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Well-Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for a well-drilling apparatus meant "to provide improved means for adjusting and withdrawing drill-tools without removing the drill-rod to provide a folding reamer and means for adjusting the blades thereof, and to provide means for conveying water to the drill, whereby the drillings are carried up outside of the drill-rod or barrel" (lines 9-16).
Date:
December 24, 1895
Creator:
Horton, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Point.
Patent for a plow-point that can be used on a shovel or spade plow. "it consists of an attachment which can be applied to the point of these plows and which will operate to more effectually divide the ground and allow the plow to cultivate the hardest and most refractory kinds of soil" (lines 10-15).
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Prentice, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Provision-Safe.
Patent for "a pantry and kitchen safe combined and designed to be built apart from the house and constituting a distinct and removable piece of furniture," (lines 11-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1891
Creator:
Jones, Walter Adolphus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press
Patent for a simple cotton press that is adapted to be run from the same source of power as the gin so that the plunger operates automatically (lines 12-16).
Date:
December 27, 1892
Creator:
Van Dyke, James E. & Stobaugh, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History