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Vehicle Top. (open access)

Vehicle Top.

Patent for a new and improved vehicle-top. This design "consists in the combination, of a vehicle-top, with upright rods having their upper ends bent to conform to the shape of the roof, the upper ends of the rods being secured to strips held on the under side of the roof of the top, and on which rods curtains are held to slide up and down" (lines 12-18).
Date: September 30, 1884
Creator: McCurdy, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter (open access)

Seed-Planter

Patent for a new construction of rotary seed planter, with illustrations and description and arrangement of parts.
Date: September 23, 1884
Creator: Daniel, Ellison A.
System: The Portal to Texas History