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Railway-Tie.
Patent for a railroad tie made of sand and cement and threaded with barbed wire.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Joynt, Dudley Layng
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the draw-head, of the transverse pivot-pin in the top of the draw-head, the coupling-pin provided with a longitudinal slot engaging said pivot-pin, and the weights mounted on said pivot-pin and adapted to bear on the end of the link" (lines 76-81).
Date:
October 22, 1889
Creator:
Hodges, Clemont Clay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopping, Planting, and Cultivating Machine
Patent for "an improvement in combined cotton chopping, planting, and cultivating machines," (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1888
Creator:
Pilond, David Winfield
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design consists in "[a]n ant-trap, comprising the body and the inward-projecting tubes having the protecting-caps on their inner ends, the outer faces of the caps being convex and provided with apertures of greater diameter than the bore of the inner end of the tube" (lines 90-95).
Date:
February 22, 1887
Creator:
McCallum, Walter Randolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History