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Improvement In Circular-Saw Mills. (open access)

Improvement In Circular-Saw Mills.

Patent for an improved Circular Sawmill with an " improved adjustable feed mechanism" (pg 1). Illustration Included.
Date: October 22, 1872
Creator: Jones, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in railroad switches (open access)

Improvement in railroad switches

Patent for an improvement in railroad switches, including illustrations.
Date: October 22, 1872
Creator: Fitzsimmons, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns. (open access)

Improvement in Churns.

Patent for improvement in churns by using an oblong box with a diamond-shaped dash fixed in the box. The churning is done by rapidly swing the box back and forth until butter is obtained. Illustration is included.
Date: October 8, 1872
Creator: Cottingham, Gideon W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Chopper

Patent for an improved Cotton Chopper. The device is horse drawn with adjustable wheels, plows and drivers seat (pg 2). Illustration Included.
Date: October 8, 1872
Creator: Matthews, Ebenezer T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Harness (open access)

Safety-Harness

Patent for a harnesses for horse-carriages designed to enable the instant detachment of the horse. Includes illustrations.
Date: October 1, 1872
Creator: Ellis, Ira
System: The Portal to Texas History