Ant-Trap. (open access)

Ant-Trap.

Patent for an ant-trap using a portable receptacle with three different designs, each can be used as an individual trap or in any combinations to lure ants into the bottom of the receptacle without any means of escaping, including illustration.
Date: August 7, 1860
Creator: Cottingham, G. W. & Menefee, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for improvement in cultivators by making all the beams that had blades attached to them adjustable by a lever. A roller is designed for covering the seed and smoothing over the ground after the seeds are discharged by a slider which is operated by a crank-shaft near the end of the machine. A detachable revolving stalk-cutter can be used for cutting stalks on the ground by means of a suitable connector at the rear end of the machine. Illustration is included.
Date: September 7, 1869
Creator: Baker, Job McNamee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Operating Pumps. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Operating Pumps.

Patent for a new and improved water pump operating system. The patent includes an illustration and instructions.
Date: December 7, 1869
Creator: Moore, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Medical Compound. (open access)

Improved Medical Compound.

Patent for improvements in medical compound.
Date: January 7, 1868
Creator: Taylor, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Medicinal Preparation. (open access)

Improved Medicinal Preparation.

Patent for improvements made the medicinal preparations generally used for poultices. The patented improvement involves the application of dried and powdered leaves, stalks, and joints of the cactus opuntia or cockinifer.
Date: April 7, 1868
Creator: Lege, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History