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Cultivator Attachment.
Patent for an invention "whereby a wheel-cultivator of any style, pattern, or make can be readily converted into a land-marker or planter." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 23, 1897
Creator:
Dayton, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn for separating butter. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1897
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Covering and Protecting Contents of Drawers.
Patent for an improved device designed to cover and protect the contents of drawers, this result being attained through a flexible cover wound upon a suitable roller, the latter being operated to wind or unwind the cover by opening or closing the drawer." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Burt, Horace Roscoe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool.
Patent for a combination tool that is "adapted without changing any of its parts to operate as a nut and pipe wrench, pliers, hammer, screw-driver, and nail-extractor." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Armstrong, Charles J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for an automatic windmill "which will be capable of obtaining a large amount of power from a comparatively light wind." (Lines 14-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 24, 1897
Creator:
Hardaway, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold.
Patent for an inexpensive and simple mold with few parts and can separate easily. It is designed specifically to make semicircles and rectangular shapes, of concrete or earthenware. The mold also can be held together simply and inexpensively.
Date:
February 2, 1897
Creator:
Parker, William Sink
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Substitute.
Patent for an oil paint substitute consisting of furniture glue, water, soda ash, and salicylic acid, rosin, and pigment. Includes instructions for three different formulas.
Date:
May 18, 1897
Creator:
Reynolds, Walter James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tellurian.
Patent for a device "which shall illustrate the axial and orbital movements of the earth and the directions of the sun's rays upon our globe... by simple and effective means of automatic character." (Lines 17-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1897
Creator:
McArthur, Neel John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness and Saddle.
Patent for a saddle and harness in which "several parts are united in a secure but detachable manner and which possesses certain other advantages" (lines 27-31).
Date:
March 2, 1897
Creator:
Vogtsberger, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Needle.
Patent for improvements in needles: "is to provide a ready means for cutting to the twine, thread, or cord carried by a needle" (lines 15-17).
Date:
September 14, 1897
Creator:
Posey, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History