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Wire Stretching Implement (open access)

Wire Stretching Implement

Patent for a wire stretching implement. Illustrations included.
Date: October 18, 1904
Creator: Smith, Isaac
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leather-Dressing. (open access)

Leather-Dressing.

Patent for improvements to "composition of matter for the stuffing or filling of leather and to soften and polish the same, and also to preserve the leather, and is particularly applicable as a dressing for harness, boots, shoes, and all leather exposed to the weather" (lines 9-14).
Date: November 18, 1890
Creator: Jolly, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Cotton-Gin Feeders. (open access)

Governor for Cotton-Gin Feeders.

Patent for device that regulates the feed of a cotton gin using the pressure of the cotton in the gin's roll-box.
Date: March 18, 1884
Creator: Forbes, Lycurgus D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Portable Fences.

Patent for "a simple, cheap, and portable fence...which can be readily folded up for transportation from place to place." (Lines 11-13) Illustration included.
Date: November 18, 1873
Creator: Taylor, Byron L.
System: The Portal to Texas History