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Wire Tightener (open access)

Wire Tightener

Patent for new and improved construction of wire tightener allows for post in place while wire is being fastened.
Date: July 28, 1900
Creator: Short, William Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for improvements of hay press to simplify construction and add locking device.
Date: August 29, 1900
Creator: Sherrer, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floating Body. (open access)

Floating Body.

Patent for improvements to balloons or floating bodies in order to provide for a floating body "consisting of a flexible air or gas receiver, made to imitate or resemble animate or inanimate objects, so as to assume when inflated the shape of a human head or bust, birds, statues, animals, or any other desired object" (lines 14-19), including illustrations.
Date: November 20, 1900
Creator: Bailey, Edward Gray
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for improvement of construction of wire stretcher for both mending and cutting wire.
Date: November 20, 1900
Creator: Passmore, Benjamine, H.
System: The Portal to Texas History