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Self-Soaping Washboard. (open access)

Self-Soaping Washboard.

Patent for self-soaping washboards to reduce the amount of soap wasted.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Kennedy, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for improvements to cotton-choppers inculding illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Hamilton, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for rotary engine. This invention "is to provide means whereby the steam supply from the boiler can be controlled. Illustration included.
Date: September 13, 1910
Creator: Frazer, Terry H. & Vanlandingham, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap (open access)

Ant-Trap

Patent for a trap for ants and other burrowing insects which works at the site of the ant-hill or burrow.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Cox, Samuel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History