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Portable Oven.

Patent for outdoor use of the Dutch oven and skillet converting the cover of the Dutch oven as a way to suspend frying pan or gridiron over coals to heat, including illustration.

Date: July 12, 1859

Creator: Morrel, Z. N.

Improvement in Fish-Hooks.

Patent for "new and useful improvement in the Sockdolager Fish-Hook" (lines 4-5), including illustration.

Date: April 11, 1854

Creator: Sigler, Henry

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for the improvement of the rotary cultivator with adjustable thinning-points and rotating cutter, including illustration.

Date: April 10, 1855

Creator: Morrel, A. H.

Improvement in Seed-Planters.

Patent for a seed feeder using a tube connected to a revolving cylinder at the bottom of the hopper to deposit the seeds into the earth, including illustration.

Date: March 9, 1858

Creator: Doss, William C.

Improvement in Seeding-Machines.

Patent for the improvement of the seed-box so the seeds are properly distributed into the soil while preventing the seed from clogging the machine, including illustration.

Date: August 24, 1858

Creator: Keiper, D. B. & Fox, A. C.

Improvement in Seed-Planters.

Patent for the improvement of seed planters using a gage-wheel "to regulate the depth of the furrow made by the plow" (lines 16-17), including illustration.

Date: December 28, 1858

Creator: Marshall, Frank M.

Patent for a seed-planter that "may be attached to the leg of the attendant and operated by the natural movement of the attendant while walking along behind the machine" (lines 20-23), including illustration.

Date: March 1, 1859

Creator: Benthall, J. C.

Improvement in Revolving Fire-Arms.

Patent for discharging buckshot without reloading and with the precision of firing "a single bullet fired from a barrel of proper bore to fit it" (lines 17-18), including illustrations.

Date: March 1, 1859

Creator: Haynes, William C.

Improvement in Fastening Iron Bands on Cotton-Bales.

Patent for an iron band to tie and hold cotton bales with convenience and quickly during the first pack and during the compression process, including illustration.

Date: April 5, 1859

Creator: Wells, Clinton G.

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for a triangle shaped cultivator with removable mold-boards that can be used as a plow and scraper, including illustration.

Date: May 10, 1859

Creator: Doss, William C.

Improvement in Seeding-Machines.

Patent for the improvement of the seeding-machine by having a lever that allows the driver to operate the hopper-box, harrow, and smoothing-roller at any time, including illustration.

Date: June 14, 1859

Creator: Veal, Franklin

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for "a new and Improved Cultivator" (lines 3-4) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: June 21, 1859

Creator: Veal, Franklin

Improvement in Machines for Planting Cotton-Seed.

Patent for a machine to clear top soil and dispense seed into soil when moving forward, including illustration.

Date: July 5, 1859

Creator: Morrel, Z. N.

Improvement in Seed-Planters.

Patent for a seed-planter using two vibratory vertical feed-wheels, similar in size to distribute different seeds at the same time, one is designed specifically for cotton seeds, illustration is included.

Date: August 16, 1859

Creator: Murphy, Willis G.

Improvement in Securing Iron Bands on Cotton-Bales.

Patent for the improvement of cotton-bale fastenings by using a metal plate and a flange to fasten and unfasten the bale without any other tools and with ease. Including illustration.

Date: September 27, 1859

Creator: Pyle, C. W.

Improvement in Sewing-Machines.

Patent for improvement in sewing-machines by using two cams, one to operate the needle-arm and another to operate the feed and shuttle movements, illustration is included.

Date: November 15, 1859

Creator: Singer, E. C.

Escapement for Timekeepers.

Patent for the improvement in the escapement of the watch for a "more regular and less liable to get out of order" through wear (lines 23-24), including illustration.

Date: October 12, 1858

Creator: Bishop, Josiah

Rotary Pump.

Patent for a "submerged pump of very simple construction... one which will be efficient in its operation and not liable to get out of repair" (lines 16-20), illustration included.

Date: March 8, 1859

Creator: Fagan, James L.

Rotary Steam-Engine.

Patent for the improvement of the rotary engine through the arrangement of passages and system of pistons for a more simple construction with little friction, including illustration.

Date: August 16, 1859

Creator: Montjoy, George J. & Sawyer, J. B.