Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: Texas Patentshttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TXPT/browse/?fq=untl_decade:1860-1869&start=20&display=list2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: Texas PatentsImprovement in Threshing-Machine.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165166/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165166/"><img alt="Improvement in Threshing-Machine." title="Improvement in Threshing-Machine." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165166/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in threshing-machine for threshing grain, with the improved machine, “grain may be threshed and separated from the straw in a very rapid and perfect manner, and without bruising or injuring the straw in any way.” (Lines 13-16) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Syringe for Destroying Cotton-Plant Worms.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165181/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165181/"><img alt="Improvement in Syringe for Destroying Cotton-Plant Worms." title="Improvement in Syringe for Destroying Cotton-Plant Worms." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165181/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improved instrument to be used to destroy cotton-worms, this instrument “provided with a nozzle, having a fine discharge-passages, through which the liquid is forced slowly, in the form of spray, and that the same nozzle is provided with an inlet-tube, through which liquid can be rapidly drawn into the barrel for filling it, but which will be automatically shut at the commencement of discharging the liquid through the nozzle, and kept shut during such discharge.” (Lines 55-62) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Velocipede.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165182/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165182/"><img alt="Improvement in Velocipede." title="Improvement in Velocipede." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165182/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in velocipedes by using “two levers that are secured by a pivot-connection to pendent vibrating fulcra, on each side of the machine, and to the cranks of the driving-wheel; this would develop greater power than can be brought to bear by the placing of the feet of the driver directly on pedals on the crank-pins, or wrists.” (Lines 32-37) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Velocipede.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165183/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165183/"><img alt="Improvement in Velocipede." title="Improvement in Velocipede." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165183/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improved arrangement of velocipedes "to allow the use of a much larger driving-wheel than is compatible with the use of pedals that are placed directly on the crank pins or wrists, and to increase the power that can be applied to the propulsion of the machine by the feet of the driver, and the the speed at which is may be driven." (Lines 16-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.</p>Improvement in Stalk and Cane-Puller.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165202/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165202/"><img alt="Improvement in Stalk and Cane-Puller." title="Improvement in Stalk and Cane-Puller." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165202/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in stalk puller by using “two pointed teeth or prongs peculiarly constructed, and secured to a suitable handle to which an adjustable fulcrum is connected, in order to allow the implement to be manipulated by persons of different statures and strength.” (Lines 18-22) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Three-Horse Equalizers.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165203/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165203/"><img alt="Improvement in Three-Horse Equalizers." title="Improvement in Three-Horse Equalizers." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165203/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in treble-trees by using “two stretcher-loops that are jointed on the double-tree at points on each side of the centre, so that the strain is not at one point, but somewhat distributed.” (Lines 42-44) “The loops can be adjusted so that should there be any material inequality in the strength of the three horses, one can equalized by arranging the loops accordingly nearer to or further away from the centre on either one or both sides.” (Lines 45-49) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Sewing-Machine.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165210/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165210/"><img alt="Improvement in Sewing-Machine." title="Improvement in Sewing-Machine." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165210/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements to the sewing machine. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.</p>Improvement in Seed-Planters.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165213/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165213/"><img alt="Improvement in Seed-Planters." title="Improvement in Seed-Planters." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165213/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Improvements in Velocipedes2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165186/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165186/"><img alt="Improvements in Velocipedes" title="Improvements in Velocipedes" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165186/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements to a single-wheel velocipede.</p>Improvement in Seed-Planters.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165169/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165169/"><img alt="Improvement in Seed-Planters." title="Improvement in Seed-Planters." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165169/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in seed-planters by using a combination of lock-lever, bars, set-screw and a tongue to “construct accurate planters in which the planting may be readily done in exact check row, and which will allow the dropping device to be instantly thrown into or out of gear when desired.” (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Needle-Threaders for Sewing-Machines.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165171/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165171/"><img alt="Improvement in Needle-Threaders for Sewing-Machines." title="Improvement in Needle-Threaders for Sewing-Machines." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165171/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in needle-threaders for sewing machines by using an “eyelet-frame that formed by two equal parallelopipeds. These parallelopipeds are being kept together by two springs and may be separated by pressing the pins toward each other.” (Lines 32-35) “The axis of a conical eyelet will be laid in the joint planes of the parallelopipeds, its apex in the front side, its basis in the opposite side of the eyelet-frame, through which eyelet the thread has to pass when the instrument is used and applied to the machine-needle.” (Lines 37-42) This instrument can be used with curved or straight needles. Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Spark-Conductors for Railroad-Trains.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165172/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165172/"><img alt="Improvement in Spark-Conductors for Railroad-Trains." title="Improvement in Spark-Conductors for Railroad-Trains." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165172/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in spark-conductors for railroad trains by using a “horizontal flue in sections and use “other devices to engage and disengage the sections, where by to arrest and extinguish sparks and conduct the smoke, ashes, and cinders to the rear.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Seed-Planters.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165173/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165173/"><img alt="Improvement in Seed-Planters." title="Improvement in Seed-Planters." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165173/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in seed-planters that is able to plant different kinds of seed by simply adjust the position of the lower ends of the end-plates in the seed-box. Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Machine for Cutting Stalks in the Field Preparatory to Plowing.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165177/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165177/"><img alt="Improvement in Machine for Cutting Stalks in the Field Preparatory to Plowing." title="Improvement in Machine for Cutting Stalks in the Field Preparatory to Plowing." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165177/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in machine for clearing cotton and corn-fields of the stalks after the crops have been gathered by “providing a revolving drum or roller with knives, set spirally around it, which cut the stalks of cotton or corn-fields into pieces of any desired length, for the purpose of being plowed under the surface for fertilizing, by rolling it over them.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Oscillating Steam-Engine2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165189/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165189/"><img alt="Improvement in Oscillating Steam-Engine" title="Improvement in Oscillating Steam-Engine" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165189/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements to steam-engines that employ oscillating cylinders for the drive-shaft.</p>Improvement in Lamps2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165191/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165191/"><img alt="Improvement in Lamps" title="Improvement in Lamps" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165191/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for the construction of a combined oil burning lamp and candlestick.</p>Improvement in Cultivators.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165204/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165204/"><img alt="Improvement in Cultivators." title="Improvement in Cultivators." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165204/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in cultivators by making all the beams that had blades attached to them adjustable by a lever. A roller is designed for covering the seed and smoothing over the ground after the seeds are discharged by a slider which is operated by a crank-shaft near the end of the machine. A detachable revolving stalk-cutter can be used for cutting stalks on the ground by means of a suitable connector at the rear end of the machine. Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Cultivators.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165205/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165205/"><img alt="Improvement in Cultivators." title="Improvement in Cultivators." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165205/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in cultivators by using adjustable screw-rods from the ends of short laterally-vibrating levers to suspend the cultivator-beams in the front; the levers are arranged to be operated by an attendant’s feet. Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Cultivators.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165208/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165208/"><img alt="Improvement in Cultivators." title="Improvement in Cultivators." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165208/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in cultivators in which the plows can be adjusted by width, height and laterally to regulate the depth and angle of inclination. The plows, which can be operated by a foot device, may be simultaneously thrown from the ground. (Lines 73-76) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Machines for Operating Pumps.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165212/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165212/"><img alt="Improvement in Machines for Operating Pumps." title="Improvement in Machines for Operating Pumps." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165212/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new and improved water pump operating system. The patent includes an illustration and instructions.</p>Improvement in Hair-Triggers2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165194/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165194/"><img alt="Improvement in Hair-Triggers" title="Improvement in Hair-Triggers" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165194/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a hair-trigger for firearms.</p>Improvement in Hair-Triggers.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165195/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165195/"><img alt="Improvement in Hair-Triggers." title="Improvement in Hair-Triggers." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165195/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in fire-arms by arranging a hair-trigger on to a fire-arm that have a guard and a trigger without alternation of the interior mechanism of the gun-lock; it is not necessary for the application of a fly in the hammer to prevent the catching of the trigger in the rest-notch of the hammer. (Lines 11-19) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Clevises2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165196/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165196/"><img alt="Improvement in Clevises" title="Improvement in Clevises" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165196/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an adjustable clevis, consisting of a hinged loop and an eyebolt.</p>Improvement in Hay and Cotton-Presses.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165206/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165206/"><img alt="Improvement in Hay and Cotton-Presses." title="Improvement in Hay and Cotton-Presses." