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
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.

Patent for mixing mineral or fossil substances with bituminated clay, creating a product that "is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for building both small and massive structures, and for other purposes" (lines 54-57).
Date: November 11, 1873
Creator: Lea, Pryor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combining Bitumen and Clay. (open access)

Improvement in Combining Bitumen and Clay.

Patent for a method of combining bitumen, water, and clay for such purposes as plastering.
Date: September 24, 1872
Creator: Lea, Pryor
System: The Portal to Texas History