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Transplanter.
Patent for a machine that transplants small plants while avoiding "clogging of the mud in soft soil" (line 20). It has a cylindrical cutter and a cylindrical plunger that fits just inside it. The plunger is usually away from the base of the cutter, and an adjustable rod extends from the plunger.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Harris, Hiram S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Weed-Burner
Patent for "a railroad weed-burning device in which a large sheet-iron shield is suspended underneath and between the trucks of any ordinary railroad car for the purpose of confining the flame and heat produced by oil-atomizing burners or other means to direct and maintain continued contact with grass and weeds on the ground between and along the outside of the rails" (lines 9-18).
Date:
May 11, 1897
Creator:
Hancock, Geroge A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coach and Car Step.
Patent for an attached coach and car step "to render it unnecessary to carry stools or stepping-boxes, as are now used to facilitate passengers to get on or off the car or coach from an extra height between the ground or depot-floor and the main bottom tread of the step, thus avoiding dangerous and fatal results from overturning of stools and boxes." (Lines 14-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Taylor, Frederick A.; Farrell, Patrick W. & Quebe, Wesley S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History