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18,569
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887
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Rescuing Texas History, 2019
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The Civil War and its Aftermath: Diverse Perspectives
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States
Decade
Month
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Polishing Marble, &c.
Patent for an improved machine that rubs and polishes marble using a sand and water box moving forward and backward to polish the stone without man power and tools, including illustration.
Date:
March 20, 1860
Creator:
Emmett, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for the improvement of planting seeds using a single seed-slide and double tubes from seed box to distribute seeds to planting point in a more direct route than other seed-planters, including illustration.
Date:
May 15, 1860
Creator:
Pitts, W. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seeding-Machines.
Patent for the improvement of seed-planters using a rotary system to distribute seeds from a drum and into the soil, including illustration.
Date:
September 4, 1860
Creator:
Park, A. R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Feeders for Cotton-Gins.
Patent for the improvement of cotton-gin by feeding cotton in a uniform manner of removing sand and dirt, separating hulls, leaves, and imperfect pods for improved quality and reducing physical labor, including illustration.
Date:
September 11, 1860
Creator:
Hall, S. Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for the improvement of cultivators using adjustable blades and is adaptable to use different types of blades for a variety of other uses, including illustration.
Date:
January 15, 1861
Creator:
Alexander, J. T. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Extracting Cotton and Corn Stalks.
Patent for the improvement of pulling the roots of cotton and corn stalks while minimizing the damage to the soil, including illustration.
Date:
February 19, 1861
Creator:
Bishop, Josiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for a plow called the "The Texas Cultivator" (line 7) that uses left and right wings and diamond plows that may be used to plow either side of stock to eliminate additional operators and time for the same job, including illustration.
Date:
June 4, 1861
Creator:
Cain, Shugar M. & Stelfox, William
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
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History