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Electric Fly-Trap. (open access)

Electric Fly-Trap.

Patent for improvement to fly traps. The improved fly trap electrocutes flies and other flying insects as they enter the trap. In the trap, there is a lamp that attracts flying insects.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Bass, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky-Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Sulky-Plows.

Patent for an invention of a new and improved sulky-plow, "which shall be so constructed that it may be readily adjusted to cause the plow to take or leave land, and to work at any desired depth in the ground, which will enable the plow to be readily raised from the ground" (lines 13-17). Illustrations included.
Date: February 20, 1877
Creator: Riddle, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suction-Fan or Blower. (open access)

Suction-Fan or Blower.

Patent for a suction fan or blower to partially clean material that passes through, including illustrations
Date: July 20, 1915
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor. (open access)

Governor.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in governors, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1899
Creator: Hunter, Victor Emmet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Device (open access)

Hitching Device

Patent for hitching device. Illustration included.
Date: July 7, 1904
Creator: Holland, George K. De W.
System: The Portal to Texas History