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Apparatus for Floating Vessels. (open access)

Apparatus for Floating Vessels.

Patent for a mechanism for raising, and hauling into deeper water, a floating vessel that has run aground.
Date: November 12, 1901
Creator: Debose, Albert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Snap Hook. (open access)

Snap Hook.

Patent for a new and improved snap hook. This design "consists in a hook provided with a sliding latch on the shank and on the end of the hook, whereby this hook will remain closed in whatever position it is placed" (lines 11-14).
Date: December 12, 1882
Creator: Hake, Francis A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Powder-Duster (open access)

Powder-Duster

Patent for a device that will grind poison to a fine powder, and can mounted on a wagon for distribution onto plants.
Date: July 12, 1892
Creator: Wright, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Watch-Chain. (open access)

Design for a Watch-Chain.

Design patent for a rosary watch-chain that includes strings of beads, hearts, an image of the "Virgin Mary," and a watch-key in the shape of a crucifix. There is no accompanying illustration.
Date: May 12, 1885
Creator: Graham, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History