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Electric Appliance for Horses. (open access)

Electric Appliance for Horses.

Patent for an electric appliance for stallions meant to stop the horse from masturbating. It is a box underneath the horse that is secured around the horse. When the horse gets an erection, the penis will touch the lower plate of the box and cause the circuit to close and shocks the animal.
Date: March 20, 1894
Creator: King, George R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for the Disposal of Night-Soil, &c. (open access)

Device for the Disposal of Night-Soil, &c.

Patent for a method of disposing of human feces "by water and the destruction of disease producing germs in the same in centers of population which are situated near running streams or large bodies of water" (lines 12-15).
Date: January 20, 1894
Creator: Busbee, Loranzo D. & Rosser, Charles M.
System: The Portal to Texas History