Preserved Wood and Process of Making Same (open access)

Preserved Wood and Process of Making Same

Patent for a process for preserving wood by treating it with various anti-septic chemicals mixed with oil that stops the wood from decaying for a long time.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Ellis, Carleton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pyrotechnic Device. (open access)

Pyrotechnic Device.

Patent for a firework called a crazy cracker, which prevents accidental ignition from friction by covering the firework in a wood pulp covering.
Date: November 3, 1908
Creator: Graber, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Opera-Chair. (open access)

Opera-Chair.

Patent for opera chairs that can be used in audience halls. It is mentioned as seats that are rotatable with foldable arms providing enough space for the exit.
Date: November 25, 1902
Creator: Wilkinson, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeding-Machine (open access)

Seeding-Machine

Patent for improvements to the hoe of the seeding machine "and attendant parts, and particularly to the means for guiding and adjusting the hoe and for guiding and adjusting the following-wheel" (lines 17-19).
Date: November 8, 1892
Creator: Kirkpatrick, George W. & Ralston, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History