Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator "in which all of the plow shanks will be adjustable to or from the center line of the frame in order that the cultivator may be adapted for working different kinds of plants" (lines 19-23). It is laterally adjustable, and the tongue is vertically adjustable.
Date: December 5, 1893
Creator: Mattijetz, Andreas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap. (open access)

Animal-Trap.

Patent for improvements in bait-trigger traps for catching small animals, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1891
Creator: Edwards, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding Saddle. (open access)

Riding Saddle.

Patent for an improved design for the riding saddle, including illustrations.
Date: December 28, 1890
Creator: Northrup, Julius Don
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Railroad-Tie (open access)

Metallic Railroad-Tie

Patent for an improvement on metallic railroad ties that is "simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and arranged to prevent the spreading of the rails and displacement of the ties in the railroad-bed" (lines 9-12).
Date: December 13, 1892
Creator: Mattijetz, Andreas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game Apparatus (open access)

Game Apparatus

Patent for a folding game table apparatus for playing bowling type games.
Date: December 3, 1912
Creator: Warren, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History