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Arrangement of Devices for Lowering and Detaching Boats.
Patent for "lowering and detaching life and other small boats from large ships" (lines 5-7), including illustration.
Date:
March 16, 1858
Creator:
De Veuve, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for a seed-planter using two vibratory vertical feed-wheels, similar in size to distribute different seeds at the same time, one is designed specifically for cotton seeds, illustration is included.
Date:
August 16, 1859
Creator:
Murphy, Willis G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Steam-Engine.
Patent for the improvement of the rotary engine through the arrangement of passages and system of pistons for a more simple construction with little friction, including illustration.
Date:
August 16, 1859
Creator:
Montjoy, George J. & Sawyer, J. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Pickers.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Hand-Machines for Gathering Cotton in the Field" (lines 3-5), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 16, 1856
Creator:
Shields, B. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for the improvement of the cotton press using a cam-lever for operating the side of the press-box with two different application of power, including illustration.
Date:
February 16, 1858
Creator:
Witting, F. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History