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Improvment in Cotton Cultivator. (open access)

Improvment in Cotton Cultivator.

Patent for improvements in cotton cultivators: "designed more especially for cultivating cotton, scraping the earth away from the young plants, and thinning out the same" (lines 11-12).
Date: December 18, 1866
Creator: Foster, A. K. & Foster, B. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Baling Press. (open access)

Improvement in Baling Press.

Patent for improvement in baling press "for compressing cotton, hay, and other substances for baling" (lines 10-11).
Date: November 20, 1866
Creator: Gillis, C. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gun-Locks. (open access)

Improvement in Gun-Locks.

Patent for gun locks: "This invention relates to the arrangement of a complete hair trigger for Colt's revolving pistols, which is so constructed that it may be adjusted to anyone of said pistols without the assistance of a gunsmith, the only tool required for the purpose being a screw driver." (lines 21-26.)
Date: September 11, 1866
Creator: Schenck, F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Fences.

Patent for improvements in fences: "simple and cheap construction, strong, and durable" (lines 21-22).
Date: August 28, 1866
Creator: Seabaugh, Conrad
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Engines. (open access)

Improvement in Rotary Engines.

Patent for improvements in rotary engines.
Date: June 5, 1866
Creator: Hughes, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Steering and Turning Apparatus for Vessels. (open access)

Improved Steering and Turning Apparatus for Vessels.

Patent for improvements in steering vessels: "by means of rotary paddle wheels the blades of which are arranged parallel to keel" (lines 21-23).
Date: May 29, 1866
Creator: Forshey, Caleb G.
System: The Portal to Texas History