Wire Stretcher. (open access)

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "a frame having two arms, one carrying a fixed clamp and the other a roller, a windlass mounted on said frame having a rope passing over said roller and adapted to be fixed to an end of wire, and a central clamp consisting of a rigid bar on the frame between its arms, a notched clamp pivoted thereon, and a ring for retaining the clamp" (lines 6-14).
Date: February 22, 1887
Creator: Ainsworth, Phineas Hardaman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remedy for Eczema (open access)

Remedy for Eczema

Patent for a medical compound to remedy eczema and other similar diseases which lists the ingredients and dosages.
Date: June 22, 1909
Creator: Ringer, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History