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Wire Fence.

Description: Patent for wire fencing using wooden and iron posts to be more readily seen by cattle, including illustration.
Date: November 8, 1853
Creator: Meriwether, William H.
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Improved Water-Wheel.

Description: Patent for the improvement of the water-wheel using curved buckets over a spiral water passage to increase power and volume, including illustration.
Date: February 8, 1859
Creator: Littlepage, C. V.
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Rotary Pump.

Description: 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.
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Spring Bed-Bottom.

Description: Patent for the improvement of bedsteads using a spring bottom-construction with zig-zag wire, including illustration.
Date: August 8, 1854
Creator: Meriwether, William Hunter
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Improvement in Corn-Planters

Description: 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.
Date: September 8, 1868
Creator: Kidd, I. J.
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Improvement in Hot-Air, Steam, and Water-Gauge.

Description: Patent for improvements in hot air, harmonic steam, and water gauges: "In this invention several tubes pass through the boiler, some under and some above the water, through which currents of air are induced by the heat of the water or steam surrounding them" (lines 8-9).
Date: October 8, 1867
Creator: Walker, James C.
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Improved Grain-Meter.

Description: Patent for a more efficient grain-meter. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1867
Creator: Walker, James C.
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Apparatus for Transmitting Power.

Description: Patent for a new invention which uses a combination of radiation and levers in order more efficiently transmit power. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 8, 1870
Creator: Williams, Blasius
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Mill-Stone Dress.

Description: Patent for Mill Stone Dressing- the pattern on a mill stone for the better grinding of grains into flour. The furrows and grooves of the new design allow grain to be "milled... at greater speed (and)even distribution."
Date: March 8, 1870
Creator: Loy, G. W.
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Improvement in Bedsteads.

Description: Patent for the improvement of bedsteads in order to make them more convenient and durable.
Date: August 8, 1871
Creator: Baldwin, Thomas B.
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Improved Anchor for Animals.

Description: Patent for improvement in animals’ anchor in which it allow the animals to graze without being twisted or wound up the rope by using the combination of a swiveled loop and a pivoted loop with each other, and a pin. “This pin is made with four wings, or radial longitudinal flanges, tapering to a point at its lower end and is readily forced into the ground, and easily drawn out, but will resist a very strong side-draught.” (Lines23-27) Illustration is included.
Date: June 8, 1869
Creator: Raiford, P. H.
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Improvement in Cotton Scrapers and Choppers.

Description: Patent for improvement in cotton scrapers and choppers by way of the innovative placement of plows.
Date: November 8, 1870
Creator: Hale, Nathan
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Bale-tie

Description: Patent for improvement in the construction of hooks used to join the ends of ties "for packages or bales of cotton, hemp, rags, or other substances in which a divided metallic band or hoop encircling the package or bale is used, and the ends whereof are joined by a hook at one end of said band, arranged to interlock with any one of a series of mortises in the other end of the band" (para. 2).
Date: August 8, 1876
Creator: Davis, Waters S.
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Improvement in Extension Hat-Brims.

Description: Patent for a "new and Improved Extension Hat Brim" (lines 3-4) with folding arms to extend the brim, including illustrations.
Date: July 8, 1873
Creator: Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
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Improvement in Water-Wheels.

Description: Patent for improvements in the construction of water-wheels, including illustrations.
Date: January 8, 1878
Creator: Cross, David L.
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Improvement in Tents.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in military tents that relates to folding tents including illustrations.
Date: April 8, 1873
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
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Improvement in Cultivators.

Description: Patent for "a new and useful improvement in Adjustable Cultivators"
Date: February 8, 1876
Creator: Price, James A.
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Improvement in Lifting-Jacks.

Description: Patent for improvement in lifting jack. This improvement is the vertical bar is notched to prevent slipping when lifting an item.
Date: August 8, 1876
Creator: Scott, James O.
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Improvement in extension hat-brims.

Description: Patent for "a new and Improved Extension Hat-Brim" (lines 3-4) which can be extended or folded back by the wearer. Includes illustrations.
Date: July 8, 1873
Creator: Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Machines for Gumming Saws

Description: Patent for improvement in dressing and gumming saws, specifically saws used in a mill either circular or vertical. Patent includes labeled figure drawings and text descriptions.
Date: November 8, 1873
Creator: Jackson, Thomas S.
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Improvement in Floating-Docks.

Description: Patent for an elliptic floating dock.
Date: December 8, 1874
Creator: Marcusey, Edward; Herbert, Dozier G. & Bunting, R. F.
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Improvement in Adjustable Hammers for Fire-Arms.

Description: Patent for "the particular construction and arrangement of such swiveling striker with its locking devices, and its combination with a double-barreled gun, whereby a single hammer may be employed for both barrels, the striker being capable of such adjustment as to bring it within the range of either nipple, or into an intermediate position between the two, for the prevention of accidents." (Lines 17-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 8, 1878
Creator: Toepperwein, Emil A. F.
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Improvement in Churns.

Description: Patent for improvement in churns by using an oblong box with a diamond-shaped dash fixed in the box. The churning is done by rapidly swing the box back and forth until butter is obtained. Illustration is included.
Date: October 8, 1872
Creator: Cottingham, Gideon W.
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