Veterinary Medicine (open access)

Veterinary Medicine

Patent for the invention of screw-worm liniment, provide a description of the ingredients within liniment. Compound relates to that class of reme-wounds cause by screw-worms and all kind of parasites in or on stock and poultry (10).
Date: October 30, 1883
Creator: Miller, Thomas, L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cactus-Singer. (open access)

Cactus-Singer.

Patent for a safer design of a portable flame gun, used for burning needles off cactus plants, with illustrations.
Date: November 13, 1887
Creator: Vacher, Ernest William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Skirt Ironing Board. (open access)

Skirt Ironing Board.

Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design "consists [of] an ironing-board provided with hinged detachable leaves and with devices for holding said leaves open, which board is hinged or pivoted to the end piece of a frame, the lower part of which forms a box to receive that part of the article that hangs down, while the rest is being ironed, thus protecting it from dust and dirt and keeping it moist" (lines 12-20).
Date: December 14, 1880
Creator: Baldwin, Mary Hensley
System: The Portal to Texas History