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Cotton-Picking Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Picking Machine.

Patent for improvement in cotton picking machine “whereby the ripened portion of the cotton may be easily and thoroughly picked or removed and disposed in a suitable receptacle.” (Lines 22-24.) Illustration is included.
Date: January 3, 1905
Creator: McEachern, John Neil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide. (open access)

Insecticide.

Patent for an inflammable compound for exterminating destructive insects and animals that contains alkanet-root, arsenious acid, gum-camphor, iodine resubl., phosphorus, sulphur resubl., and bisulphide carbon.
Date: January 8, 1886
Creator: Shugart, T. Woodward. & Clifton, Charley D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sleigh-Runner. (open access)

Sleigh-Runner.

Patent for a new adjustable sleigh runner designed to be easily applied and removed from wheeled vehicles, including illustrations.
Date: January 1, 1889
Creator: Lewis, Thomas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History