Improvement in Corn-Planters.
Date: May 10, 1859
Creator: Gilbert, R. B.
Description: Patent for a corn-planter that allows the seed to be placed in a hopper and disperses the seed through a cylinder that is connected to a wheel to place and cover the seed, including illustration.
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Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Date: September 13, 1859
Creator: Smith, P. M.
Description: Patent for the improvement of the cotton-seed planter through the arrangement of a seed dispenser over a reciprocating slide and agitator operated by a pulley system simultaneously when moving forward, including illustration.
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Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Date: September 13, 1859
Creator: Collier, T. T.
Description: Patent for the improvement of the hopper, stirrer, and distributor in cotton-planters that dispenses seeds into the soil using two horizontal united disks that discharges the seeds regularly and evenly, including illustration.
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Improvement in Fences.
Date: August 28, 1866
Creator: Seabaugh, Conrad
Description: Patent for improvements in fences: "simple and cheap construction, strong, and durable" (lines 21-22).
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Improvement in Gun-Locks.
Date: September 11, 1866
Creator: Schenck, F.
Description: Patent for gun locks: "This invention relates to the arrangement of a complete hair trigger for Colt's revolving pistols, which is so constructed that it may be adjusted to anyone of said pistols without the assistance of a gunsmith, the only tool required for the purpose being a screw driver." (lines 21-26.)
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Improvement in Baling Press.
Date: November 20, 1866
Creator: Gillis, C. W.
Description: Patent for improvement in baling press "for compressing cotton, hay, and other substances for baling" (lines 10-11).
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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 Hair-Triggers
Date: August 24, 1869
Creator: Schenck, F.
Description: Patent for a hair-trigger for firearms.
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Tool for Drilling Wells.
Date: July 16, 1889
Creator: McLane, Hiram H.
Description: Patent for improvement in "tools for drilling or boring Artesian, oil, and other deep wells; and it has for its object to prevent the loss of the drill or auger or of any portion of the drill-rods" (lines 9-13) via an "improved means for connecting the tool to the lower end of the drill-rod" (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
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Construction of Privy-Vaults.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
Description: Patent for an improvement of privy-vaults using a soil-pipe with sleeve adapted to be connected with the trap-door of the vault-floor into an air-chamber where a ventilating-pipe is placed directly above a furnace; the noxious gases along with the products of combustion in the furnace would be drawn from the air-chamber and carried off to the outer air. Illustration is included.
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