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Improvement in Seed-Planters.
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for "a new and Improved Cultivator" (lines 3-4) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 21, 1859
Creator:
Veal, Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Bed-Bottom.
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Excavating and Grading Machine.
Patent for a cultivating machine that pulverizes colds of soil using a revolving cylinder of blades, including illustration.
Date:
July 19, 1859
Creator:
Morrel, Z. N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for the improvement of the cotton press using screws and nuts in conjunction of a shifting pinion for changing the motion for the revolving wheels and shafts, including illustration.
Date:
January 27, 1857
Creator:
Parry, M. L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for the improvement of the cotton press using a cam-lever for operating the side of the press-box with two different application of power, including illustration.
Date:
February 16, 1858
Creator:
Witting, F. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Preparation of Portable Soup-Bread.
Patent for "extracting the nutritious part of flesh or animal meat of every description and combining this concentrated extract with flour or vegetable meal, and baking the two substances in an oven, thereby forming a portable desiccated soup-bread....." (lines 8-14), instruction only, no illustration.
Date:
February 5, 1850
Creator:
Borden, Gail, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pessary.
Patent for a ring pessary used as a female birth control device, including illustration.
Date:
February 22, 1859
Creator:
Wells, Francis, F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peach-Parer.
Patent for a paring device for peaches using prongs to hold and rotate the fruit while a blade pares the peach. Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 27, 1859
Creator:
Hermans, Alva & Hermans, Mary E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for covering cotton seeds by using a hoe transversely with cams and slides with the main axle of the planter, including illustration.
Date:
May 15, 1855
Creator:
Morrel, A. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for the improvement for planting cotton seeds using a toothed wheel and hopper, including illustration.
Date:
April 27, 1858
Creator:
Donovan, I. T. & Fowler, W. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for the improvement of the cotton-seed planter in the arrangement of the hopper, roller with stirring and feeding teeth attached while distributing seeds accurately, including illustration.
Date:
December 27, 1859
Creator:
Kesler, Charles & Reinhard, Fred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Cultivating-Plow.
Patent for a cultivating plow with a series of cutting-disks and digging-hoes, including illustration.
Date:
March 25, 1856
Creator:
Crenshaw, Micajah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History