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The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Forty-Second Congress; An Appendix, Embracing the Laws Passed at that Session (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Forty-Second Congress; An Appendix, Embracing the Laws Passed at that Session

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1872
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Forty-Second Congress; With an Appendix, Embracing the Laws Passed at that Session (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Forty-Second Congress; With an Appendix, Embracing the Laws Passed at that Session

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1872
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Forty-Second Congress; With an Appendix, Embracing the Laws Passed at that Session (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Forty-Second Congress; With an Appendix, Embracing the Laws Passed at that Session

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1872
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Forty-Second Congress; With an Appendix, Embracing the Laws Passed at that Session (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Forty-Second Congress; With an Appendix, Embracing the Laws Passed at that Session

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1872
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Forty-Second Congress; With an Appendix, Embracing the Laws Passed at that Session (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Forty-Second Congress; With an Appendix, Embracing the Laws Passed at that Session

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1872
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix to the Congressional Globe: Containing Speeches, Reports, and the Laws of the Second Session Forty-Second Congress (open access)

Appendix to the Congressional Globe: Containing Speeches, Reports, and the Laws of the Second Session Forty-Second Congress

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1872
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Index to the Congressional Globe for the Second Session Forty-Second Congress (open access)

Index to the Congressional Globe for the Second Session Forty-Second Congress

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1872
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improved in Medical Compounds or Liver Invigorators. (open access)

Improved in Medical Compounds or Liver Invigorators.

Patent for a new medical compound to improve liver function.
Date: January 9, 1872
Creator: Simmons, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement for Axle-Boxes for Vehicles (open access)

Improvement for Axle-Boxes for Vehicles

Patent for an improvement in axle-boxes for vehicles which incorporates an adjustable tube that may take up the wear on its ends.
Date: June 11, 1872
Creator: Ahrenbeck, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Distilling Turpentine. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Distilling Turpentine.

Patent for a new and improved process of production and distillation of turpentine, including illustrations.
Date: September 24, 1872
Creator: Lee, Archibald K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meats and Vegetables (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meats and Vegetables

Patent for "improvement in apparatus" for the use of "preserving meats, vegetables, fruits &c." (lines 5, 16-17) including construction specifications and illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1872
Creator: Maxwell, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Gas from Oils. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Gas from Oils.

Patent for "machines for the manufacture of gas from oils, benzine, gasoline, &c.; and it consists in providing the tank or cistern with a retort constructed with an outer cylinder surrounding one or more cylinders or tubes, which inner cylinder is provided with perforated plates at the top and bottom thereof, and the space between said plates filled with sponge or other porous material, while the space or chamber between the inner and outer shell of the retort serves as a mixing-chamber for the oil and air before being forced through the sponge and delivered to the service-pipe." (Lines 17-30) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 18, 1872
Creator: Gearing, Charles & Gearing, Franklin A. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Axles for Vehicles (open access)

Improvement in Axles for Vehicles

Patent for "an Improvement in Wagon-Axle Skeins" that "has for its object to furnish an improved iron axle for wagons and other vehicles which shall be stronger without being heavier than iron axles made in the ordinary manner."
Date: July 2, 1872
Creator: Ahrenbeck, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bailing-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Bailing-Presses.

Patent for an improved bailing press consisting of "a novel arrangement of levers, connecting-bars, and cords, in combination with the follower and windlass, whereby the follower is worked in the downward direction for pressing, and in the opposite direction for elevating it to recharge the press, by the said windlass" (lines 5-11).
Date: January 2, 1872
Creator: Randolph, Jeremiah
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in bale-ties (open access)

Improvement in bale-ties

Patent for cotton bale ties, involving a lateral arm. Includes illustrations.
Date: November 26, 1872
Creator: Lloyd, Arnold
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Beverages and Sirups from Mustang Grapes. (open access)

Improvement in Beverages and Sirups from Mustang Grapes.

Patent for manufacturing a syrup by mixing brown sugar, water, and Mustang grapes.
Date: June 11, 1872
Creator: Wood, Joshua C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Blow Offs For Boilers (open access)

Improvement in Blow Offs For Boilers

Patent for Improvement in Blow Offs For Boilers provides details of the construction of the blow off device with two labeled Figures and descriptive text. Also includes the significance of the blow off device and how it will improve locomotive travel by conserving water.
Date: September 10, 1872
Creator: Husted, Esbon Forrest
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Brick-Machines.

Patent for the improvement of brick-machines, consisting in the arrangement, with the molds, of one or more valves of flood-gates in the bottom of the pugmill, for the purpose of controlling the flow of the clay into the molds, and a roller and knife upon each side of the mill for pressing the clay into the molds and dressing the tops of the bricks. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: July 16, 1872
Creator: Houghton, Gideon H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles. (open access)

Improvement in Buckles.

Patent for improvement in buckles by providing “with two two tongues on the same pivot, and with a guard for securing the same and the straps in position, thereby producing a simple and reliable means of connecting two straps.” (Lines 6-10) Illustration is included.
Date: June 18, 1872
Creator: Hardeman, Jerome B. R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Button-Hole Scissors. (open access)

Improvement in Button-Hole Scissors.

Improved Button Hole scissors, where the scissors may be "adjusted vertically for suitable Cutting Hole length"(pg 2). The scissors have a "v-shaped" button hole cutter that can be adjusted to pierce the fabric at a desired depth and a tracing wheel.
Date: February 27, 1872
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cane-Seats for Chairs. (open access)

Improvement in Cane-Seats for Chairs.

Patent for improvement in cane-seats for chairs by simplifying the process of dispensing the drawing of the cane through the chair-frame; thereby reduce materials used to produce the chairs. Illustration is included.
Date: September 3, 1872
Creator: Howe, Will F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings

Patent for an improved car-coupling that lets cars couple automatically when they run together and uncouple automatically in the event of an accident. Includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: June 18, 1872
Creator: Jourde, Alfred J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings.

Patent for "an improved car-coupling simple in construction, convenient in use, and effective and reliable in operation." (lines 12-14) e.g., including illustration.
Date: September 24, 1872
Creator: Allen, Henry & Baldwin, Addison H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Trucks. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Trucks.

Patent for the improvement of car-trucks, consisting in the arrangement of each wheel of a car-truck upon the outer end of a separate short axle, the bearings of each axle being both located on the inner side of the wheel and the bearing at the inner end of the axle provided with a sliding-box and springs. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: July 9, 1872
Creator: Onley, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History