Resource Type

Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a simple and reliable car-coupling that embodies "novel features of construction that adapt[s] said coupling for an automatic coupled engagement with a similar coupling, and that may be safely uncoupled from the side of the car whereon the improvement is secured" (lines 11-16).
Date: September 3, 1895
Creator: Tiner, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

2007 Economic Census Map: San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area

Map showing the area of the San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data during the 2007 economic census.
Date: 2007
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a nut-wrench capable of tightening different sized nuts. The lower jaw of the wrench has different levels, the overall effect being that of a staircase, while the upper jaw is flat with a bite that holds the nuts in place.
Date: December 15, 1896
Creator: Tiner, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History