79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 296, Chapter 793 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 296, Chapter 793

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the operation of Texas A&M University--San Antonio, including the student enrollment required for operation as an independent general academic teaching institution and supplemental funding of the university.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1853, Chapter 454 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1853, Chapter 454

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the distribution of assessments charged by Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2351, Chapter 524 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2351, Chapter 524

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the authority of the Bexar County Hospital District to employ physicians.
Date: June 17, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2935, Chapter 556 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2935, Chapter 556

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the appointment of a court reporter by a criminal law magistrate in Bexar County.
Date: June 17, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Split Lock-Nut or Union. (open access)

Adjustable Split Lock-Nut or Union.

Patent for an affordable and efficient coupling device for use "on valve rods of internal combustion engines, especially those used in automobiles and aeroplanes or on those motors or engines employing overhead valves and whereby the union or coupling may be readily and securely locked on a valve rod with sufficient resistance to withstand the strain of direct pressure" (lines 14-21).
Date: August 17, 1920
Creator: Dickinson, Harry E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for Aeroplane. This flying machine will automatically return to normal horizontal position if tilted.
Date: September 17, 1909
Creator: MacManus, Agustus, F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Dispensing Oil, &c. (open access)

Apparatus for Dispensing Oil, &c.

Patent for a new and useful apparatus for dispensing oil, &c.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Haye, August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Teeth. (open access)

Artificial Teeth.

Patent for the lower set of artificial teeth, "and aims to provide retainers and combine them with the plate, so as to hold the denture in place against accidental displacement during the process of articulation, prehension, mastication, and deglutition" (lines 10-15). This invention "provides retainers which fill a vacuum in the mouth never heretofore utilized in the construction of artificial teeth and which form a rest for the muscles in their contraction incident to the movements of the jaws, and these retainers render a lower set of artificial teeth s comfortable and serviceable as if they were natural" (lines 22-29).
Date: September 17, 1895
Creator: Johnston, George A. & Carroll, Houston M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobiles (open access)

Attachment for Automobiles

Patent for a spring motor attachment for automobiles.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Carroll, Houston M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Autographic Register. (open access)

Autographic Register.

Patent for an autographic register that provides "improved means for guiding, stamping, cutting, and filling a record-bill and discharging original and duplicate bills; [provides] improved means for guiding the strips of paper and holding the carbon or duplicating paper in operative position; furthermore, [provides] improved means for operating the several parts of the mechanism to insure accuracy and facilitate the subsequent permanent filing of the record-bills" (lines 9-19).
Date: September 17, 1895
Creator: Norcross, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway Switch Lock (open access)

Automatic Railway Switch Lock

Patent for an automatic railway switch lock. Illustration included.
Date: May 17, 1904
Creator: Sulfer, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Telephone-Directory. (open access)

Automatic Telephone-Directory.

Patent for a new and useful automatic telephone directory, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1899
Creator: Neuendorff, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in baling presses.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Holmgreen, Julius H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ball-Bearing. (open access)

Ball-Bearing.

Patent for a new and useful ball bearing, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1899
Creator: Millen, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cage or Support for Well-Tubing (open access)

Cage or Support for Well-Tubing

Patent for a well tubing cage which provides support for well tubes so that a second pipe is not required. Illustrations included.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Harpham, Harry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tie and Rail-Joint (open access)

Combination Tie and Rail-Joint

Patent for improvement in the safety of tie and rail-joints. Improves the connection so that independent movement of the tie and rail is reduced.
Date: November 17, 1914
Creator: Knaus, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composite Lamp-Chimney. (open access)

Composite Lamp-Chimney.

Patent for a lamp chimney that prevents insects from falling into the chimney and keeps the flame inside the chimney.
Date: October 17, 1893
Creator: Schwartz, Jacob
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Controlled Electric Switch (open access)

Door Controlled Electric Switch

Patent for an improved switch attachment that will allow a room, vault, or compartment to be kept lighted when door is open or closed, but may also be shut off when leaving the room.
Date: October 17, 1916
Creator: Kreter, Otto
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
East Central Independent School District Academic Excellence Indicators Report: 1993-1994 (open access)

East Central Independent School District Academic Excellence Indicators Report: 1993-1994

Annual report about the overall condition of the East Central Independent School District in San Antonio, providing statistics and assessments for the 1993-1994 school year.
Date: November 17, 1994
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.). East Central Independent School District.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Economic Opportunities Development Corporation of San Antonio and Bexar County: Planning and Priorities (open access)

Economic Opportunities Development Corporation of San Antonio and Bexar County: Planning and Priorities

A report on the plans and priorities of the Economic Opportunities Development Corporation of San Antonio and Bexar County based on results from a community survey on October 30, 1970 as part of an application for the Office of Economic Opportunity Community Action Program.
Date: November 17, 1970
Creator: Economic Opportunities Development Corporation of San Antonio and Bexar County
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Testing Device. (open access)

Electrical Testing Device.

Patent for new and useful improvements in electrical testing devices. The invention provides references to innovative changes that allow for improved high-tension coil and armature testing.
Date: August 17, 1920
Creator: Bierbower, Richard C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Testing Device (open access)

Electrical Testing Device

Patent for a device to test electrical circuits for faults which is cheaper to manufacture, easier to use, smaller and more durable.
Date: August 17, 1920
Creator: Bierbower, Richard C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expanding Hub. (open access)

Expanding Hub.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in metallic vehicle wheel hubs, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Vollrath, Louis F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire Box (open access)

Fire Box

Patent for a fire box. Illustration included.
Date: January 17, 1905
Creator: Butcher, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History