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Wire-Twisting Implement (open access)

Wire-Twisting Implement

Patent for a wire twister for use in manufacturing wire baskets. Illustrations included.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: Kaspar, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers. (open access)

Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.

Patent for a device to destroy "winged insects which are destructive to the cotton plants and other vegetation" (lines 19-21) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1870
Creator: Byrne, Thomas; Strunk, Diedrich & Schott, J. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History