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Corn-Thinner.
Patent for improvements in corn-thinners for removing excess stalks in the field by constructing the “upper portion’s blade flat to present straight side cutting edges, and having the lower portion curved transversely to present to a lower semicircular cutting edge.” (Lines 53-56.) With this design, the operator would not have to stoop over, making the thinning operation easier. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 17, 1903
Creator:
Horn, Henry G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for a crude oil burner for stoves.
Date:
February 17, 1903
Creator:
Heffner, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal-Pipe Joint
Patent for a metal-pipe joint.
Date:
February 17, 1903
Creator:
West, Gustavus Hannibal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping Apparatus.
Patent for improvements to a pumping apparatus "to provide a simple, inexpensive, and easily-operated apparatus through the medium of which water may be forced from a well, stream, or other source of supply by the weight of a person" (lines 14-18).
Date:
February 17, 1903
Creator:
Simmons, Jessie W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine
Patent for rotary engine.
Date:
February 17, 1903
Creator:
May, Reynolds
System:
The Portal to Texas History