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Improvement in Sawing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Sawing-Machines.

Patent for a new and improved pulley-operated, roller-fed log sawing machine
Date: May 24, 1873
Creator: Bell, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Dish and Clothes Washer. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Dish and Clothes Washer.

Patent for a combined dish and clothes washer that has a tilting shelf for draining, attached to the sink for washing.
Date: August 15, 1876
Creator: Jackson, Ansberry Chapman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Processes for Packing Shingles. (open access)

Improvement in Processes for Packing Shingles.

Patent for improvement in processes for packing shingles "in such a manner that they shall quickly dry and be prevented from molding" (lines 13-15).
Date: July 22, 1879
Creator: Russell, Robert B. & Russell, Henry H.
System: The Portal to Texas History