Arrangement of Devices for Lowering and Detaching Boats. (open access)

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
Machine for Sawing Marble in Obelisk Form. (open access)

Machine for Sawing Marble in Obelisk Form.

Patent for "a new and Improved Machine for Sawing Marble Blocks in Polygonal Taper Form" (lines 4-6), including illustration.
Date: April 15, 1856
Creator: Haviland, J. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Repairing Circular-Saw Teeth. (open access)

Method of Repairing Circular-Saw Teeth.

Patent for enabling the teeth of circular saws to be drawn out and hammered for repair, including illustration.
Date: June 10, 1856
Creator: Parry, M. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Gins.

Patent for the improvement of the cotton-gin by the arrangement of two cylindrical brushes and rollers to reduce damaging the staple of the cotton, illustrations included.
Date: April 19, 1859
Creator: Gottheil, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fastening Iron Bands on Cotton-Bales. (open access)

Improvement in Fastening Iron Bands on Cotton-Bales.

Patent for an iron band to tie and hold cotton bales with convenience and quickly during the first pack and during the compression process, including illustration.
Date: April 5, 1859
Creator: Wells, Clinton G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for the improvement of the cotton press using screws and nuts in conjunction of a shifting pinion for changing the motion for the revolving wheels and shafts, including illustration.
Date: January 27, 1857
Creator: Parry, M. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preparation of Portable Soup-Bread. (open access)

Preparation of Portable Soup-Bread.

Patent for "extracting the nutritious part of flesh or animal meat of every description and combining this concentrated extract with flour or vegetable meal, and baking the two substances in an oven, thereby forming a portable desiccated soup-bread....." (lines 8-14), instruction only, no illustration.
Date: February 5, 1850
Creator: Borden, Gail, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History