Resource Type

Poison-Distributer. (open access)

Poison-Distributer.

Patent for a new and improved machine for "distributing poison upon vines and plants that will be under the complete control of one man and which is operation will not injure the plants being treated and which will also insure an equal distribution of poison simultaneously upon three to seven or more rows of plants" (line 7 - 14).
Date: November 21, 1899
Creator: Richter, Frank L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree. (open access)

Whiffletree.

Patent for an improvement in whiffletrees, made out of steel. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: April 21, 1891
Creator: Flatau, Louis S.
System: The Portal to Texas History