Improvement in Dining-Tables. (open access)

Improvement in Dining-Tables.

Patent for an improved dining table with a rotating food service, a water reservoir and fountain, and an elevated wine bucket. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 14, 1876
Creator: Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.

Patent for a refrigeration apparatus "in which a continuous operation is maintained by means of a current of ether or other volatile fluid which liquefies at a low temperature." (Lines 18-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 28, 1871
Creator: Mühl, A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saddles. (open access)

Improvement in Saddles.

Patent for re-enforcing and strengthening the front of a saddle.
Date: September 13, 1873
Creator: McGrath, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History