Churn-Operating Device. (open access)

Churn-Operating Device.

Patent for a churn operating device to make the process more simple and efficient for the use of producing butter in the shortest possible time.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Palm, Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surveyor's Instrument. (open access)

Surveyor's Instrument.

Patent for a new and improved surveyor's instrument. This design consists in "[t]he instrument for surveying and analogous purposes, consisting of protractor, right-angled piece, and [additional] piece, the two latter pivoted to move independently on the protractor" (lines 9-13).
Date: March 10, 1885
Creator: Dolman, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History