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Improvement in Apparatus for Wiring Picket-Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Wiring Picket-Fences.

Patent for a new improvement in apparatus for wiring picket-fences to hold the wires tight, including illustration.
Date: February 24, 1874
Creator: Parks, James Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in seed-planters. (open access)

Improvement in seed-planters.

Patent for a seed planter that drops seeds into the plow furrow, where a roller covers the seeds with dirt. Includes illustrations.
Date: February 17, 1874
Creator: Pressly, Thompson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dish-Washing Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Dish-Washing Machines.

Patent for a dish washer that allows dishes to be placed on shelves and rotated through a column of water. The machine can also be modified for washing clothing. It includes illustrations.
Date: February 24, 1874
Creator: Starr, Henry Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers. (open access)

Improvement in Horse-Powers.

Patent for new improvement in the construction of horse-powers for cotton-gins and other machinery, including illustration.
Date: February 17, 1874
Creator: Landes, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Plows, Planters, and Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Plows, Planters, and Cultivators.

Patent for a new improvement in combined plows, planters, and cultivators, including illustration.
Date: February 24, 1874
Creator: Urban, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Guards for Wire Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Guards for Wire Bale-Ties.

Patent for improving the method of tying the bales together whether it be cotton or hay so that the material will not get cut into by the wiring.
Date: February 7, 1874
Creator: Davis, Waters S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Presses.

Patent for new improvement in press, including illustration.
Date: February 10, 1874
Creator: Fields, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History