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Composition Pulp Plaster and Process of Manufacturing Same.

Description: Patent for "a composition pulp plaster designed as a substitute for ordinary lime-plaster and equivalent materials and particularly adapted for use in warm moist climates, where the ordinary lime-plaster lacks durability and is rendered non-adherent. A further objective of the invention is to provide a cheap substitute for plaster which will be not only waterproof, but also fireproof and gas-proof or practically impervious to air" (lines 9-18). It includes instructions for manufacturing the p… more
Date: May 9, 1899
Creator: Blake, David H. & Ray, Jeramiah P.
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Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for "automatic pin-and-link car-couplings in which a sliding spring-actuated block is employed for supporting the coupling-pin in an elevated position preparatory to coupling." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1897
Creator: Lee, Charles
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Combined Wardrobe, Bureau, and Wash Stand.

Description: Patent for a new and improved combination chiffarobe and wash stand. This design is "constructed with a main wardrobe section provided with hinged upper doors having lower ledges or shelves, respectively, and bureau and wash-stand structures hinged at opposite sides of the wardrobe below its doors and adapted when closed to close the lower front part of the wardrobe, and said door-ledges forming top covers to the wash-stand and bureau" (lines 31-40).
Date: May 8, 1888
Creator: Wulff, Henry F.
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Barrel for Outhouses.

Description: Patent for a new and improved barrel. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the barrel-head having the opening, of the cover adapted to close said opening, the bolt extending through said cover and into the barrel, the clamping bar longer than the width of said opening in the barrel-head, said bar being centrally pivoted by a rivet to the lower end of said bolt, and a nut screwed upon the upper end of said bolt for clamping said cover in position" (lines 16-25).
Date: May 8, 1888
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
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Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination, with a draw-bar having a socket and buffer-prongs on its ends, of a ball in the socket, coupling-hooks pivoted between jaws connected with the ball, a weighted stem projecting from the ball, and a sliding latch-rod for engaging with the stem and automatically releasing it when the cars come together" (lines 8-15).
Date: May 19, 1885
Creator: Hampl, Joseph & Jacobs, David
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Cotton Bale Binder.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton bale binder. This design "consists of a simple contrivance for binding cotton and other bales together when loaded on flat cars to prevent the load from being shaken apart and separated by the shocks and jolts of the car, and also to prevent the bales from being pulled off by cotton thieves, the said contrivance consisting of two or more hooks having pulleys or eyes strung on a rope, the rope being fastened to one of the eyes or pulleys forming one end of th… more
Date: May 8, 1883
Creator: Burr, Lewis
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Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-403

Description: 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.
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Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-431

Description: 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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Constitutionality of House Bill 16, relating to appropriation for construction of a building at “HemisFair 1968” in the City of San Antonio.
Date: May 6, 1965
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
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Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-581

Description: 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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Terms of office of trustees of San Antonio Union Junior College District.
Date: May 15, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
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Automobile-Fender

Description: Patent for automobile fenders to provide a fender that can be used in conjunction with various types of motor vehicles and "prevent a person from being run over by the vehicle equipped with the fender" (lines 13-14).
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Uribe, Marcelino
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Combined Pneumatic Lift and Force Pump.

Description: Patent for a combined pneumatic lift and force pump, which is able to reach the inexhaustible supply of water found at the depths of five to forty or more feet in the arid region of Texas and Great Central Valley of Mexico. The machinery perfects the simplicity and economy of construction needed to reach and lift a great volume of water in a short time.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: De Hymel, Franklin Oscar
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Blowpipe.

Description: Patent for an improved blowpipe (or hydrocarbon torch), which when activated causes "an extremely hot needle flame" for a Bunsen burner (lines 18-19). Patent contains an illustration and instructions.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Downie, James H.
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