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Improvement in Machines for Sprinkling Cotton-Plants. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Sprinkling Cotton-Plants.

Patent for a wheeled, horse-drawn machine, "whereby plants are firs dampened with water and then overspread with poisonous powder, the latter being caused by the former to adhere to the plant" (para. 9).
Date: January 6, 1874
Creator: Robinson, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dumping-Cars. (open access)

Improvement in Dumping-Cars.

Patent for improvements to Dumping-Cars used for loading locomotives with wood or coal, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1879
Creator: Johnson, Stephen.
System: The Portal to Texas History