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- Adjustable Pilot.
- Patent for Improvements in Adjustable Pilot for locomotives
- Angelina & Neches River Authority Annual Financial Report: 2017
- Annual financial report of the Angelina & Neches River Authority documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2017.
- Apparatus for Repairing Automobile Radiators
- Patent for an apparatus meant to assist in the repair of automobile radiators by holding the radiator in place and keeping all parts necessary for repair easily accessible.
- Archaeological Survey East of Prairie Creek, Dallas and Collin Counties, Texas
- A report for a cultural resources survey for the proposed Huck Finn Trail to be placed east of Prairie Creek in Richardson, Texas.
- Automobile-Windlass
- Patent for an improvement to automobile windlasses. The improvement allows automobile to be removed from any road obstruction easily and quickly.
- Bag-Holder
- Patent for bag holder that is adapted to receive and hold bags of any size in a way that is convenient for removal as needed.
- Bale-Band Fastening
- Patent for bale bend fastening that includes a winding-key engaging the lapped ends of a bale-band and a lock for retaining the winding key against the reverse movement after the latter has been turned to wind the connected ends of the band for the purpose of taking up the slack in the latter (Lines 8-15)
- Burglar-Alarm.
- Patent for Buglar-Alarm. Adding protection to building windows.
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design's "objects are, first, to couple cars of various altitudes; second, to couple the cars automatically; third, to uncouple from the top or side of the car; [and] fourth, to dispense with pins" (lines 16-20). It consists in a "draw-head [that] is provided with an elastic cover having a link-lifting arm secured thereto, a lever for oscillating said cover, performing the duplex function of disengaging the link and permitting its egress, a sloping projection from the base of said draw-head engaging the link on contact, and the bent link" (lines 51-58).
- Churn.
- Patent for a new and improved churn. This design "relates to improvements in churn-powers in which suitable gearing and frame-work operate in conjunction with a vertically-reciprocating dasher; and the objects of [the] improvements are, first, to provide for the quick and convenient detaching of the churn from the driving mechanism; and, second, to afford facilities for the proper adjustment of the device to the different sizes of churns" (lines 7-16).
- Churn-Truck.
- Patent for a churn truck. It allows for "receiving churns in order," can be "moved to various places" as needed, and "the truck being provided with means for facilitating pushing or pulling thereof" (lines 10-15). Illustration included.
- Clasp
- Patent for a new and improved clasp. This design "compris[es] a base and a reversely bent or inclined retaining or clamping arm formed of a single continuous wire with an eye at one end thereof and a bend or enlargement at the other end thereof, the frame or base being substantially rectangular, and the upward bent arm extending through the eye at one end of the base and having the bend or enlargement at the other end arranged near or against the end bar at the opposite end of the frame" (lines 66-76).
- Crude Oil Refining Process
- Patent for the refinement of crude oil, producing refined oil in an economic manor.
- Dentistry
- Patent for a device to tighten and hold loose teeth to the jaw.
- Dress Stay.
- Patent for a new and improved dress-stay. This design "is to avoid the use of paste or stitches in connection with the application of the stay, as well as to provide a stay which may be readily detached and reattached in case it be desired to change the location of the seam in order to make the garment either larger or smaller. To this end the invention consists in a stay-body of steel, whalebone, or some other resilient material inclosed within a suitable casing, and wire fasteners passing through said body, through the outer side of said casing, and through the edges of the seam at either side" (lines 10-23).
- Elevating-Truck.
- Patent for new improvements for a portable elevating truck, used for handling and storing heavy material to stack on each other. (referred to as "decking") using an endless chain on an incline.
- Furnace
- Patent for locomotive-boiler furnaces with an easy to remove mounted fire box
- Gate.
- Patent for a gate "in which the one hinge point is adapted to be shifted to cause the gate to swing in one direction or the other... [by] providing means for shifting the hinge point of the gate from a carriage or a wagon on the roadway without leaving the latter" (lines 11-13, 15-17); including instructions and illustrations.
- Guide and Depth Regulator
- This patent is for an improved form of guide and depth regulators by Mr. Frank B. Dow. This improved design "relates to new and useful improvements in guides and depth regulations for shovel plows," while "providing simple and easy means for the parts involved," (lines 9-16).
- Improvement in Compounds of Bitumen, Ore, &c.
- Patent for a new compound called Bitumenated Ore. "The product is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for both small and massive structures, and for plastering and other purposes." (Lines 66-29)
- Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.
- Patent for improvement to cotton and corn planters, including a hinged or pivoted frame to carry the plows which can be adjusted by foot levers. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Cotton-Sprinklers
- Patent for Improvements to cotton-sprinklers that provides "effective distribution of poisonous liquids upon cotton-plants, for the purpose of destroying the cotton-worm or other destructive insects." (lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustration.
