Combined Chair and Sleeping Car. (open access)

Combined Chair and Sleeping Car.

Patent for railway passenger train combined chair and sleeping car. The combined chair and sleeping car were designed to utilized less space on the train.
Date: May 31, 1887
Creator: Goelet, Edward B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flytrap. (open access)

Flytrap.

Patent for a "new and improved fly trap arranged to insure [sic] a proper transfer of the flies or other insects" in such a way that the trap bait is preserved for repeated use (lines 14-16).
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Wallace, William Simpson
System: The Portal to Texas History