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Improvement in Tire-Tighteners. (open access)

Improvement in Tire-Tighteners.

Patent for improvement in tire-tighteners to contract a tire upon its felly without removal.
Date: November 27, 1876
Creator: Martin, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus (open access)

Improvement in Ironing Apparatus

Patent for improvement to an ironing apparatus to "produce a cheap portable ironing-machine, with which any capable person (and even children) can with very liggle fatigue and labor, do the ironing for a large family in a very short time".
Date: July 18, 1876
Creator: Martin, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material. (open access)

Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.

Reissued patent for a chemical process to create a plastic material made of bitumen, clay, and mineral and/or fossil substances.
Date: September 26, 1876
Creator: Lea, Pryor
System: The Portal to Texas History