Medical Compound. (open access)

Medical Compound.

Patent for improvements in medical compounds: "provide a new and useful preparation for the treatment and cure of kidney and bladder affections" (lines 9-11).
Date: August 30, 1892
Creator: Page, Thomas L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Destroying the Cutting Ant. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Destroying the Cutting Ant.

Patent for "an improved apparatus for destroying the cutting ants in their nests." (Lines 9-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 3, 1875
Creator: Fenner, Ferdinand A. & Power, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Power (open access)

Horse-Power

Patent for "a machine adapted for operation from an auxiliary motor actuated by horse or animal power, and has for its object to provide a simple, efficient, and durable machine of this character by or from which a cotton-gin, agrist or saw mill, or other machinery may be driven" (lines 7-13).
Date: August 28, 1888
Creator: Sampson, Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pot-Feeder for Type-Casting Machines. (open access)

Pot-Feeder for Type-Casting Machines.

Patent for a pot feeder for type casting machines, which both sends out new metal slugs to be formed into type and refills the pot with old slugs thus keeping the level of metal in the pot even all the times.
Date: August 31, 1909
Creator: Sengele, Louis August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game-Cards. (open access)

Game-Cards.

Patent for game cards. Provide attractive cards with detailed instructions on how to play card games.
Date: August 12, 1902
Creator: Sharp, Bird H.
System: The Portal to Texas History