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Improvement in Car-Couplings. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings.

Patent for improvement in car-couplings, including description and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1875
Creator: Ramage, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Riding-Saddles. (open access)

Improvement in Riding-Saddles.

Patent for improvement in riding-saddles by "which the leather straps hitherto required for the girth-riffing may be dispensed with, and in place thereof a stronger and more durable rigging obtained, that leaves the top and sides of the tree in perfectly smooth state."
Date: October 29, 1878
Creator: Nothaf, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History