Combination Drafting-Instrument. (open access)

Combination Drafting-Instrument.

Patent for a combination drafting-instrument that is "carried about the person and serve as a combined pencil-holder and drafting tool and when used in the latter capacity to serve the functions of a divider, a square, a compass, and a caliper for either inside or outside gaging" (lines 10-15).
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: Deats, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Frame (open access)

Plow Frame

Patent for a plow frame "to which may be attached plow bottoms or cultivator beams" (lines 11-12).
Date: February 20, 1912
Creator: Brown, Bartley
System: The Portal to Texas History