Resource Type

Pencil-Lighting Attachment. (open access)

Pencil-Lighting Attachment.

Patent for improvement in pencil-lighting attachments. This is meant to combine an electric lamp with a pencil, pen, etc. within a mounted casing so that the surface being written on may be lighted.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Bennett, Jerrell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tractor (open access)

Tractor

Patent for improvements to tractors which are designed with the driver's seat positioned on the trailing unit. The improvements allow for tools to be attached in such a way cultivating may be done near fences and other common obstructions.
Date: July 1, 1918
Creator: Chenoweth, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History