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Compound Rail.
Patent for a compound rail that's joints are as strong as the rest of the rail and prevent jolting when a train passes over the joint.
Date:
October 27, 1908
Creator:
Cromer, Thomas S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Toller.
Patent for a simple device that's placed in a grinding mill to automatically extract and regulate the amount of grain being withdrawn.
Date:
October 25, 1921
Creator:
Perkins, Thomas F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mixture For Fish-Baits.
Patent for a coating for fish-bait of any kind which includes ingredients and instructions. The ingredients are water, asafeotida {(foul smelling gum resin from the root of several species of Ferula, a perennial herb) see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459456/}, oil of anise, and honey.
Date:
October 21, 1884
Creator:
Bates, Carol F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump for Oil Cans, &c.
Patent for a new and improved pump for oil cans. This design "especially relates to means for holding a pump cylinder or barrel within the cask or can, and preventing oil from escaping through the aperture or opening through which the cylinder passes; and to these ends it consists of the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts" (lines 20-26).
Date:
October 27, 1885
Creator:
Nelson, John Bryon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Trap.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and effective fish trap formed of wire fabric and fabric strips.
Date:
October 9, 1906
Creator:
Crowson, Jonas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History