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Improvement in Turpentine-Stills. (open access)

Improvement in Turpentine-Stills.

Patent for improvement in turpentine distillation and purification with bleaching and refinement.
Date: May 6, 1873
Creator: Lee, Archibald K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for improvement in bale-ties by reducing a series of motions to fasten and unfasten the tie to simply just one single motion. Illustration is included.
Date: June 6, 1876
Creator: Davis, Waters S.
System: The Portal to Texas History