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 Cotton and Hay Presses (open access)

Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses

Patent for new cotton and hay presses with new bailing designs, including illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1877
Creator: Methvin, Boling J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings.

Patent for an improvement in link and pin car-couplings, including illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1874
Creator: Moyer, Alexander L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ballast-Distributing Cars (open access)

Improvement in Ballast-Distributing Cars

Patent for ballast-distributing design with new design in changing rails and weight from car to car, including illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1877
Creator: Dockstader, Adam B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rein-Holders. (open access)

Improvement in Rein-Holders.

Patent for "improvement in a class of rein-holding devices consisting each of a pivoted, vertically-swinging cam or locking-jaw and a frame...for attachment to the dashboard of a carriage or other vehicle." (lines 7-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1874
Creator: Royse, John
System: The Portal to Texas History