- Improvement in Harmony Attachments for Piano-Fortes.
- Patent for, "an attachment for piano-fortes, whereby the musician may play the melody upon an instrument like the violin with his hands in the usual manner, and the accompaniment or harmony by operating the attachment with his feet."
- Improvement in Harrows and Clod-Crushers
- Patent for the improvement in the design of harrows and clod-crushers.
- Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.
- Patent for mixing mineral or fossil substances with bituminated clay, creating a product that "is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for building both small and massive structures, and for other purposes" (lines 54-57).
- Knockdown Barrel.
- Patent for a new and improved knockdown barrel. This design "is to provide a cheap and easily constructed knockdown barrel for shipping fruit and other commodities. [The] improvement consists of the construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 7-11).
- Lamp-Operating Mechanism.
- Patent for the improvement within the lamp operating mechanism for automobiles. The invention allows lamps to be turned on simultaneously by using the front wheels.
- Line-Insulator.
- Patent for Line-Insulator for improvements telephone and telegraph line
- Mechanical Motor.
- Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "is to convert a given rotary into a vertical reciprocating motion, and to provide means whereby the stroke of the reciprocating motion may be increased or diminished, according to the use or work to which the machine may be applied; and to these ends the novelty consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the same" (lines 10-18).
- Music Holder and Turner.
- Patent for a devise that turns the leaves of books or music books, which "may be supported upon the music-rack of a piano, organ, or similar instrument." (lines 13-14)
- Oil-Burner.
- Patent for an oil-burner, “and it has for its object to provide a construction in which stream will be admitted to the oil or commingled therewith in sufficient quantity to aid combustion…” (lines 11-15) including illustrations.
- Process of and Apparatus for Refrigerating Cars.
- Patent for method of refrigerating railroad cars.
- Process of Refining Asphaltic Mineral Oils.
- Patent for process for refining asphaltic mineral oils such as might be found in wells in Texas and Louisiana. Designed to remove asphaltum.
- Pump
- Patent for a pump. This invention is designed to improvement pumps, by addition of a dish-like deflector within the water box that forces water down into the well preventing leakage around the pump head.
- Pump.
- Patent for an improvement in pumps and "has for its object the provision of a pump providing a counterbalance for the weight of the column of liquid in the suction pipe provided by a vacuum chamber in the pump" (lines 10-14). Illustration included.
- Pump Working Barrel.
- Patent for a pump working barrel, construction of glass pump cylinder
- Rail-Tie.
- Patent for improvements in metal rail ties to be placed in low areas to allow water to pass through to minimize the threat of washouts. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Renewable Energy For Texas : Needs Assesments and Policy Recommendations for the Texas Renewable Energy
- Report covering all renewable energies in Texas with a focus on Texas' needs and recommendations on how to meet those needs.
- Sack Attachment for Cotton Picking Machines
- Patent for an improved sack attachment for cotton-picking machines that is waterproof and stays in position on the machine to prevent its walls from collapsing during suction of cotton.
- Safety-Clamp.
- Patent for safety clamp "designed with special reference to supporting well-tubing in place in shallow or deep wells" (lines 8-10).
- Self-Cleaning Currycomb.
- Patent for a type of self-cleaning currycomb that removes debris from the comb teeth by way of a cleaning plate.
- Stalk-Cutter
- Patent for a stalk-cutter for chopping cotton, corn stalks, or any other specific growth.
- Support for Telegraph and Telephone Wires.
- Patent for a circular metal support for telegraph and telephone wires; including illustrations.
- Table.
- Patent for a new and improved table. This design "can be adjusted vertically by turning the screw-spindle, or it can be drawn upward, and will be held in position by the spring-catch, which catches on the shoulders. If the table is to be used at a sick-bed, it can be projected laterally by drawing the table-top in the direction in which it is to project, the track-plate sliding in the grooved plate. The table-top can be locked in the desired position by means of the binding screw" (lines 90-100).
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-575
- 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, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether "local funds" maintained by colleges and universities are subject to appropriation and related questions
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO93-099
- Letter opinion 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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Bingo Enabling Act, V.T.C.S. article 179d, requires a person to hold a commercial lessor's license if the person leases premises to an authorized organization licensed to conduct bingo.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-311
- 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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification;Construction of article 7049,Revised Civil Statutes of Texas 1925.
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Area & Regional Offices
- Sheet from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) listing contact information for each of the 16 Texas regional offices as well as the watermasters. The back includes a map showing the counties included in each of the corresponding regions.
- Texas Preventable Disease News, Volume 49, Number 45, November 11, 1989
- Newsletter of the Texas Bureau of Disease Control and Epidemiology discussing the news, activities, and events of the organization and other information related to health in Texas.
- Texas Register, Volume 2, Number 88, Pages 4341-4394, November 11, 1977
- A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.