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Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "a frame having two arms, one carrying a fixed clamp and the other a roller, a windlass mounted on said frame having a rope passing over said roller and adapted to be fixed to an end of wire, and a central clamp consisting of a rigid bar on the frame between its arms, a notched clamp pivoted thereon, and a ring for retaining the clamp" (lines 6-14).
Date:
February 22, 1887
Creator:
Ainsworth, Phineas Hardaman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Distributing Poison or Plants
Patent for a simple and efficient machine "for distributing or dusting poisonous powders onto growing plants to rid them of destructive insects" (lines 9-12).
Date:
February 12, 1889
Creator:
Brown, George R. & Brown, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Car.
Patent for a new and improved stock car for railroads. This design "has for its object to guard the cattle from such injury as is likely to occur to a car full of cattle by the sudden starting or stopping of the car; to furnish means for guiding the cattle into the proper compartment of the car, and to furnish means for working the device by a train-hand on top of the car" (lines 10-16).
Date:
February 3, 1885
Creator:
Pierce, Jonathan E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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[Letter from I. H. Kempner to C. R. Tucker, February 9, 1955]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to C. R. Tucker enclosing a copy of a letter sent to Mr. Rodgers, suggesting it would be in the railway's interest, leveraging Tucker's knowledge of Galveston. He asks Tucker to endorse and forward the letter to Rodgers for consideration in a decision-making process.
Date:
February 9, 1955
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1952
Weekly newspaper from Palacios, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 28, 1952
Creator:
Wilson, John R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
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Ballot-Voting Machine
Patent for a ballot box that counts the number of votes in the box.
Date:
February 17, 1914
Creator:
Brown, Flora & Senez, Arthur
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History