Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.

Patent for a new and improved cotton and corn planter design with an axle that has agitators, including illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1878
Creator: Hall, James Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wrenches. (open access)

Improvement in Wrenches.

Patent for furnishing "an adjustable wrench for holding and turning bolts, pipes, taps, &c." (lines 7-9). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: July 1, 1879
Creator: Killough, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivator and Chopper. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivator and Chopper.

Patent for an improvement in cultivators and choppers which will allow for the adjustment by height and width.
Date: October 7, 1876
Creator: Killough, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Destroying Cotton Worms. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Destroying Cotton Worms.

Patent for a machine to distribute poison to destroy Cotton Worms, including illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1874
Creator: Davis, Nicholas A.
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 Beverages and Sirups from Mustang Grapes. (open access)

Improvement in Beverages and Sirups from Mustang Grapes.

Patent for manufacturing a syrup by mixing brown sugar, water, and Mustang grapes.
Date: June 11, 1872
Creator: Wood, Joshua C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Propelling Devices for Street-Cars and the Like (open access)

Improvement in Propelling Devices for Street-Cars and the Like

Patent for and improvement in propelling devices for street cars and the like, includes illustration.
Date: February 16, 1875
Creator: Trible, Herndon & Davis, Nicholas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History