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- Baling-Machine.
- Patent for a "cotton bale provided with a fire-proof covering in the form of a box or casing of sheet metal, and to have the same so applied to the bale in the process of compressing the cotton in forming the bale, that the said covering will of itself form the entire means for holding the bale intact and in its tightly compressed condition, while serving its additional function as a shipping case which will protect the bale of cotton from fire, and from all possible damage incidental to transportation and storage." (Lines 16-27) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Blotter.
- Patent for "a combined hand-blotter, ruler, paper-cutter, and pen-rack... especially for the use of book-keepers and accountants," (lines 12-15) with instructions and illustrations.
- Dumping-Wagon.
- Patent for a simple and durable dumping-wagon that "consists principally of a body made in two pivoted parts and a lever fulcrumed on the wagon-frame and adapted to impart a swinging motion to the said parts to the dump of the body" (lines 12-16).
- Internal-Combustion Engine
- Patent for an internal-combustion engine with a novel form of rotary valve and other meaningful improvements to a combustion engine.
- Miner's Lamp.
- Patent for a miner's lamp with a combustion chamber that allows for the regulation and extinguishing of the flame. It is designed to be lightweight and cheap to manufacture.
- Mosquito Bar and Carriage Umbrella.
- Patent for a new and improved mosquito bar and carriage umbrella. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a tube adapted to be applied to the head-board of a bed, and having a lateral slot and roller therein, of a set-screw passing into the said tube, a curved tube adjustably supported in the straight tube, a parasol on the end of the curved tube, and a cord passing through the tubes to operate the parasol" (lines 58-65).
- Mosquito Bar Frame.
- Patent for a new and improved mosquito-bar frame. This design "consist[s], essentially, of the upright bars having their upper ends reduced . . . and provided with staples, the brackets, having loops at opposite ends and a pintle on its lower branch to enter the staples in the posts, the lateral rods carrying the loop brackets at opposite ends, and sockets . . . to receive the upper ends of the posts, the inner cross-bar arranged in the inner brackets of the lateral rods, the outer cross-bar arranged in the outer brackets of said rods, and the longitudinally-adjustable slide-bar carrying guide-eyes" lines 82-95).
- Pocket Hair Brush.
- Patent for useful improvements on the pocket hairbrush in which the bristles are movably mounted in a supporting frame in order to make the brush more compact.
- Portable Dressing-Cabinet.
- Invention for a portable structure to be used as a dressing-cabinet that is easy to set up and take down, light enough to move on rollers, conveniently accessible, and containing mirrors and folding shelves.
- Rail-Joint.
- Patent for an improved rail joint.
- Reversible Harness Hame.
- Patent for a new and improved hame. This design consists "of wood, properly curved to conform to the configuration of a horse-collar, and having their front and rear sides shaped alike, so that they may be applied interchangeably to the right or left sides to the collar. To accomplish such result [the design] provide[s] each hame with a swiveling trace attachment" (lines 7-14).
- Shell.
- Patent for improvements to explosive projectile shells. Provides a shell adapted to contain gas and high explosives with constructed multi-layered shells with the intent to inflict as much damage as possible.
- Spring-Wheel.
- Patent for new improvements for Spring-Wheels "in which the springs are rigidly secured to the hub portion and pivotally connected with the rim portion" (lines 10-12) including construction and illustrations.
- Street-Car.
- Patent for improving the construction of street cars which turn upon the truck. Accompanied by illustrations.
- Telegraph Apparatus.
- Patent for a telegraph apparatus for which a "permanent record may be made" (lines 25-26) with a typewriter. The telegraph apparatus also allows for "positive and minus impulses" (line 40) to be sent over the telegraph line. Illustrations included. Best Available Copy -- some fading of the text on first, third, and fifth pages; third page illegible in some places.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6568
- 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: House Bill No. 740, Acts, 49th Legislature, Regular Session, 1945, transferring control of Galveston State Psychopathic Hospital from State Board of Control to the Board of Regents of the University of Texas, and related questions.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-59
- 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, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the judge of the new special probate court in Galveston County to act on delayed registrations of births and deaths.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-635
- 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: Whether dependent and neglected child cases are to be filed in the District Court or the Juvenile Court of Galveston County.
- Toy
- Patent for a toy particularly adapted for the amusement of small children.
- Wrench.
- Patent for a wrench that can be adjusted without the use of screws. Includes instructions and illustrations.