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Improved Compound for Treating the Human Hair.
Patent for an improved compound for straightening, softening and renewing the human hair, ingredients and proportions are listed. No illustration.
Date:
October 26, 1869
Creator:
Lount, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hay and Cotton-Presses.
Patent for improvements in presses for hay, cotton and similar substances, by making the machine portable and the box that holds hay or cotton is adjustable vertically and horizontally. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 5, 1869
Creator:
Berkeley, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Stitching-Horse.
Patent for improvements in the construction of stitching-horses by re-configuring the original constructions, in order to make them better for users. The patent includes instructions and a single illustration.
Date:
October 27, 1868
Creator:
Depp, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Cosmetic.
Patent for improvements in the composition of cosmetics for removing freckles or tan-discoloration, including a description.
Date:
October 20, 1868
Creator:
Wilson, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Mode of Preserving Meat.
Patent for a process that claims to preserve meat. The patent includes only instructions and no illustrations.
Date:
October 6, 1868
Creator:
Perl, M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hot-Air, Steam, and Water-Gauge.
Patent for improvements in hot air, harmonic steam, and water gauges: "In this invention several tubes pass through the boiler, some under and some above the water, through which currents of air are induced by the heat of the water or steam surrounding them" (lines 8-9).
Date:
October 8, 1867
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Apparatus for Heating Water and Condensing Steam.
Patent for improvement in apparatus for heating water, other liquids, and condensing steam.
Date:
October 1, 1867
Creator:
Phalen, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History