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Watch-Barrel.
Patent for a winding mechanism for watches, related to the barrel and rachet of the winding mechanism, with illustrations and instructions included.
Date:
November 5, 1880
Creator:
Martin, Josiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree.
Patent for a new and improved whiffletree. This design utilizes a removable eye and removable rings, so "when [they have] become worn [they] may be removed and [others] substituted, thus prolonging the usefulness of the single tree for years" (lines 48-51).
Date:
October 5, 1880
Creator:
Miller, Rudolph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter and Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved planter and cultivator. This design "relates to combined seed-planters and cultivators intended for different kinds of seeds and crops; and it consists of a novel construction of machine having a detachable harrow and seed-drum, and being what [the inventors] call a 'universal seed-planter and cultivator'" (lines 14-20).
Date:
October 5, 1880
Creator:
Thompson, James W. & Lloyd, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History