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Combined Plow, Chopper, and Planter.
Patent for a simple, durable, and economic combined plow, chopper, and planter that provides "a machine which will open the land, plant and fertilize at the same time, and which may be quickly adjusted for chopping cotton plants and at the same time cultivate rows of plants" (lines 10-13). The parts can be attached to a common frame.
Date:
February 12, 1895
Creator:
Newton, Nicholas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nail-Holding Attachment for Hammers.
Patent for a durable and simple nail-holding attachment for hammers that can be used with any hammer. It holds the nail in place to drive it home.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Lewis, Harry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post.
Patent for a fence-post for wire fences and allows for the wires to be removed once secured. This invention allows for the fenced-in area to be changed and adjusted.
Date:
April 2, 1895
Creator:
Pryor, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dumping-Car.
Patent for a dumping-car that "can be operated by two men to discharge its contents with a comparatively small amount of exertion on the part of the operators" (lines 14-17). The car is developed to hold gravel, &c., and can be easily dumped.
Date:
August 6, 1895
Creator:
Dunman, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton-chopper that cultivates "the rows of plants simultaneously with thinning them out; and a further object of the invention is to provide such a machine which will be durable and simple" (lines 11-14).
Date:
February 12, 1895
Creator:
Newton, Nicholas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History