Attachment for Lead-Pencils. (open access)

Attachment for Lead-Pencils.

Patent for a calendar that attaches permanently to a lead pencil and wraps securely when not being viewed.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Masters, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inprovement in Sulky-Cultivators. (open access)

Inprovement in Sulky-Cultivators.

Patent for an improved sulky cultivator which lists description on how to build the cultivator.
Date: January 10, 1871
Creator: Jordan, Hugh P
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup. (open access)

Stirrup.

Patent for a new and improved stirrup. This design relates "particularly to a new and improved stirrup iron or body, whereby a stirrup of extraordinary strength and lightness is produced, and also one that is ornamental and avoids the discomfort of metallic stirrups now in common use" (lines 8-13).
Date: January 6, 1891
Creator: Kerns, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an improved coupler, the object of the invention being to provide an improved means for elevating, holding, and releasing the coupling-pin, and also to provide a vertically-adjustable drawhead, which bae readily adjusted either during coupling or before or after.
Date: January 19, 1892
Creator: Brimingham, Oliver M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Tool (open access)

Well Drilling Tool

Patent for improvments into the tools for boring Artesian wells.
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Schubert, Hermann F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Stalk Cutter (open access)

Cotton-Stalk Cutter

Patent for a cotton stalk cutter. Illustrations included.
Date: January 24, 1911
Creator: Leatherwood, Roy A. & Leatherwood, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History