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Corn-Planter.
Patent relating to "a novel corn-planter, and has for its object the production of a simple, durable, and efficient planting attachment which may be applied to an ordinary plow and which when so applied will automatically effect the distribution of corn or other grain at desired intervals" (lines 12-18).
Date:
December 21, 1897
Creator:
Ellis, William Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grave Cover.
Patent for a new and improved grave covering. This design calls for a concrete slab, slightly larger than its lidless wooden box, to rest on the upper edges of the latter. A slat in the slab will receive a headstone, which will rest on the slab via flanges.
Date:
September 21, 1880
Creator:
Thomas, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Appliance.
Patent for a railway appliance designed to prevent cars from leaving the track, as well as apply brakes to train to quickly decelerate or stop.
Date:
July 21, 1903
Creator:
Sweat, Omega
System:
The Portal to Texas History