Insect-Destroying Machine. (open access)

Insect-Destroying Machine.

Patent for improvements in insect-destroying machines to remove and destroy the boll-weevil of cotton plants by “gathering the branches of the plant into position to be effectively operated upon by a revolving brush which sweeps the weevils from the plant into a box carried by the machine without injury to the cotton plants.” (Lines 25 -30)
Date: April 22, 1902
Creator: Dyer, Charles V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroying Machine (open access)

Insect-Destroying Machine

Patent for an agricultural machine to remove insects (especially boll-weevils) from cotton plants.
Date: September 9, 1902
Creator: Dyer, Charles V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg Preserving Apparatus. (open access)

Egg Preserving Apparatus.

Patent for a new and useful egg container for packing, storing, and preserving eggs.
Date: February 18, 1902
Creator: Glacken Hugh
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for an improvement in rotary engines, specifically in engines where the piston is operated by direct and expansive force of steam.
Date: December 16, 1902
Creator: Carothers, Samuel Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History