Resource Type

Wire-Working Implement. (open access)

Wire-Working Implement.

Patent for an invention that stretches fencing wire that is being nailed or stapled into a post. The implement is also used for twisted two wires together.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Murphy, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench, which can used "as a nut wrench or a pipe wrench" (lines 18-19).
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Aeschlimann, Adolph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indicator For Clocks or Watches (open access)

Indicator For Clocks or Watches

Patent for an improvement to clocks or watches that will display an indicator when the timepiece needs to be re-wound.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Aeschlimann, Adolph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History