Machine for Capturing and Destroying Insects. (open access)

Machine for Capturing and Destroying Insects.

Patent for a machine that removes insects from cotton plants. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: Strouhal, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Capturing and Destroying Insects. (open access)

Device for Capturing and Destroying Insects.

Patent for "a new and original method of destroying the Mexican cotton-boll weevil (Anthonomus gradis boh) and other insects that damage cotton while growing &c., &c. (lines 5-8) including illustrations.
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: Strouhal, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History