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Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Caterpillars. (open access)

Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Caterpillars.

Patent for an insecticide compound that combines Paris green, flour, and lime, which allows the poison, arsenic, to better adhere to cotton plants. Includes instructions.
Date: January 14, 1873
Creator: Whisenant, Green F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fluting-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Fluting-Machines.

Patent for an improvement in gage-fluting machines, including an illustration. "It relates to a machine for fluting or crimping articles of ladies' apparel" (lines 6-7).
Date: January 14, 1873
Creator: Saunders, David R.
System: The Portal to Texas History