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Improvement in Weeding-Hoes.
Patent for improvment of "the construction of weeding-hoes; and it consists in providing the same with an inclined cutting-edge, in such a way that they will enter and pass through the ground more easily than hoes constructed in the ordinary manner." (11-16)including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1873
Creator:
Crossland, Henry S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fence.
Patent for a new fence design that "can be adapted to any desired length, width, or height" (lines 14-15). The patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
February 15, 1870
Creator:
Kerr, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bed-Bug Exterminators.
Patent for "a machine for exterminating bed-bugs by steam." (Lines 11-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 3, 1873
Creator:
Fewell, Calvin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Cistern Tops and Filters.
Patent for improvements to cistern covers, combining a cast iron, charcoal filled filter and specially shaped cast perforated iron lid with handles for removing the cover and for changing the charcoal.
Date:
July 9, 1874
Creator:
Stacey, Ephraim Douglass
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Presses for Hay, Cotton, Etc.
Patent for the improvement of presses for hay and cotton, by means of a screw. It includes an illustration and description.
Date:
December 27, 1870
Creator:
Cunningham, Matthew G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bee-Hives
Patent for bee-hives to more easily retrieve honey from the combs, which also gives extremely specific instructions on four different types of bee-hives.
Date:
July 28, 1877
Creator:
Van Horn, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddles.
Patent for an "invention to furnish an improved saddle-tree which shall be light, strong, and durable, being less liable to split or break than saddle-trees constructed in the usual way" (para. 4).
Date:
March 18, 1879
Creator:
Herring, William Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History