Insecticide (open access)

Insecticide

Patent for an insecticide specifically for insects that burrow into the shucks of corn. "The general object of my invention is to provide a compound capable, when affected by moisture incidental to the sweating of the corn in the crib, of generating a poisonous gas which will permeate the shucks and reach and destroy the insect within the shucks, where it cannot be destroyed by simply sprinkling the corn with a poisonous powder or solution" (lines 17-25).
Date: September 13, 1892
Creator: Carter, Joseph John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dumping Wagon. (open access)

Dumping Wagon.

Patent for a new and improved dumping wagon. This design is "to provide a double dump for carrying dirt, sand, gravel, and other loose material on ordinary road-wagons, together with mechanism for instantly unloading the same" (lines 8-12). To this end, it consists "of a frame, double dumping-boxes swinging upon axles, and a U-shaped dumping lever, said lever provided with points extending slightly beyond its axis" (lines 90-93).
Date: September 13, 1892
Creator: Forsgard, Samuel J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caster. (open access)

Caster.

Patent for a new and useful caster to be "applied to light and heavy furniture" (line 13-14).
Date: September 13, 1898
Creator: Gluck, Solomon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game Counter. (open access)

Game Counter.

Patent for a new and improved game-counter. This design consists "in a tabular counting device of novel construction applicable to counting with great accuracy and exemption from dispute, together with a clear exhibit of progress and result, in the game of dominoes and other games, such as whist, euchre, casino, &c., also applicable as a petty-cash counter" (lines 8-14).
Date: September 13, 1892
Creator: Herbert, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rope-Measuring Machine. (open access)

Rope-Measuring Machine.

Patent for a new and useful rope measuring machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 13, 1898
Creator: Hubbard, Ely Y. Seale
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for an Agricultural Hoeing-Wheel. (open access)

Design for an Agricultural Hoeing-Wheel.

Design patent for a hoeing wheel that has a circular body having a plurality of flat arms that are regularly spaced.
Date: September 13, 1898
Creator: McGuire, John A. & Williams, Richard S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Heating Sad-Irons. (open access)

Device for Heating Sad-Irons.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in devices for heating sad irons, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 13, 1898
Creator: Newton, Francis W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Scraper (open access)

Wheeled Scraper

Patent for an improvement to scrapers so that "the handling of the scraper-bowl to load, convey, and discharge the dirt may be accomplished with little or no labor on the part of the operator" (lines 14-19).
Date: September 13, 1892
Creator: Rath, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Musical Notation (open access)

Musical Notation

Patent for a notation which provides "a sheet in which the tones in their successive order of degrees by septenaries comprising the limit of the human voice from low to high pitch or from base to treble will be graphically indicated, and also to furnish a means whereby mechanical transposition of the notated characters may be effected" (lines 14-20).
Date: September 13, 1892
Creator: Robberson, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter. (open access)

Planter.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in planters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 13, 1898
Creator: Shofield, James Drommond
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Cotton Distributer and Cleaner. (open access)

Seed-Cotton Distributer and Cleaner.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in seed cotton distributers and cleaners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 13, 1898
Creator: Walla, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History