Clamp. (open access)

Clamp.

Patent for a new and improved clamp. This design "is for an improvement upon that class of inventions known as 'flooring jacks' or 'clamps,' and has for its object the lessening of labor for the attainment of the object or result which this is intended to perform, and the readiness and ease with which it can be manipulated" (lines 15-21).
Date: June 19, 1883
Creator: Sage, Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus (open access)

Well-Drilling Apparatus

Patent for a well-drilling apparatus granted to Eli Catlin which is simpler and more convenient to use as well as being less expensive.
Date: November 27, 1883
Creator: Catlin, Eli
System: The Portal to Texas History