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165206/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in presses for hay, cotton and similar substances, by making the machine portable and the box that holds hay or cotton is adjustable vertically and horizontally. Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Gang-Plows.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165338/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165338/"><img alt="Improvement in Gang-Plows." title="Improvement in Gang-Plows." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165338/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "constructing and arranging a gang or series of plows in one frame that they may have an adjustment on the supporting-runners, and a means of self-adjustment vertically, so that they may be set for furrow-slices of any given depth, and any one of the series may give way to an undue resistance in the line of the furrow without disturbing any other of the plows." (Lines 20-28) Includes instructions and illustrations.</p>Improvement in Gang-Plows.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165339/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165339/"><img alt="Improvement in Gang-Plows." title="Improvement in Gang-Plows." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165339/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "a gang-plow, which is so arranged that the beams can be adjusted sideways and up and down at will, and can be permanently secured in any desired position in either movement." (Lines 17-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.</p>Improvement in Plows.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165341/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165341/"><img alt="Improvement in Plows." title="Improvement in Plows." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165341/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in plows: "The invention consists in so attaching a revolving disk, cutter, or colter to the beam of the plow that it will rotate on its own axis, and vibrate laterally, to accommodate itself to the line of draft or direction of the beam of the plow; also, in the means used by which the revolving cutter or colter is attached to the beam of the plow, and having the means of swiveling or turning in the beam to accommodate itself to the line of draft of the plow" (lines 22-31) including illustrations and instructions.</p>Improvement in Combined Cultivator, Plow, Harrow, and Roller.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165161/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165161/"><img alt="Improvement in Combined Cultivator, Plow, Harrow, and Roller." title="Improvement in Combined Cultivator, Plow, Harrow, and Roller." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165161/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an invention "to combine and arrange a cultivator, plow, harrow, and roller, with draught-wheels, axle, draught-pole, and an adjustable supporting-frame, in such a manner that the several parts can be used together or independently." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.</p>Improvement in Combined Planter and Cultivator.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165167/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165167/"><img alt="Improvement in Combined Planter and Cultivator." title="Improvement in Combined Planter and Cultivator." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165167/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in combined planter and cultivator by “combining instruments such as hoppers, plow-beans, brace-bars, foot-levers and many others that required for preparing the ground, planting the seed, and cultivating the plants and which may be easily adjusted for the various uses.” (Lines 22-25) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Hat-Ventilators.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165168/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165168/"><img alt="Improvement in Hat-Ventilators." title="Improvement in Hat-Ventilators." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165168/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in mode of ventilating hats, bonnets, and or caps by “providing the inside of the head-coverings, at the point of contact with the head, with a liuing or an elastic spiral formed into a cushion, through which the air can freely circulate around the whole head.” (Lines 28-32) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Combined Plow-Carrier and Cotton-Chopper.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165179/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165179/"><img alt="Improvement in Combined Plow-Carrier and Cotton-Chopper." title="Improvement in Combined Plow-Carrier and Cotton-Chopper." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165179/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in combined plow-carrier and cotton-chopper by “combining with a plow-carrier, a revolving wheel, placed at right angles with the line of direction of the plows, and provided with a number of horizontal cutters at the ends of its spokes, for the purpose of cutting square across the ridges of earth cast up by the plows, in which cotton seed is sown, and dividing the ridges into isolated hills, each containing one or more cotton-plants.” (Lines 23-29) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Apparatus for Destroying Worms on Cotton-Plants.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165185/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165185/"><img alt="Improvement in Apparatus for Destroying Worms on Cotton-Plants." title="Improvement in Apparatus for Destroying Worms on Cotton-Plants." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165185/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in insect destroyer by “placing a gas-generator on a wagon, in its lower chamber, a fire box is placed for creating sulphurous gas. A bellows attached to its lower end to regulate sufficient air in forming the sulphurous gas.” (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Apparatus for Slaughtering and Curing Meat2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165187/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165187/"><img alt="Improvement in Apparatus for Slaughtering and Curing Meat" title="Improvement in Apparatus for Slaughtering and Curing Meat" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165187/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for the design of a facility to slaughter, pack, preserve, and cure meat.</p>Improvement in Plows2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165188/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165188/"><img alt="Improvement in Plows" title="Improvement in Plows" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165188/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in the construction of plow-beams to be attached to the front axles of a wagon.</p>Improved Power-Apparatus for Vehicles2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165193/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165193/"><img alt="Improved Power-Apparatus for Vehicles" title="Improved Power-Apparatus for Vehicles" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165193/small/"/></a></p><p>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)</p>Coffee-Roaster.