Oil Tank. (open access)

Oil Tank.

Patent for a new and improved oil tank. This design "relates to improvements in oil-tanks, and has for its object to prevent the waste of oil when emptying the can or vessel in which it is received from the factory, and to avoid the odor arising from the oil, and also to prevent evaporation after the oil has been introduced into the tank" (lines 9-15).
Date: March 24, 1885
Creator: Fisher, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Trap. (open access)

Fish-Trap.

Patent for an improved fish-trap consisting of a net drawn in the rear of two boats with illustrations.
Date: March 26, 1889
Creator: Green, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a new "machine for chopping surplus cotton or corn out of the rows or drills, leaving it in hills at the desired distance apart" (lines 8-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1886
Creator: Farley, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History