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Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for "a new and Improved Cotton-Press" (lines 4-5) with illustration.
Date: July 28, 1874
Creator: Salmon, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Gun-Locks. (open access)

Improvement In Gun-Locks.

Patent for "new and useful improvement in Gun-Lock" (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 14, 1874
Creator: Grisham, James Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.

Patent for a new and improved hay and cotton press, including illustrations.
Date: July 3, 1874
Creator: Kirtley, Fielding L
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Washing-Machines.

Patent for a new improvement to washing machines.
Date: July 21, 1874
Creator: Mitchell, Daniel Chasteen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vehicle-Springs. (open access)

Improvement in Vehicle-Springs.

Patent for "an improvement in springs for carriages" (lines 4-5), including illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1874
Creator: Richardson, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Flat-Iron Heaters. (open access)

Improvement in Flat-Iron Heaters.

Patent for a device which rapidly heats a flat or smoothing iron utilizing a lamp with multiple burners which can be adjusted to raise the temperature of the flat iron to the desired degree.
Date: July 28, 1874
Creator: Wilmot, Byron
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds. (open access)

Improvement in Medical Compounds.

Patent for a medical compound of alcohol (or "good brandy"), asafetida, camphor, laudanum, yellow jessamine, sassafras, and water.
Date: July 14, 1874
Creator: Dixon, Shadrach
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medicinal Extracts. (open access)

Improvement in Medicinal Extracts.

Patent for the extract of Dasylirion graminifolium. This describes the method of acquiring the extract as well as illnesses the extra is purported to treat.
Date: July 14, 1874
Creator: Bihl, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Ventilators and Chimneys (open access)

Improvement in Combined Ventilators and Chimneys

Patent for improvement in Combined Ventilators and Chimneys. This object is to be used with the brick chimney on top of the roof to provide air circulation. It consists of an iron-lined inner flue secured within an outer casing with suitable bottom and top perforation for establishing air current around the flue.
Date: July 14, 1874
Creator: Hickley, Walter R & Dibrell, Charles J
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.

Patent for the improvement in cotton-bale ties, with description and illustrations.
Date: July 21, 1874
Creator: Cooper, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for a new and improved turn-plow which "consists in several features of improvement, by which the preparation and tillage of soil may be done at less the usual expense, and more than the usual convenience to the farmer." (lines 13-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1874
Creator: White, Moses F. & Blankenship, Augustus J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.

Patent for a new and improved type of cotton bale tie utilizing an automatic leverr-clasp buckle fastener.
Date: July 11, 1874
Creator: Lenard, William Rinulda
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Cistern Tops and Filters. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Cistern Tops and Filters.

Patent for improvements to cistern covers, combining a cast iron, charcoal filled filter and specially shaped cast perforated iron lid with handles for removing the cover and for changing the charcoal.
Date: July 9, 1874
Creator: Stacey, Ephraim Douglass
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Processes for Preserving Wood. (open access)

Improvement in Processes for Preserving Wood.

Patent for preserving wood from the ravages of marine insects (lines 7-8).
Date: July 28, 1874
Creator: Archer, Roger W.
System: The Portal to Texas History