Resource Type

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Mechanical Power. (open access)

Mechanical Power.

Patent for a machine that "has relation to mechanical powers designed for stump-pulling, hoisting heavy weights, &c.; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts" (lines 21-24).
Date: April 29, 1884
Creator: Gray, William Smith
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stump Puller. (open access)

Stump Puller.

Patent for a new and improved stump puller. This design's object "is to provide a simple, cheap, and effective stump-puller, readily portable and easily operated by one man and a horse; and to that end the novelty consists in the construction of the same" (lines 10-15).
Date: April 24, 1883
Creator: Tucker, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History