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Improvement in Force-Pumps. (open access)

Improvement in Force-Pumps.

Patent relating to "that class of force-pumps which are to be submerged and are double-acting" (lines 17-19). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: July 8, 1879
Creator: Finney, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Cutting Shingles. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Cutting Shingles.

Patent relating to "that class of shingle-machines which form the shingles by means of a knife working sidewise with the grain" (lines 10-13). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 8, 1879
Creator: Davis, Henry T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Quilting-Frames. (open access)

Improvement in Quilting-Frames.

Patent relating to improvement "of quilting-frames made with folding ends and adjustable in width" (lines 10-12). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: July 8, 1879
Creator: Davis, Henry T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Baling-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Baling-Presses.

Patent for improvements to presses used for baling cotton and other materials, including illustrations.
Date: April 8, 1879
Creator: McGowen, Edmond Felder
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for an improved Cotton-Press that will grant double work from an applied power, including illustrations.
Date: April 8, 1879
Creator: Matthews, James Hamilton. & Morehead, Charles Robert, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hooks for Suspending Meat. (open access)

Improvement in Hooks for Suspending Meat.

Patent for an improved meat suspending device that will prevent ants and insects from reaching meat, including illustrations.
Date: April 8, 1879
Creator: Mason, Sanford
System: The Portal to Texas History