Tourist's Glass. (open access)

Tourist's Glass.

Patent for improvements to tourists' glasses, "intended for use to tourists, hunters, ranchmen, botanists, minerologists, and analogous purposes" (lines 25-27) including illustrations.
Date: July 21, 1914
Creator: Faehrmann, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboard. (open access)

Washboard.

Patent for a new washboard with "simple durability, and cheap construction, . . . [which is] serviceable and efficient in its use" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Bush, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Differential Mechanism for Automobiles (open access)

Differential Mechanism for Automobiles

Patent for improvements for differential mechanisms for automobiles, including a "means for transmitting power from the motor to the traction wheels of the machine".
Date: October 19, 1915
Creator: Maniscalco, Anthony S.
System: The Portal to Texas History