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Gregg County

Description: Map of the Piney Woods region covering Gregg County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: September 1893
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Lumber-Truck.

Description: Patent for a simple and durable lumber truck that is "arranged to conveniently load and carry lumber to and from kilns and other places" (lines 9-11). It has double flanged wheels in independent frames that are connected by crossbars.
Date: March 28, 1893
Creator: Dodge, Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Cleaning Seed-Cotton.

Description: Patent for an improved machine that cleans and transfers seed cotton to a gin. It combines exhaust fans and a cleaning mechanism, and is less expensive than similar machines.
Date: April 11, 1893
Creator: Cannon, Burrell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for a plow that improves on turning plows. The improvement turns soil completely during operation, through a newly designed moldboard.
Date: October 10, 1893
Creator: Kelly, George A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn-Dasher.

Description: Patent for "a churn dasher to which a rotary movement shall be imparted by the resistance offered by the fluid to the dasher when the latter is given a vertical reciprocating movement in the ordinary manner, the rotary movement being constantly in one direction, irrespective of the direction of the vertical reciprocating movement" (lines 13-21).
Date: May 16, 1893
Creator: Cannon, Burrell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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