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Peanut-Digger.
Patent for a peanut digger that will go underneath the peanuts, cutting off the tap roots, which preserves the soil because "the soil does not lose the nitrogen contained within the roots." (lines 25-27)
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
West, Wade H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano.
Patent for a new piano "in which the strings are vibrated through the medium of a bow, as in a violin, instead of being struck with hammers in accordance with the usual method" (lines 8-12), including illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1900
Creator:
Holcombe, Edgar L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Sowing Attachment for Plows.
Patent for a seed-sowing attachment for plows which can "drop the seed in a furrow as it is made by the plow, and after it is covered by the formation of a successive furrow, and thereby complete the sowing or drilling process simultaneously with the plowing operation" (lines 14-19).
Date:
June 19, 1894
Creator:
Johnson, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History