Improvement in Medical Compounds for Treating Chills, Fever, &c. (open access)

Improvement in Medical Compounds for Treating Chills, Fever, &c.

Patent for the improvement of medical compounds for treating chills and fevers. The patent states the components of a "True Ague Pill."
Date: October 10, 1871
Creator: Bevill, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Washing-Machines.

Patent for improvements in washing machines.
Date: October 10, 1871
Creator: Lee, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for "a perfectly-tight fastening - one that will not slip or give, and one that can be easily and quickly unfastened without cutting the band, or in any way injuring the part." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 10, 1876
Creator: Krieg, Christian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for "an improved plow, which shall be so constructed that it may be readily adjusted for use as a subsoil-plow, as a turning-plow, as a scraper and cultivator, and as a scraper, cultivator, and hiller, and which shall be simple in construction and effective in operation in either capacity." (Lines 11-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 10, 1876
Creator: Newton, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Rotary Cultivators.

Patent for a machine for "opening ditches to drain land and form fences, and to grade railroads, &c." (lines 15-17) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 10, 1876
Creator: Tadlock, Sevier
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators.

Patent for "a new and useful machine for Plowing"
Date: October 10, 1876
Creator: Hodges, Ludia H.
System: The Portal to Texas History