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Insect Trap.
Patent for a new and improved insect trap. This design is "for catching such insects as are attracted by light, more especially cotton-flies, potato-bugs, and the like" (lines 11-13). It consists "of a frame having a bottom provided with an approximately star-shaped opening, the transparent walls mounted in the frame and forming re-entrant angles and providing entrance-openings and being adjustable to vary the size of the entrance openings, a receptacle arranged beneath the opening in the bottom of the frame, and a lamp arranged within the frame" (lines 72-80).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Edwards, Joseph H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fastening Clip.
Patent for improvement in wire-fastening clips by constructing the clip using “a collar, a finger carried by the collar and extending above and below the collar, and a set-screw to engage with the finger below the collar.” (P. 2, lines 8-11.) This clip can be “adjustably secured to the fence-post in such manner that it may be readily raised and lowered, whereby the wires may be spaced as desired without necessitating boring of the post.” (Lines 17-21.) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 21, 1901
Creator:
Dunk, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing-Machine Table
Patent for a sewing machine table intended to extend the top of the sewing machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 26, 1908
Creator:
Saettler. Ernest C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, May 2013
Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planningi n the Austin, Texas area.
Date:
May 2013
Creator:
Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History