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Improvement in Car-Couplings. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings.

Patent for "an improved automatic car-coupling that may be readily uncoupled from the side and top, and be employed to couple cars of different heights." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 16, 1875
Creator: Ford, Oscar E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for "a press by means of which the cotton can be backed and pressed into the bale in small quantities at a time, by alternating pressing a quantity, then lifting the follower, and inserting more, and pressing again, and so on until the bale is formed." (Lines 19-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 16, 1875
Creator: Frost, Willis Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History