Cotton-Press. (open access)

Cotton-Press.

Patent for a cotton-press that compresses "cotton as it is delivered from the gin into convenient shape and size of bundle, for facilitating the transportation thereof" (lines 12-15).
Date: June 25, 1895
Creator: Taylor, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Battery (open access)

Electrical Battery

Patent for an electrical battery. Illustration included.
Date: June 14, 1904
Creator: Haschke, Juluis E. & Haschke, Feodor G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for a oil burner. "This invention relates to improvements in that class of burners used for burning hydrocarbon oils or liquid fuel, and while it is more especially intended to be used for heating steam generators or boiler" (8-12) illustrations included.
Date: June 16, 1903
Creator: Wafer, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History