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Insecticide
Patent for an insecticide specifically for insects that burrow into the shucks of corn. "The general object of my invention is to provide a compound capable, when affected by moisture incidental to the sweating of the corn in the crib, of generating a poisonous gas which will permeate the shucks and reach and destroy the insect within the shucks, where it cannot be destroyed by simply sprinkling the corn with a poisonous powder or solution" (lines 17-25).
Date:
September 13, 1892
Creator:
Carter, Joseph John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Coupling.
Patent for carriage and wagon couplings, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 11, 1891
Creator:
Tanner, David Wilmer
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Coupling.
Patent for the invention for new and useful improvements on the thill-coupling along with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
December 27, 1892
Creator:
Tanner, David Wilmer
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient car coupling "which will insure positive automatic coupling when two opposite draw-heads come together" (lines 16-18).
Date:
April 26, 1892
Creator:
Bird, Robert L. & Bird, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Temple Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1892
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History