Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Date: December 21, 1869
Creator: Woods, David C.
Description: Patent for an improved seed-planter "which will deposit the seeds in the requisite quantities and proper distances apart, and which will cover and mark the bills, so that a plowman will not be at a loss where to start at the commencement of a new row, and after having passed around tree-stumps or other obstructions, as he can always see the marks on the preceding rows" (lines 16-23) with illustrations.
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Improvement in Clevises
Date: August 31, 1869
Creator: Sims, Zachariah, B.
Description: Patent for an adjustable clevis, consisting of a hinged loop and an eyebolt.
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Improvement in Cotton-Plow and Planter
Date: August 31, 1869
Creator: Sims, Zachariah
Description: Patent for improvements to cotton-plows and planters.
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usp003/00094350
Date: August 31, 1869
Creator: Sims, Zachariah B.
Description: Patent for improvements to cotton-plows.
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Improvement in Hair-Triggers
Date: August 24, 1869
Creator: Schenck, F.
Description: Patent for a hair-trigger for firearms.
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Improved Power-Apparatus for Vehicles
Date: August 17, 1869
Creator: Dillaha, J. G.
Description: Patent for "improvements to powered vehicles with combined rim-wheel(s) in combination with a truck(s), resting upon the inner and lower part of the rim, and supporting a carriage-body or frame, crank-shaft. with one or more pinions, and guide-rollers." (line 8)
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Improved Compound for Destroying Vermin in Cattle
Date: August 10, 1869
Creator: Kalteyer, Frederick
Description: Patent for topical medication to kill screw-worms in livestock wounds.
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Improvement in Lamps
Date: August 3, 1869
Creator: Richer, F. C.
Description: Patent for the construction of a combined oil burning lamp and candlestick.
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Improved Machine for Breaking and Scouring Hides
Date: July 20, 1869
Creator: Bean, W. O.
Description: Patent for machinery for tanning animal hides.
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Improvement in Oscillating Steam-Engine
Date: July 6, 1869
Creator: Richer, F. C.
Description: Patent for improvements to steam-engines that employ oscillating cylinders for the drive-shaft.
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