Horse-Check. (open access)

Horse-Check.

Patent for an automatic that prevents horses from starting off when left unattended. It detects when the vehicle begins moving and pulls back on the reins.
Date: July 21, 1896
Creator: Lee, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7539 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7539

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: May the Commissioners' Court of Bexar County establish a county law library under the provisions of Articles 1697-1702, inclusive, without taking into account the provisions of Article 1702a-1? And related questions.
Date: December 21, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-403 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-403

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, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether advertisement and competitive bidding on all purchases in required of Bexar County.
Date: May 21, 1969
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barrel Swing for Store Counters (open access)

Barrel Swing for Store Counters

Patent for a barrel swing that allows the barrel to swing out from under the counter. Illustration included.
Date: December 21, 1909
Creator: Gimbal, Charles C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bit. (open access)

Bit.

Patent for a bridle bit that helps a handler to hold or guide an animal without harming its mouth. Illustration included.
Date: August 21, 1900
Creator: Castro, Alberto
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap (open access)

Trap

Patent for a trap for catching rats. Illustrations included.
Date: March 21, 1911
Creator: Clark, William Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Packing Compound for Eggs, &c. (open access)

Packing Compound for Eggs, &c.

Patent for a food packing compound made out of clay, chalk, and lime.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inside Pipe-Clamp (open access)

Inside Pipe-Clamp

Patent for an inside pipe-clamp.
Date: April 21, 1903
Creator: Masterson, Bernard W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Hanger. (open access)

Door-Hanger.

Patent for a new and useful door hanger. This invention is to "provide a simple and inexpensive device so constructed as to avoid dismounting and at the same time enable a door, window, or an equivalent device to be operated with the minimum friction" (line 9-13).
Date: December 21, 1897
Creator: Masterson, Bernard W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Apparatus. (open access)

Hoisting Apparatus.

Patent for a hoisting apparatus for use in cranes.
Date: March 21, 1911
Creator: Fischer, Fritz, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Confection Dipping Machine (open access)

Confection Dipping Machine

Patent for a confection dipping machine. "This inventions relates to machines for coating bonbons, drop-cores, caramels, nuts, and the like with a superficial coating of confection material" (line 8-11_ illustrations included.
Date: July 21, 1903
Creator: Jenner, Edward J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner.
Date: April 21, 1903
Creator: Bateman, Talbot O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Groove-Rail Cleaner. (open access)

Groove-Rail Cleaner.

Patent for a grooved rail cleaner, which can get the dirt out of small grooves.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Frick, Claus Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Operating Mechanism for Flushing Devices (open access)

Operating Mechanism for Flushing Devices

Patent for an operating mechanism for flushing toilets automatically.
Date: January 21, 1913
Creator: Kreter, Otto & Kreter, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Forming Apparatus (open access)

Bale-Forming Apparatus

Patent for an automatic bale forming apparatus that can be set to make a certain size cotton bale and will stop when it reaches that size and send the finished bale out on a conveyer belt and begin the next one.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Setting Plants (open access)

Setting Plants

Patent for setting plants. This invention is and improvement of a machine that sets young plants as an efficient method to promote rapid and uniform growth. Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Sinclair, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detector for Wireless Signaling Apparatus. (open access)

Detector for Wireless Signaling Apparatus.

Patent for wireless signaling apparatus which provides a detector which shall be universal in its application, by means of which any of the well known minerals or materials may be employed and removably held in proper position.
Date: November 21, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Maurice Bernays
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
FY 2000-2003 Transportation Improvement Program: San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Area (open access)

FY 2000-2003 Transportation Improvement Program: San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Area

Report from the San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization outlining projects funded by the federal and state governments for fiscal years 2000-2003 that would affect San Antonio and the immediate region. It includes background on transportation in San Antonio, various issues, and a breakdown of the projects and funding.
Date: June 21, 1999
Creator: San Antonio Metropolitan Planning Organization
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at San Antonio Operating Budget: 2015 (open access)

University of Texas at San Antonio Operating Budget: 2015

Proposed budget for University of Texas at San Antonio outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation for fiscal year 2015.
Date: August 21, 2014
Creator: University of Texas at San Antonio
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Operating Budget: 2015 (open access)

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Operating Budget: 2015

Proposed budget for University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 21, 2014
Creator: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at San Antonio Operating Budget: 2014 (open access)

University of Texas at San Antonio Operating Budget: 2014

Proposed budget for University of Texas at San Antonio outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 21, 2013
Creator: University of Texas at San Antonio
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Operating Budget: 2014 (open access)

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Operating Budget: 2014

Proposed budget for University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation for fiscal year 2014.
Date: August 21, 2013
Creator: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch. (open access)

Automatic Railway-Switch.

Patent for new and useful Improvements in Automatic Railway-Switches, "particularly to automatic railway switches for use in street railways or steam railways" (lines 13-15), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Eisenberg, Louis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traffic-Signal. (open access)

Traffic-Signal.

Patent for a traffic signal apparatus for installation in automobiles, including illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Valdes, Salvador M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History