Resource Type

Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvements in car-couplings by using a combination of “a rod pivoted at its front end to the side of the draw-head and pivotally connected at its rear end..... when the draw-head is driven to the rear by the force of the blow received in coupling with another draw-head, the lug will be pressed to the front,” (lines 30-40) illustration is included.
Date: March 17, 1891
Creator: Bright, Tom Full
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a subsoil plow that is adjustable and includes a root cutter.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: West, William O.
System: The Portal to Texas History