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Bee Hive Stand. (open access)

Bee Hive Stand.

Patent for a new and improved bee-hive stand. This design consists in "the combination, with a floor, of a frame provided with opposite side standards and a row of central standards, the longitudinal side bars, and a central longitudinal bar connected with said standards, tie-bars constructed to hook on said longitudinal bars, and a roof provided with hinged lids and supported by said side and central standards" (lines 85-93).
Date: December 10, 1889
Creator: Lipp, Simpson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Wheel Cultivator And Plow (open access)

Combined Wheel Cultivator And Plow

Patent for improvements to a combined wheel cultivator and plow, "whereby either mold-board plows or shovel-cultivators may be used upon a common frame" (lines 16-18). Includes illustrations.
Date: December 28, 1886
Creator: Wahrmund, Charles, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap (open access)

Fly-Trap

Patent for an insect trap for flies. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1912
Creator: Krueger, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History