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Improvement in Stalk-Pullers. (open access)

Improvement in Stalk-Pullers.

Patent for an "improved machine designed especially for pulling cotton-stalks, but which may be used with advantage for pulling other stalks, weeds, &c., and which shall be so constructed as to clear itself of the stalks as they are pulled" (para. 4).
Date: April 11, 1876
Creator: Butler, George W. & O'Connell, Timothy P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Piano-Pedal Attachments. (open access)

Improvement in Piano-Pedal Attachments.

Patent for improved piano-pedal attachments which would help "children who are not able to reach the regular pedals; by hooking the stool to the regular pedal-support and setting the connecting-rods in the little sockets in the piano-pedals." (Lines [9-14]) Illustration is included.
Date: March 14, 1876
Creator: Cheesman, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dining-Tables. (open access)

Improvement in Dining-Tables.

Patent for an improved dining table with a rotating food service, a water reservoir and fountain, and an elevated wine bucket. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 14, 1876
Creator: Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
System: The Portal to Texas History