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[Herbarium Sheet: Vitis cinerea Engelm #221]

Specimen of a Vitis cinerea Engelm plant, collected by Munson and Hopkins in Waelder, Texas, 1889.
Date: {1889-07-09,1889-07-10}
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type: Specimen
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herbarium Sheet: Three Plant Stems with Leaves Attached]

Specimen of three plant stems with several leaves attached, collected by Munson and Hopkins in Waelder, Texas, 1889.
Date: [1889-07-09,1889-07-10]
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type: Specimen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the draw-head, of the transverse pivot-pin in the top of the draw-head, the coupling-pin provided with a longitudinal slot engaging said pivot-pin, and the weights mounted on said pivot-pin and adapted to bear on the end of the link" (lines 76-81).
Date: October 22, 1889
Creator: Hodges, Clemont Clay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopping, Planting, and Cultivating Machine (open access)

Cotton Chopping, Planting, and Cultivating Machine

Patent for "a machine of this class which shall be simple in construction, inexpensive, durable, and easily operated" (lines 11-14).
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Piland, David Winfield
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History