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Violin.
Patent for violin with special arrangement of two strings. The two strings produce similar tones when vibrated.
Date:
January 30, 1917
Creator:
Rice, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Digger
Patent for machine that digs holes for posts for construction.
Date:
January 30, 1917
Creator:
Holsomback, Lee N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slat-and-Wire Fence-Machine.
Patent for a simple and compact wire-fence machine that can be hand operated and aids in the construction of a wire fence. The machine stretches and maintains tension while twisting and securing the wire to a post. The machine also twists wires together.
Date:
January 30, 1894
Creator:
Haley, Anslem J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cultivator.
Patent for a cotton-cultivator that brings unevenly planted cotton plants to "stand" quickly, effectively, and without much effort. "Five or more stands can be obtained at one operation of the machine" (lines 23-25).
Date:
January 30, 1894
Creator:
Nehrmeyer, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Embroidering Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for an Embroidering Attachment for Sewing Machines that permits the movement of the material in any direction in order to improve embroidery designing.
Date:
January 30, 1906
Creator:
Jacobs, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Running Gear for Wagons.
Patent for a new and improved running-gear for wagons. This design consists "[i]n a running-gear for carriages and wagons, the combination, with the axle provided with the collars of the stationary and rotary disks, and interposed anti-friction rollers mounted on arms projecting from disks, which are mounted on bolts, constituting axles for the rotary disks and the horizontal wheels and in the boxes" (lines 10-17).
Date:
January 30, 1883
Creator:
Mackey, Thomas Bell
System:
The Portal to Texas History