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Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds.
Patent for a "compound for killing the cotton-worm and other insects that infest, eat, and damage the leaves of the cotton-plant," which "consists in combining a poisonous, an adhesive, and a diffusive ingredient in one and the same compound." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 17, 1873
Creator:
Royall, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace and Trace Chain Supporter.
Patent for a new and improved trace and trace-chain supporter. This design consists "of the pivoted springy trace or chain keeper, and the hook or loop having its outer branch perforated, whereby the keeper itself is enabled to act as a spring, and after being sprung into its place is retained above the trace or chain by the conjoint agency of a shoulder or offset on the keeper and the outer branch of the loop or hook" (lines 43-50).
Date:
June 17, 1890
Creator:
Wroe, Missouria E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History