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- 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 29
- Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives relating to recognizing Austin Can! Academy, a dropout recovery charter high school serving at-risk students of Travis County.
- Agricultural Implement.
- Patent for a new and improved sweep. This design consists "in a sweep of a suitable shape and construction having attached to each of its rear corners a vertical bar or wings, which extends parallel to the course of the plow and backward a suitable distance beyond the sweep proper . . . The object of [the] invention is to attach to the rear corners or wings of a sweep bars or runners, which rest upon the ground and steady the sweep and prevent it from wabbling or dodging while in use" (lines 14-25).
- Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.
- Patent for a new and improved ice maker. This design calls for "two or more sheets of galvanized iron or other metal set in a tank of fresh water, one on either side of the evaporation-pipes, and held in a position parallel to each other by anchors or yokes that connect them" (lines 15-20). This eliminates the need for strong (ammoniacal) brine and is a faster, more reliable, and less leaky ice-making process than previous ones that used said brine.
- CAPCOG Connections, March, 2013
- Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planningi n the Austin, Texas area.
- Centrifugal Separator.
- Patent for a centrifuge that can effectively and efficiently separate heavy oils from acids "with which the oil has been mixed or emulsified as a clarifying or decolorizing agent" (lines 14-16), with illustrations.
- Combined Minnow Bucket and Trap.
- Patent for a combined minnow bucket and trap that overcomes past disadvantages, is simple in constructions, inexpensive to manufacture and reliable.
- Cotton Chopper
- Patent for a cotton chopper. This invention is designed to be adjustable horizontally to operate on crooked rows. Illustrations included.
- Cotton Chopper
- Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
- Device for Slitting Sweet Corn.
- Patent for a corn slitting device for cutting the corn kernels away from the husks on the cob.
- Display-Cabinet
- Patent for a display cabinet. Illustrations are included.
- Drafting Machine
- Patent for a machine designed for constructing or drafting geometric figures, including illustrations.
- Drier Rack
- Patent for a drier rack on rail-cars to for drying bricks. Illustration included.
- Fish-Hook.
- Patent for a fish hook with two hooks twisted together, which come apart when a fish pulls on the hook that is reliable in its action.
- Generating Oil-Burner.
- Patent for improvements in “generating oil-burners” by connecting a combination of tubes, pipes and casings to direct and regulate the oil flows to the burner. It can also control the amount of steam to be discharged to properly effect the burning of the oil. Illustration is included.
- Harness and Saddle.
- Patent for a saddle and harness in which "several parts are united in a secure but detachable manner and which possesses certain other advantages" (lines 27-31).
- Heating or Cooking Stove
- Patent for a heating or cooking stove.
- Improvement in Hat-Ventilators.
- Patent for improvement in mode of ventilating hats, bonnets, and or caps by “providing the inside of the head-coverings, at the point of contact with the head, with a liuing or an elastic spiral formed into a cushion, through which the air can freely circulate around the whole head.” (Lines 28-32) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Paper Boxes.
- Patent for improved techniques in folding paper boxes using a single piece of paper in which the bottom part is safely secured. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Vitreography.
- Patent for an invention that is similar to an adhesive, which aids in the ornamentation of windows. The patent includes a description, instructions, but no illustration(s).
- Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, March 13, 2013
- Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the twenty-sixth day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Monday, March 18, 2013
- Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the twenty-seventh day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, March 20, 2013
- Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the twenty-ninth day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature, documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Thursday, March 21, 2013
- Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the 29th day of the regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Monday, March 25, 2013
- Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the thirtieth day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Tuesday, March 26, 2013
- Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the thirty-firth day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, March 27, 2013
- Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the thirty-second day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Locomotive Head-Light
- Patent for improvements to locomotive headlights granted to John Robert McCormick in order to make the headlights movable by levers or gears.
- Manual-Training Apparatus.
- Patent for a new improvement in a manual training apparatus for teaching swimming without water. The device allows the exerciser to lie face down on the provided mat and turn cranks to simulate swimming motions.
- Millstone-Dress.
- Patent for an improved millstone-dress that produce less heat while grinding by employing a greater number of furrows, including illustration.
- Nut and Washer for Vehicle Axles.
- Patent for a new and improved nut and washer combination. This design consists, "with a threaded end on an axle-spindle, which is longitudinally grooved on opposite sides of the thread, and a radially-flanged nut made to engage the threaded-end of the spindle, of a cap-ring having an annular recess formed on one side from its inner edge outwardly, said ring being secured upon the radial flange of the nut, and a cylindrical outer shell having an inwardly-extended flange on one end, and ears on the edge of said flange, which hook over the reduced edge of the cap-ring" (lines 20-31).
- Portable Fan and Operating Machinery for Same.
- Patent for a new and improved fan. This design "is fluted or corrugated . . . its lines of corrugation radiating from a common point. By this peculiar formation [it is] enabled to concentrate the surrounding air during its movement, and direct and carry it in a body back and forth . . . [and a] heavy bead or bar follows the zigzag or corrugated outline of the bottom of the fan, and serves as a weight to keep it tending downward toward a position of rest. . . . The frame carrying the fan is supported upon standards provided with broad footings . . . by which the fan may be readily moved" (lines 16-35).
- Safety Stop for Elevators.
- Patent for a new and improved safety stop for elevators. This design "consists in a lever pivoted to the bottom of the car, and provided with a spring for throwing it into position transversely to the car-bottom, so that the ends of the lever can catch on horizontal bars secured to the sides of the elevator-shaft. A rope or cable is secured to one end of the lever and to the car-elevating cable, and keeps the spring taut, and prevents it from throwing the lever unless the elevating-cable breaks" (lines 11-20).
- Seed - Conveyer.
- Patent for a new and useful seed conveyer, including instructions and illustrations.
- Shutter Fastener.
- Patent for a new and improved blind fastening. This design "relates to an improvement in fastenings for outside blinds, shutters, or the like, and the purpose of [the] device is to provide a fastening that cannot be unlocked from the outside, even though slats be cut from the blinds or shutters to which the fastening is applied and two hands or arms are thrust through within reach of the said fastening. [The] fastening has two catching-latches, one locking and holding latch, and one bolt, all to be operated simultaneously when the blind is closed against the sill, [so] said blind may be released" (lines 12-24).
- Sink
- Patent for a sink with adequate drainage and connection with a water supply. Can be used with soda fountains etc. Illustrations included.
- Slate for the Blind.
- Patent for a slate that allows the blind to read and write with lettered pegs. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-9
- 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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether an individual whose juvenile files may not be sealed by virtue of section 51.16(j) of the Family Code has an affirmative duty to disclose his prior criminal history in an application for employment, information, or licensing (RQ-2188)
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-10
- 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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Termination of a depositer's interest in a joint account by deletion of the depositer's name at the direction of another joint owner (RQ-2190)
- The Texas Journalist, Volume 3, Number 5, March 1917
- Monthly publication of the University of Texas School of Journalism containing articles related the newspaper industry and other topics of interest to students pursuing journalism.
- Trolley-Pole.
- Patent for a trolley pole, which is extendable and contractible.
- Weeding Machine
- Patent for a weeding machine to run between rows of crops. Illustration included.