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Improvement in Curing Meat, &c.
Date: September 12, 1846
Creator: Allen, Augustus C.
Description: Patent for curing meat using an air-tight brine vacuum to heat and purify the meat, including illustrations.
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Brick-Machine.
Date: May 30, 1848
Creator: Wilson, Robert
Description: Patent for a machine, which the inventor calls "The Concussion Brick-Machine", that makes bricks using molds, including illustrations.
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Boring and Mortising Machine.
Date: July 11, 1848
Creator: Swingle, Alfred
Description: Patent for a machine to bore square holes in substitute for a chisel and reduce labor, including illustration. The inventor calls it a "Mortise and Tenon Machine."
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Improvement in Propelling Vessels.
Date: August 26, 1846
Creator: Fulton, George W.
Description: Patent for a hydraulic propeller that uses a current of water and steam power, including illustrations.
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Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Date: December 27, 1859
Creator: Kesler, Charles
Description: Patent for the improvement of the cotton-seed planter in the arrangement of the hopper, roller with stirring and feeding teeth attached while distributing seeds accurately, including illustration.
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Arrangement for Supplying Air to the Furnaces of Stem-Boilers from the Wheel-Houses of Steamers.
Date: December 20, 1859
Creator: Brandy, Louis
Description: Patent for the "improvement in supplying air to furnaces on steamers" (lines 5-6), including illustration.
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Improvement in Machines for Polishing Marble, &c.
Date: March 20, 1860
Creator: Emmett, William
Description: Patent for an improved machine that rubs and polishes marble using a sand and water box moving forward and backward to polish the stone without man power and tools, including illustration.
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Improvement in Plows.
Date: November 15, 1859
Creator: Townsend, John T.
Description: Patent for the improvement of the plow using braces and mold-board for a sturdy and very durable plow, including illustration.
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Millstone-Dress.
Date: March 20, 1860
Creator: Littlepage, C. V.
Description: Patent for an improved millstone-dress that produce less heat while grinding by employing a greater number of furrows, including illustration.
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Improvement in Presses.
Date: January 17, 1860
Creator: McCray, Thomas H.
Description: Patent for pressing cotton, hay, and tobacco with moveable notches for more control in producing bales and using less power than previous presses, including illustration.
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