Resource Type

Trap (open access)

Trap

Patent for a trap. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: McEachern, John Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harvesting Apparatus (open access)

Harvesting Apparatus

Patent for a harvesting apparatus.This invention is to "provide an effective apparatus of this character which may be operated with the minimum amount of power" (line 9-13). Illustrations included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Russell, George D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for washing-machines that "employ a circular corrugated or fluted bed with a conical roller revolving about a central post" (lines 12-14).
Date: February 10, 1880
Creator: Austin, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History