Combined Compositor's Stick and Type Chase (open access)

Combined Compositor's Stick and Type Chase

Patent for combined compositor's stick and type chase. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Weeks, Frank W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerodrome (open access)

Aerodrome

Patent for an aerodrome which is a heavier than air flying machine powered by motorized propellers
Date: August 24, 1909
Creator: Sinclair, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive car-coupling that improves on the pin-and-link car-couplings and "will be capable of coupling automatically and which may be readily uncoupled without going between cars" (lines 13-15). After the car has been separated, this coupling automatically puts its parts in position to be re-coupled. It also enables a "flying kick" to be transmitted to the car.
Date: November 24, 1896
Creator: Lee, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvements in car-couplings by providing "a coupler which will without any adjustment couple two cars whose draw-heads are of different heights.” (lines 17-19) Illustration is included.
Date: March 24, 1891
Creator: Thompson, James A. M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7451 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7451

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: Whether or not an employee of the Tax Assessor-Collector of Bexar County during his vacation period, and during the full term of such period he was actually employed by the city of San Antonio may legally be paid for such period by the county, under H.B. No. 77, ch. 58, 49th Leg.
Date: October 24, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake (open access)

Air-Brake

Patent for an air brake with instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Wolf, Gustav B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caster-Wheel (open access)

Caster-Wheel

Patent for a new and useful caster wheel with illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Pepple, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jail (open access)

Jail

Patent for community style jails, eliminating single-cell jail housing.
Date: June 24, 1913
Creator: Youngblood, David Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
FY 1996-98 Transportation Improvement Program: San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Area (open access)

FY 1996-98 Transportation Improvement Program: San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Area

The Transportation Improvement Program outlines a list of federally assisted transportation projects that will be implemented over a three year period in the San Antonio - Bexar County area.
Date: July 24, 1995
Creator: San Antonio Metropolitan Planning Organization
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio-Bexar County Urban Transportation Study: Unified Planning Work Program, Fiscal Year 1996 (open access)

San Antonio-Bexar County Urban Transportation Study: Unified Planning Work Program, Fiscal Year 1996

This documents delineates the activities to be accomplished during the period October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1996, the funding requirements, and the agency responsible for accomplishing the tasks.
Date: July 24, 1995
Creator: San Antonio Metropolitan Planning Organization
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department Annual Report: 1974 (open access)

Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department Annual Report: 1974

Report on juvenile delinquency in Bexar County for 1974 with referral statistics and accomplishments of the department for the year.
Date: April 24, 1975
Creator: Lawrence, Richard A.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Annual Budget: 1976 (open access)

San Antonio Annual Budget: 1976

Budget adopted by the City Council for San Antonio, Texas describing revenue estimates, appropriations, and other financial information for the fiscal year 1975-76.
Date: July 24, 1975
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp (open access)

Clamp

Patent for clamps used in framing and forming of concrete construction. The clamps are easily removed and reused eliminating the need for wooden framing used in the past.
Date: February 24, 1920
Creator: Ferguson, William D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Condenser for Cotton-Presses.

Patent for "Improvements in Condensers for Cotton-Presses," (lines 6-7) including illustrations. The invention is designed with cotton bale presses in mind, specifically the "condenser or bat forming device" (line 11).
Date: May 24, 1921
Creator: Taft, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Operating Budget: 2018 (open access)

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Operating Budget: 2018

Proposed budget for University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 24, 2017
Creator: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock (open access)

Lock

Patent for a combination lock that is able to be changed at will due to its arrangement of parts.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Katzenberger, Oscar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type (open access)

Type

Patent for type. This inventions is for the body of type used in printing presses. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Weeks, Frank W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Holder (open access)

Type-Holder

Patent for a device to hold type, so it can set and be delivered.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Weeks, Frank W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ox-Bows. (open access)

Improvement in Ox-Bows.

Patent for improvements to ox-bows so that they "shall not require bending, and which may be made in parts of the country where timber suitable for bending is scarce" (lines 9-12).
Date: May 24, 1870
Creator: Moore, Alfred L. D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Veterinary Apparatus. (open access)

Veterinary Apparatus.

Patent for a veterinary apparatus to help ease the administration of medicine to horses and other animals. It is a bridle attachment.
Date: August 24, 1915
Creator: Biasiolli, Joseph J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hair-Triggers (open access)

Improvement in Hair-Triggers

Patent for a hair-trigger for firearms.
Date: August 24, 1869
Creator: Schenck, F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hair-Triggers. (open access)

Improvement in Hair-Triggers.

Patent for improvement in fire-arms by arranging a hair-trigger on to a fire-arm that have a guard and a trigger without alternation of the interior mechanism of the gun-lock; it is not necessary for the application of a fly in the hammer to prevent the catching of the trigger in the rest-notch of the hammer. (Lines 11-19) Illustration is included.
Date: August 24, 1869
Creator: Schenck, F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Building Concrete Walls. (open access)

Mold for Building Concrete Walls.

Patent for a mold to be used in the construction of concrete walls, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 24, 1885
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector (open access)

Tire-Protector

Patent for a lightweight protector for pneumatic tires, providing dust- and waterproofing, as well as providing protection from puncture.
Date: October 24, 1911
Creator: Aue, Rudolph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History