Spring-Wheel. (open access)

Spring-Wheel.

Patent for a heartier spoke to be used in place of wooden spokes. This spoke can be inserted and substituted for a wooden one.
Date: November 12, 1918
Creator: Stewart, Joseph B. & Winfrey, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Planter. (open access)

Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "consists in the improved machine . . . wherein a series of rods actuated by the main carrying-wheel are intermittently projected beyond the periphery of the latter at or about the time they approach the seed hopper, so that they may enter said hopper and cause the seed to be fed to the drill-tube" (lines 17-24).
Date: November 12, 1889
Creator: Johnson, Thomas J. & Mitchell, Joseph L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow that has a revolving moldboard and parts for using and cleaning the moldboard.
Date: November 12, 1895
Creator: Sevier, Samuel G.
System: The Portal to Texas History