Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Departmenthttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNTGD/browse/?sort=title&fq=untl_decade:1840-18492011-07-20T11:29:10-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents DepartmentBoring and Mortising Machine.2011-07-20T11:29:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165029/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165029/"><img alt="Boring and Mortising Machine." title="Boring and Mortising Machine." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165029/small/"/></a></p><p>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."</p>Brick-Machine.2011-07-20T11:29:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165028/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165028/"><img alt="Brick-Machine." title="Brick-Machine." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165028/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a machine, which the inventor calls "The Concussion Brick-Machine", that makes bricks using molds, including illustrations.</p>Improvement in Curing Meat, &c.2011-07-20T11:29:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165027/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165027/"><img alt="Improvement in Curing Meat, &c." title="Improvement in Curing Meat, &c." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165027/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for curing meat using an air-tight brine vacuum to heat and purify the meat, including illustrations.</p>Improvement in Propelling Vessels.2011-07-20T11:29:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165026/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165026/"><img alt="Improvement in Propelling Vessels." title="Improvement in Propelling Vessels." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165026/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a hydraulic propeller that uses a current of water and steam power, including illustrations.</p>