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Baling-Press
Patent for a "press as simple in construction and operation as possible, of sufficient power to do the work effectively, and arranged to be readily moved from place to place at pleasure" (lines 12-16).
Date:
February 19, 1889
Creator:
Hillman, William & Ripple, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses" (lines 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 19, 1889
Creator:
Bywaters, Joseph K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design consists in "the combination, with an essentially T-shaped body having the members of the head inclined in direction of the straight member and provided with a series of teeth, of a lever pivoted to the straight member of the body contiguous to the head and clamping-jaws pivoted upon the said lever" (lines 32-39).
Date:
February 19, 1889
Creator:
Hughes, George Roland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liniment.
Patent for an antiseptic liniment comprised of flaxseed oil, turpentine, and sulphuric acid.
Date:
February 19, 1889
Creator:
Bates, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Polishing Shoes.
Patent for "an improvement in machines for polishing shoes" (lines 8-9) including illustrations.
Date:
February 19, 1889
Creator:
Bright, Joseph Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton or Corn Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists "[i]n combination with the hopper of a corn or cotton planter, a vibrating sector provided with two median pins . . . and a seed-slide having the vertical stud projecting up between said pins, whereby the seed-slide will be intermittently and alternately struck by the two pins and reciprocated in opposite directions" (lines 58-65).
Date:
February 19, 1889
Creator:
Stone, Josephus; Watson, Thomas & Watson, Branch Archer
System:
The Portal to Texas History