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Improvement in Bale-Tie Clamps.
Patent for an instrument that tightens the ties used for bales of cotton.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Leoneard, Thomas Dunlap
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in the Manufacture of Fertilizers.
Patent for a process of treating waste animal matter from tallow-rendering factories with plaster-of-paris for use as fertilizer.
Date:
November 25, 1873
Creator:
Stevens, Hennell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.
Patent for mixing mineral or fossil substances with bituminated clay, creating a product that "is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for building both small and massive structures, and for other purposes" (lines 54-57).
Date:
November 11, 1873
Creator:
Lea, Pryor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing-Machines.
Patent for an ironing machine that includes a "movable table operated by a crank" (lines 16-17). Illustration included.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Cottingham, Gideon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for improving on a plowing device. This apparatus has four independent and adjustable shovels attached together to work to cultivate a field.
Date:
September 6, 1873
Creator:
Cavett, Richard S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Improvement in Machines for Gumming Saws
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compounds of Bitumen, Ore, &c.
Patent for a new compound called Bitumenated Ore. "The product is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for both small and massive structures, and for plastering and other purposes." (Lines 66-29)
Date:
November 11, 1873
Creator:
Lea, Pryor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.
Patent for improvement to cotton and corn planters, including a hinged or pivoted frame to carry the plows which can be adjusted by foot levers. Illustration included.
Date:
November 11, 1873
Creator:
Penington, Asa, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Fences.
Patent for "a simple, cheap, and portable fence...which can be readily folded up for transportation from place to place." (Lines 11-13) Illustration included.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Taylor, Byron L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for improving cotton bale ties with buckle-tie plate and zinc-galvanized iron wire.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Quarles, Fred.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Billiard-Tables.
Patent for a design for a billiard table that can also be used as a Jenny-Lind table. Illustration included.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Waldie, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Presses
Patent for an improvement in cotton and hay presses.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Leoneard, Thomas Dunlap
System:
The Portal to Texas History