Pumping Apparatus. (open access)

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
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow. This plow is equipped with a cutter or knife that follows the furrow to guide the plow blade. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: McCasland, Charles K.
System: The Portal to Texas History