Brick Kiln (open access)

Brick Kiln

Patent for a brick kiln. Illustration included.
Date: November 15, 1904
Creator: Sonka, Joesph & Metzner, Robert A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cylindrical Power. (open access)

Automatic Cylindrical Power.

Patent for a new and improved cylindrical power-source. This design "consists in the combination of a cylindrical slotted frame with a series of blades which are connected together in pairs, and which are alternately forced through the slots in the frame to receive the force of the wind or water and then retracted, so that they will offer no resistance during a portion of the revolution of the frame. . . . The object of [the] invention is to produce a motor which is adapted for use either as a wind-wheel or a water-wheel" (lines 13-27).
Date: November 15, 1881
Creator: Hutchinson, Thomas E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Newspaper Readers (open access)

San Antonio Newspaper Readers

November 1975 update of the Continuing Market Study for newspaper clients, providing updated measurements of a newspaper's audience characteristics, market, coverage and readership, conducted by Belden Associates.
Date: November 1975
Creator: Belden Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
News Drop, Issue 5, November 2023 (open access)

News Drop, Issue 5, November 2023

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to programs, projects, and topics related to water management and conservation.
Date: November 2023
Creator: Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.). Communications and Development Department
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stub-Axle Adjustment Device. (open access)

Stub-Axle Adjustment Device.

Patent for useful improvements for Stub-Axle Adjustment Devices. This device will allow for the stub-axle to be efficiently adjusted in both a vertical plane and a transverse plane with respect to the machine.
Date: November 8, 1921
Creator: Kopplin, Otto E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter (open access)

Stalk-Cutter

Patent for a cotton stalk cutter. Illustrations included.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Werner, Fridolin, Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pyrometer. (open access)

Pyrometer.

Patent for a new and useful pyrometers "in which the motive power is a column of metallic balls of high expansive quality inclosed in a metallic tube of less expansive power" (line 9 - 12).
Date: November 21, 1899
Creator: Von Koehring, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "is to provide cotton-choppers constructed in such a manner that the cotton will be chopped to a stand by the passage of the machine along the rows of plants, leaving the hills of plants at uniform distances apart, and which shall be simple in construction, readily controlled, and convenient in use" (lines 17-24).
Date: November 30, 1886
Creator: Puls, Ernst C. A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History