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165211/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165211/"><img alt="Coffee-Roaster." title="Coffee-Roaster." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165211/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a coffee roaster that intends to "supply a ready and cheap means of effectually stirring the grains of coffee while being roasted in any convenient and suitable vessel...(lines 6-9). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.</p>Improved Medical Preparation.2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165132/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165132/"><img alt="Improved Medical Preparation." title="Improved Medical Preparation." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165132/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an invention of a powder that is said to aid in curing scurvy. The patent includes a description, instructions, but no illustration(s).</p>Book-Sewing Machine.2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165133/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165133/"><img alt="Book-Sewing Machine." title="Book-Sewing Machine." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165133/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in book sewing machines, the descriptions are included by figures.</p>Improved Grain-Meter.2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165139/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165139/"><img alt="Improved Grain-Meter." title="Improved Grain-Meter." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165139/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a more efficient grain-meter. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.</p>Improved Apparatus for Heating Water and Condensing Steam.2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165141/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165141/"><img alt="Improved Apparatus for Heating Water and Condensing Steam." title="Improved Apparatus for Heating Water and Condensing Steam." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165141/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in apparatus for heating water, other liquids, and condensing steam.</p>Improved Apparatus for Fumigating Plants.2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165144/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165144/"><img alt="Improved Apparatus for Fumigating Plants." title="Improved Apparatus for Fumigating Plants." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165144/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in fumigating implements.</p>Improved Medical Compound.2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165146/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165146/"><img alt="Improved Medical Compound." title="Improved Medical Compound." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165146/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in medical compound.</p>Improved Cosmetic.2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165147/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165147/"><img alt="Improved Cosmetic." title="Improved Cosmetic." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165147/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in cosmetics by using various chemicals to enhance the cosmetics in which it “can remove freckles or tan-discoloration from the skin, and for improving the complexion.” (Line 5-6) Formula for the improved cosmetic is included. Instructions on how to prepare the cosmetic and how to use the cosmetic are described. There is no illustration.</p>Improvement in Bungs.2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165148/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165148/"><img alt="Improvement in Bungs." title="Improvement in Bungs." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165148/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in bungs for beer and other barrels.</p>Improvement in Corn-Planters2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165156/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165156/"><img alt="Improvement in Corn-Planters" title="Improvement in Corn-Planters" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165156/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a construction that will act as a plow, and aid in the process of planting corn. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.</p>Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers.2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165149/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165149/"><img alt="Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers." title="Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165149/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in cotton-scrapers by using the combination of horizontal bars, cams, and a beam which consist of ploughs to construct the cotton-scraper; when the “cams revolve and give a lateral and forward motion to the horizontal bars, the beam and the ploughs. As it works backward and forward, the ploughs each describe a zigzag line which cross and leave a hill in diamond-shape undisturbed.” (Lines 21-24) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Tanning.2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165123/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165123/"><img alt="Improvement in Tanning." title="Improvement in Tanning." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165123/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in tanning materials: "extractive matter for the manufacture of leather from the wood and bark of the mesquit - a tree of extensive growth on the prairies of western and north western Texas" (lines 9-13).</p>Improvment in Cotton Cultivator.2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165129/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165129/"><img alt="Improvment in Cotton Cultivator." title="Improvment in Cotton Cultivator." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165129/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in cotton cultivators: "designed more especially for cultivating cotton, scraping the earth away from the young plants, and thinning out the same" (lines 11-12).</p>Improvement in Vitreography.2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165131/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165131/"><img alt="Improvement in Vitreography." title="Improvement in Vitreography." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165131/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an invention that is similar to an adhesive, which aids in the ornamentation of windows. The patent includes a description, instructions, but no illustration(s).</p>Improvement in Rotary Engines.2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165125/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165125/"><img alt="Improvement in Rotary Engines." title="Improvement in Rotary Engines." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165125/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in rotary engines.</p>