriers to efficiently carry and store postal items for sale. The storage unit (device) is water-resistant to protect the items inside from inclement weather while delivering mail.
- 86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1821, Chapter 184
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of State Loop 111 in Travis County as the Richard Overton Memorial Highway.
- Condenser for Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for "Improvements in Condensers for Cotton-Presses," (lines 6-7) including illustrations. The invention is designed with cotton bale presses in mind, specifically the "condenser or bat forming device" (line 11).
- Process of Producing Perhalates
- Patent for an improved process of producing perhalates, perchlorates, and their corresponding acids.