Safety Car Step or Running-Board (open access)

Safety Car Step or Running-Board

Patent for a safety car step or running-board for freight cars. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Dodson, Elijah C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter (open access)

Seed-Planter

Patent for a seed planter operated by an axle. Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Wilson, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter (open access)

Stalk-Cutter

Patent for invention that "relates to improvements in 'stalk-cutters,' and pertains to a machine which is adapted to cut three rows of stalks at one operation and is provided with simple means for laterally extending the side cutters to permit the adjustment of the machine to cut rows of different widths" (lines 8-14). Illustrations are included.
Date: July 22, 1902
Creator: Williams, Mark D.
System: The Portal to Texas History