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Andiron.

Description: Patent for improvement of andirons, to accommodate fuel or sticks of wood and to burn either wood or coal fuel. Includes illustrations.
Date: December 1, 1891
Creator: Kimbro, Jeremiah H. & Kimbro, John A.

Annual Reports to the Legislature on Certain Matters: 2004

Description: Annual report detailing expenditures by the Texas Department of Transportation during 2004, including the unified transportation program (UTP), turnpike and toll road projects, and some rail facilities, as well as the amount of bonds, public securities, and other funds used for transportation projects.
Date: December 1, 2004
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.

Automatic Trip Gear for Power Presses.

Description: Patent for a new and improved trip-gear for power-presses. This design "consists in providing the lever connected with an ordinary reversible gearing with a cord and weight, so that when in its normal position and not in use the small friction-wheel will not come in contact with either face of the large friction wheel. The upper end of the press is provided with a notched metallic plate connected with the reversing-lever, so that when the follow-block in its upward passage passes the said plate… more
Date: December 1, 1885
Creator: Wilson, Martin M.

Biennial Report on the Use of the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas: 2018

Description: Report providing an update on how the Texas Water Development Board is using SWIFT program funds to support development of new water supplies by implementing projects in the state water plan, including how the funding program is supporting rural and agricultural projects, water conservation, and reuse of wastewater.
Date: December 1, 2018
Creator: Texas Water Development Board

Car-Replacer

Description: Patent for car replacer. It is an improvement to "what is called a 'frog' or a 'shoe'." The invention involves "two frogs or shoes which are used together" and are used "in such a way as to replace a car truck. . ." (Ledbetter)
Date: December 1, 1914
Creator: Ledbetter, Louis H.

Carriage Top Stop

Description: Patent for "carriages or other vehicles, and more particularly to that portion of a vehicle which is known as the 'prop stump or stop,' which usually projects outward on each side of the vehicle-body at the rear end of the seat for support of the vehicle-hood props when the hood or top is lowered." (lines 9-16). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 1, 1905
Creator: Smith, William Lee

Churn.

Description: Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists "[i]n combination with the standard and bracket, the hinged arm having [a] bearing, oscillating driving-wheel, belt, belt-tightening wheels, dasher-wheel, and socket" (lines 94-98). It facilitates churning.
Date: December 1, 1885
Creator: White, Frank Lewis

Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for improvements in cotton choppers and thinners by using a combination of “a rectangular frame having the transverse arch, the axle having the ground-wheels and the drive-gears mounted on the axle, a stirrups shafts, cogs, rotary cutters, and a bifureated cam” (p. 2, lines 85-92) to construct the chopper. This new construction will “provide means for easily adjusting the knives or cutters, and for regulating the distance between the stands of cotton.” (Page 1, lines 12-15) Illustrati… more
Date: December 1, 1891
Creator: McCaul, James L.

Couch-Bed.

Description: Patent for a couch-bed, which can be folded out into a single or double bed or have a reclining back on the couch. It also has a shelf pullout for use as bedside table that is stored in the bottom of the couch.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Hunter, Emily

Demographic Study of Texas Lottery Players: 2008

Description: This report provides the results of a random survey of adult Texas residents aged 18 and older to measure the citizen participation rates, the distribution and frequency of play, and the demographic profiles of the past-year lottery players and non-players.
Date: December 1, 2008
Creator: University of Houston. Center for Public Policy.

Demographic Study of Texas Lottery Players: 2009

Description: This report presents the results of a random survey of adult Texas residents aged 18 and older, conducted by the University of Houston Center for Public Policy to measure the citizen participation rates, the distribution and frequency of play, and the demographic profiles of past-year lottery players and non-players.
Date: December 1, 2009
Creator: University of Houston. Center for Public Policy.
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