Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for "construction and arrangement of arrow-shaped draw-heads and lever-bars adjustable upon rack-bars for the purpose of raising and lowering the draw-heads" (lines 16-20)including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1880
Creator: Gray, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
COMPOSITION FOR WHITEWASH. (open access)

COMPOSITION FOR WHITEWASH.

Patent for formula used in whitewashing homes, walls, fences. etc. with ingredients and instructions included.
Date: April 20, 1880
Creator: Kerr, Archibald Henderson
System: The Portal to Texas History
COTTON AND CORN PLANTER. (open access)

COTTON AND CORN PLANTER.

Patent for a machine that assist with cotton and corn farmers with the planting of corn and cotton seed which contains instructions and illustrations on "construction and arrangement of parts" (line 18).
Date: April 20, 1880
Creator: Faucher, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History