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Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms.
Patent for improvement in breech-loading fire-arms.
Date:
November 19, 1878
Creator:
Petmecky, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement inTables.
Patent for improvement in tables which "consists in the arrangement and combination of parts that will be more fully described hereinafter, whereby the table can be taken apart, packed in a small compass for transportation, and then put together again by an inexperienced hand” (lines 11-17).
Date:
November 19, 1878
Creator:
Melcher, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Driving Light Machinery from an Irregular Power.
Patent for light machinery that runs on irregular power. Device stores power produced by wind-wheel.
Date:
March 19, 1878
Creator:
Everhart, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hoes.
Patent for an improved, lightweight hoe with beveled blades used for "weeding cotton and other plants" (lines 13-14) and cutting grass without damaging the stalks, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
March 19, 1878
Creator:
Eggleston, Walter H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wind-Wheels.
Patent for a new wind-wheel design with pivoted frame and adjustable wings.
Date:
March 19, 1878
Creator:
Everhart, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Motors.
Patent for power-operated motors used "for operating churns" (lines 13-14), with the option of using spring-power, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
February 19, 1878
Creator:
Cummings, James K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plow and Seeder.
Patent for a plow and seeder that has an added "rotating flanged drum composed of two perforated cylinders" (lines 10-11) including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
February 19, 1878
Creator:
Elliott, Pinkney H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History