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Improvement in Cotton Scrapers and Choppers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton Scrapers and Choppers.

Patent for improvement in cotton scrapers and choppers by way of the innovative placement of plows.
Date: November 8, 1870
Creator: Hale, Nathan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Washing-Machines.

Patent for the improvement of the structure of washing machines. The illustration and description show that an improved washing machine, formed by the combination of the open or ribbed roller F F and handles G g1 g2 with the box A B and perforated false bottom E.
Date: September 27, 1870
Creator: Harper, Elijah S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Tooth (open access)

Saw Tooth

Patent for "Improvement in Saw Teeth" (line 3)
Date: July 12, 1870
Creator: Littlepage, Caleb V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Bridge. (open access)

Improved Bridge.

Patent for an invention that "is to provide certain improvements in the construction of bridges, whereby the parts thereof, of wood, may be readily removed for the substitution of others, when decayed or broken, without interfering with the use of the bridge or weakening it (lines 10-15)". The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 11, 1870
Creator: McDowell, H. S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Double Pincers. (open access)

Improved Double Pincers.

Patent for the improvement of double pincers by way of "double jaws, by which both sides of the shanks of a boot of shoe can be clamped and held at the same time."
Date: March 29, 1870
Creator: Maund, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Head-Rest. (open access)

Improved Head-Rest.

Patent for a new and improved head-rest for railroad-car seats and other seats, that can be applied to or removed from the back of seats without the use of clamp-screws, and are adjustable and adaptable to the convenience and comfort of different persons. It includes a description and illustrations.
Date: May 31, 1870
Creator: Littlepage, Caleb V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Bedstead-Fastening (open access)

Improved Bedstead-Fastening

Patent for improvements in the mode of fastening the rail to the post of bedsteads.
Date: August 16, 1870
Creator: Maulding, Pres.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Presses for Hay, Cotton, Etc. (open access)

Improvement in Presses for Hay, Cotton, Etc.

Patent for the improvement of presses for hay and cotton, by means of a screw. It includes an illustration and description.
Date: December 27, 1870
Creator: Cunningham, Matthew G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Furnaces. (open access)

Improvement in Furnaces.

Patent for improvements in furnaces, using steam to create heat. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: April 12, 1870
Creator: Morris, Joseph R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Refining and Ageing Liquors. (open access)

Improvement in Refining and Ageing Liquors.

Patent for improvement in refining and ageing liquors, including an illustration. The process includes expelling air from distilled liquors, heating them to a boiling point and then cooling them in a waterbath, through the use of a closed, air-tight vessel surrounded by an open water-vessel.
Date: May 10, 1870
Creator: Gilman, Samuel H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Carriage-Axles. (open access)

Improvement in Carriage-Axles.

Patent for an easily replaceable and self-lubricating carriage axle. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 26, 1870
Creator: Hall, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Pickers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Pickers.

Patent for a cotton-picking machine that "consists in a set of saws mounted on a truck, and geared with the driving-wheels, to run in the tops of the plants...and detach the cotton and convey it to a brushing-roller above, which detaches the cotton from the saws and delivers it into a receptacle behind." (Lines 10-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 23, 1870
Creator: McRae, Daniel M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Pickers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Pickers.

Patent for improvements in cotton picking machines.
Date: October 18, 1870
Creator: Dreeson, Bartholdt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Woman]

Portrait is a full body shot of an unidentified woman. She has her left arm leaning on a column. She is wearing a dark colored dress with a light collar and a necklace with a cross. It is matted on a light mat. The photograph company's address is printed on the back. Also "Mai 1870" is handwritten under the address.
Date: May 1870
Creator: Etablissement Photographique de Stalins & Janssens
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Shackles. (open access)

Improvement in Shackles.

Patent for a shackle for the hands and feet that is designed to prevent the use of objects in order to escape.
Date: September 30, 1870
Creator: Belcher, Melvin Anderson & Perrenot, George Francis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire and Burglar Proof Safe. (open access)

Fire and Burglar Proof Safe.

Patent for a safe "constructed as to be safe from fire and burglars, and at which the same time may be made lighter, and may be less expensive in manufacture than when made in the usual way." (para. 4). Additionally, safe is airtight and water-proof.
Date: March 18, 1870
Creator: Wilkins, Samuel Adams
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, May 13, 1870 (open access)

Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, May 13, 1870

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 13, 1870
Creator: Thompson, Victor W. & Sneed, S. G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 47, Ed. 1 Monday, May 16, 1870 (open access)

Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 47, Ed. 1 Monday, May 16, 1870

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 16, 1870
Creator: Thompson, Victor W. & Sneed, S. G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 18, 1870 (open access)

Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 18, 1870

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 18, 1870
Creator: Thompson, Victor W. & Sneed, S. G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1870 (open access)

Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1870

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 20, 1870
Creator: Thompson, Victor W. & Sneed, S. G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 50, Ed. 1 Monday, May 23, 1870 (open access)

Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 50, Ed. 1 Monday, May 23, 1870

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 23, 1870
Creator: Thompson, Victor W. & Sneed, S. G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 25, 1870 (open access)

Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 25, 1870

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 25, 1870
Creator: Thompson, Victor W. & Sneed, S. G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, May 27, 1870 (open access)

Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, May 27, 1870

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 27, 1870
Creator: Thompson, Victor W. & Sneed, S. G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 53, Ed. 1 Monday, May 30, 1870 (open access)

Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 53, Ed. 1 Monday, May 30, 1870

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 30, 1870
Creator: Thompson, Victor W. & Sneed, S. G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History