Combination Plow. (open access)

Combination Plow.

Patent for improvements on the combination plow that can be converted into a single, double, or three plow, including illustrations.
Date: October 28, 1890
Creator: Walton, Jacob Gipson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Archaeological Evaluation of System Improvements for the North Milam Water Supply Corporation (open access)

An Archaeological Evaluation of System Improvements for the North Milam Water Supply Corporation

An archaeological evaluation of proposed pipeline system improvements in northern Milam County.
Date: May 28, 2003
Creator: Skinner, S. Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for windmill that is cheap and highly efficient with a simple manufacture.
Date: October 28, 1902
Creator: Faubion, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in monkey-wrenches to "provide an improved construction of the same whereby the clamping-jaws may be quickly and readily adjusted to the nut or tap which is to be engaged thereby" (line 19-23).
Date: December 28, 1897
Creator: Antony, Edwin Le Roy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a new and improved stalk chopper. This design "consists in the combination of a suitable carrying-frame, which is to be attached to the plow, a shaft on which the chopping-wheel is placed, and which is operated by the revolving axle, and the chopping-wheel having adjustable cutting blades" (lines 13-18).
Date: July 28, 1885
Creator: Miller, Julian Tolbert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History