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Combination Tool. (open access)

Combination Tool.

Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "relates to improvements in combination tools, and is designed to produce a tool in which the wrench, hammer, and screwdriver are combined in a compact and useful form. The improvement consists, essentially, in the manner of combining the parts and in the particular construction thereof" (lines 10-17).
Date: August 11, 1885
Creator: Miller, Walker C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator for Grain-Bins. (open access)

Fumigator for Grain-Bins.

Patent for an improvement in fumigators for grain-bins by producing “an apparatus by means of which sulphur or other life-destroying fumes can be forced into the bottom of the bin, so as to drive out insects or animal life, and thus protects the grain from their depredations.” (Lines 22-26) Illustration is included.
Date: August 11, 1891
Creator: Manahan, Thaddeus Atheburt
System: The Portal to Texas History