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Improvement in Compound Engines. (open access)

Improvement in Compound Engines.

Patent for "a series of engines for working the steam over by exhausting it from the first into the second, and so on, for utilizing the pressure lost when steam is exhausted from a single engine into the air..." (lines 7-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 16, 1875
Creator: Bell, Jackson W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements In Machines for Distributing Compounds for Destroying Cotton-Worms (open access)

Improvements In Machines for Distributing Compounds for Destroying Cotton-Worms

Patent for improvements on machines to distribute poison for cotton worms in the field. It consists of vibrating,sifting boxes combined with a suspension bar which is secured to the front of a horse saddle so the rider can shake the boxes to distribute poison powder to two rows of crops at a time.
Date: March 16, 1875
Creator: Willie, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Swinging Berths. (open access)

Improvement in Swinging Berths.

Patent for the improvement of ships' berths, by neutralizing the effect of the roll and pitch of the seas to prevent sea sickness, as well as providing space for baggage and ballast.
Date: July 16, 1875
Creator: Brown, Bartlett W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Propelling Devices for Street-Cars and the Like (open access)

Improvement in Propelling Devices for Street-Cars and the Like

Patent for and improvement in propelling devices for street cars and the like, includes illustration.
Date: February 16, 1875
Creator: Trible, Herndon & Davis, Nicholas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
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