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Spring Bed-Bottom. (open access)

Spring Bed-Bottom.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable spring bet bottom that consists of a frame, slats, separate inverted cone-shaped coiled springs that sit on the slats and that loop together at the tops, clamps that hold the springs onto the slats, and hooks that hold the upper coils to the frame.
Date: December 26, 1893
Creator: Crowder, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg Preserving Compound (open access)

Egg Preserving Compound

Patent for a egg preserving compound. This invention consists of an air-excluding coating to prevent deterioration for an indefinite period.
Date: December 22, 1903
Creator: Brown, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History