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Improvement in Fire-Escapes and Extension-Ladders. (open access)

Improvement in Fire-Escapes and Extension-Ladders.

Patent for a truck-mounted "portable extension-ladder that may be used by firemen in gaining access to buildings, and may also be used as a fire escape" (lines 15-17) including illustration.
Date: August 7, 1877
Creator: Hoyt, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plow-Couplings. (open access)

Improvement in Plow-Couplings.

Patent for a new and useful Improvement in Plow-Coupling including illustration.
Date: August 19, 1873
Creator: Thrasher, Thomas L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows (open access)

Improvement in Plows

Patent for the improvement of plows, with illustration.
Date: August 13, 1878
Creator: Johnson, Felix
System: The Portal to Texas History