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Fire and Burglar Proof Safe.
Patent for a safe "constructed as to be safe from fire and burglars, and at which the same time may be made lighter, and may be less expensive in manufacture than when made in the usual way." (para. 4). Additionally, safe is airtight and water-proof.
Date:
March 18, 1870
Creator:
Wilkins, Samuel Adams
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Balanced Valves.
Patent for an improvement in the design of balanced slide valves for steam and other engines, including illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1873
Creator:
Fitzsimmons, Henry.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds.
Patent for a mixture of "amargosa" root, Jamaica ginger, glycerin, and simple syrup for use in treating illnesses of the bowels.
Date:
March 18, 1873
Creator:
Putegnat, Joseph L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sawing-Machines.
Patent for a new and valuable sawing-machine is combined and, "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the vibrating beam, vertically-sliding block, and flanged support," (pg. 3) e.g...including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1873
Creator:
Westmoreland, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for an improvement in waching machine design, including illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1873
Creator:
Millegan, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles.
Patent for new and useful improvement in wagon hubs that includes one-piece attachment and spokes that can be cut by metal strips by exposed to no injury, including illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1873
Creator:
McNalley, Michael
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements applicable to a gang of plows. Ability to adjust depth, security of plow arms, and can plow three rows at once.
Date:
March 18, 1879
Creator:
Gifford, George Lewis
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