Improvement in Wagon-Sheet and Tent (open access)

Improvement in Wagon-Sheet and Tent

Patent for an improvement in wagon sheet coverings / tent. The improvement is in the sides of the wagon sheet can be extended by loosening straps to fall the length to the ground and be staked to the earth. This gives a tent to sleep under after a day of traveling.
Date: August 13, 1871
Creator: Fitzgerald, M. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rope-Measuring Machine. (open access)

Rope-Measuring Machine.

Patent for a new and useful rope measuring machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 13, 1898
Creator: Hubbard, Ely Y. Seale
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Canopy. (open access)

Cultivator-Canopy.

Patent for a universal canopy to provide shade for cultivator operators. The canopy is light, simple, and durable.
Date: August 13, 1918
Creator: Davis, Owen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Drying Apparatus. (open access)

Cotton-Drying Apparatus.

Patent for a new invention in a apparatus which can be used to dry cotton. This apparatus can be used to dry cotton in a very good loose condition.
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Durda, Frank J.
System: The Portal to Texas History