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Log-Turner
Patent for "that class of log-turners which is operated by power, and has for its object to provide a device that will be quick and positive in its operation" (lines 39-42).
Date:
May 10, 1887
Creator:
Ferris, Henry Murry & Gallon, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "is to provide hand-cultivators constructed in such a manner as to cut up and destroy grass and weeds without throwing the soil around and covering small plants, and without breaking the soil away from around the plants" (lines 16-21).
Date:
November 18, 1884
Creator:
Hurd, Judson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Plow.
Patent for a new and improved revolving plow. This design calls for a cylinder with blades attached radially for "cutting up, breaking, and turning over the soil or turf, in which the cutter blades are freed automatically" (lines 7-10). This plow cuts up, breaks, and turns over earth faster than previous designs.
Date:
October 31, 1882
Creator:
Hurd, Judson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History