Resource Type

Month

Horse-Detacher (open access)

Horse-Detacher

Patent for a vehicle attachment that allows the driver to detach the vehicle from the horse, should the horse become difficult to control. Illustrations included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Barnett, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sprayer. (open access)

Sprayer.

Patent for improvements in insecticide sprayers by enabling the sprayer to "continuous stream of liquid and that it may be placed in a vehicle and operated by means of the running-gear or carried by hand." (Lines 18-21) Illustration is included.
Date: April 15, 1902
Creator: Chandler, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History