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Quilting Apparatus (open access)

Quilting Apparatus

Patent for improvements in the quilting apparatus, that helps in stabilizing the quilting process as the center of gravity of the device shifts during the process.
Date: August 24, 1915
Creator: Lawrence Monroe Caruth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scale Beam. (open access)

Scale Beam.

Patent for a scale beam with notches at different heights on the upper edge, so that weights may be adjusted in the dark or by the blind, and including illustration.
Date: January 24, 1893
Creator: Sevier, Moses Nimrod
System: The Portal to Texas History