Resource Type

Combined Hoe and Edge-Trimmer. (open access)

Combined Hoe and Edge-Trimmer.

Patent for a tool that combines a how and edge-trimmer in one. The tool "may be conveniently used for trimming the edges of lawns, walks, and flower-beds and which may also be used as a weeding scuffle-hoe and as a sod-cutter" (lines 11-14) including illustrations
Date: August 29, 1905
Creator: Hough, James C. & Oldham, J. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerating Churn (open access)

Aerating Churn

Patent for aerating churn. This design of churn is designed to aerate milk as it churns. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Four-Horse Evener for Wheel-Plows (open access)

Four-Horse Evener for Wheel-Plows

Patent for a four horse evener for wheel plows that improves disk or moldboard. It corrects the plows tendency to swing when met with the ground and utilizes the same force to relieve strain from the horses.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Wolcott, Oliver P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically Energized Fence (open access)

Electrically Energized Fence

Patent for an electrically energized fence. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: McNair, Albert Duy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Residue Crude Oil Burner (open access)

Residue Crude Oil Burner

Patent for a burner that burns gas manufactured from crude oil. Illustration included.
Date: August 22, 1905
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry Concentrating Table (open access)

Dry Concentrating Table

Patent for dry concentrating table. "This invention relates to a dry concentrating table, and particularly to a construction by which a riffled table is adapted for use in dry concentration." Illustrations included.
Date: August 15, 1905
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History