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Tablet-Holder. (open access)

Tablet-Holder.

Patent for "tablet-holders for stenographers, clerks, copyists, &c.; and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device for supporting a tablet while taking notes or while copying therefrom; and to provide improved means for securing the tablet to the supporting plate or board of the holder." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 7, 1895
Creator: Stuart, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Gang-Plow. (open access)

Rotary Gang-Plow.

Patent for a rotary gang-plow that has laterally movable castings, stirrups, beams working in the stirrups, axles connected to the disks, and adjustable sleeves.
Date: May 14, 1895
Creator: Willis, WIlliam Beale
System: The Portal to Texas History