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Reed Organ (open access)

Reed Organ

Patent for improved construction of reed boards that prevents dust from getting inside of the reeds.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Preston, Percy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Extracting Machine. (open access)

Cotton Cleaning and Extracting Machine.

Patent for a new, efficient machine, with a double purpose: "to clean hand-picked cotton and better prepare it for the ginning operation" (lines 11-13) and to extract cotton "from unripe and closed bolls" (lines 14-15).
Date: March 7, 1916
Creator: Blackmon, Enoch J.
System: The Portal to Texas History