Range-Finder for Rifles. (open access)

Range-Finder for Rifles.

Patent for range-finder for rifles, with illustrations. The invention "is adapted for ready application to a rifle by producing a simple dovetailed groove in the stock or stock-tip, near the front end" (lines 9-12).
Date: May 22, 1883
Creator: Ord, Edward O. C., Jr. & Kress, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Uterus-Battery. (open access)

Uterus-Battery.

Patent for "a simple and compact electrical or galvanic device, adapted, when placed in the womb of a patient, to develop a mild electric action and thereby promote the flow of the menses and render the same regular and painless" (lines 16-19).
Date: May 22, 1894
Creator: Hinkley, Charles Samuel Whitney
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety for the San Antonio Urban Area (open access)

Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety for the San Antonio Urban Area

A report on the comprehensive and continuing study initiated to develop from the existing street pattern a workable transportation system to serve the anticipated needs of the San Antonio Metropolitan Area.
Date: May 22, 1970
Creator: San Antonio Metropolitan Planning Organization
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History