Resource Type

Device for Measuring and Folding Dress Goods, &c. (open access)

Device for Measuring and Folding Dress Goods, &c.

Patent for a device on which textiles can be "quickly and accurately measured and folded upon a revolving reel." (Lines 14-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 4, 1890
Creator: Talley, James Milton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow. (open access)

Sulky-Plow.

Patent for an adjustable plow, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1891
Creator: Jackson, Luther C. & Reiger, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Fastening. (open access)

Shoe-Fastening.

Patent for improvements in shoe-fastenings by using a “pivoted clasp-lever which has a tail-piece acted upon by a leaf-spring for holding the lever in its closed or open position.” (Lines 11-13) Illustration is included.
Date: September 8, 1891
Creator: Dessoir, Julius
System: The Portal to Texas History