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Post-Anchor. (open access)

Post-Anchor.

Patent for a post anchor to hold the post in the ground more firmly.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Laux, Julius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poison-Distributer (open access)

Poison-Distributer

Patent for a distributor for "pulverized paris-green, londonpurple, arsenic, and other poisons in a dry state over cotton and other plants" that is "of exceedingly simple and durable construction and capable of attachment to any form of cultivator, and also to provide a means whereby the poison to be delivered from the machine may be regulated as to quantity in a convenient and expeditious manner, and, further, to provide a means whereby the poison as delivered from the machine will be spread over the plants at each side of the machine" (lines 11-24).
Date: April 12, 1892
Creator: Richter, Franz Ludwig
System: The Portal to Texas History