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Improvement in Compounds of Bitumen, Ore, &c.
Patent for a new compound called Bitumenated Ore. "The product is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for both small and massive structures, and for plastering and other purposes." (Lines 66-29)
Date:
November 11, 1873
Creator:
Lea, Pryor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.
Patent for improvement to cotton and corn planters, including a hinged or pivoted frame to carry the plows which can be adjusted by foot levers. Illustration included.
Date:
November 11, 1873
Creator:
Penington, Asa, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.
Patent for mixing mineral or fossil substances with bituminated clay, creating a product that "is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for building both small and massive structures, and for other purposes" (lines 54-57).
Date:
November 11, 1873
Creator:
Lea, Pryor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Sprinklers
Patent for Improvements to cotton-sprinklers that provides "effective distribution of poisonous liquids upon cotton-plants, for the purpose of destroying the cotton-worm or other destructive insects." (lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
November 11, 1879
Creator:
Schier, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harmony Attachments for Piano-Fortes.
Patent for, "an attachment for piano-fortes, whereby the musician may play the melody upon an instrument like the violin with his hands in the usual manner, and the accompaniment or harmony by operating the attachment with his feet."
Date:
November 11, 1879
Creator:
Radinsky, Gustav A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harrows and Clod-Crushers
Patent for the improvement in the design of harrows and clod-crushers.
Date:
November 11, 1879
Creator:
Murphy, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History