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Improvement in Propelling Vessels.
Patent for a hydraulic propeller that uses a current of water and steam power, including illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1846
Creator:
Fulton, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt for Doors.
Patent for the improvement of bolt locks on double doors using a lever lock for safety and ease of locking and unlocking one or both doors, including illustration.
Date:
June 26, 1860
Creator:
Bonney, N. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compound.
Patent for a cough syrup formula made from various plant extracts, to treat inflammatory diseases. No illustration.
Date:
June 26, 1860
Creator:
Reeves, J. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Millstone-Dress.
Patent for improvement in millstone-dress by “making each of the main grooves in five sections, in combination with shoulders and inclined planes” (lines 17-19), including illustration.
Date:
June 26, 1860
Creator:
Gaines, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vitreography.
Patent for an invention that is similar to an adhesive, which aids in the ornamentation of windows. The patent includes a description, instructions, but no illustration(s).
Date:
March 26, 1867
Creator:
Stremme, C. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Compound for Treating the Human Hair.
Patent for an improved compound for straightening, softening and renewing the human hair, ingredients and proportions are listed. No illustration.
Date:
October 26, 1869
Creator:
Lount, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saws.
Patent for improvement in saws by way of the construction of beveled edged teeth with concave sides.
Date:
April 26, 1870
Creator:
Littlepage, C. V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Side-Saddle.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in side-saddles, and consists in forming the saddle-tress hollow, or with air-chambers within." (Lines 9-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 26, 1870
Creator:
Smith, Fenwick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Carriage-Axles.
Patent for an easily replaceable and self-lubricating carriage axle. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 26, 1870
Creator:
Hall, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gate-Latches.
Patent for improvements in gate latches: "to provide a self closing latch, simple in its construction and easy f operation" (lines 18-19).
Date:
September 26, 1871
Creator:
Lee, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Axle-Boxes, Sand-Bands, and Casings for Carriage-Wheel Hubs.
Patent for improvements in combined axle-boxes, sand-bands, and casings for carriage-wheel hubs. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
December 26, 1871
Creator:
McNalley, Micheal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for a "new and improved cotton-press" (line 5) relating to "improvements in friction-clamping apparatus used on vertical bars or rods of presses for holding the follower and lever in working the follower in passing the bale" (lines 11-14) including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
December 26, 1871
Creator:
Simpson, Thomas D. & Lamkin, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Road-Scrapers.
Patent for an improvement in road-scrapers which "consists in hanging the scoop to the carriage in such a manner that it may always be made to scrape in horizontal planes whether the carriage run on a level surface or on a hill side; and also in certain devices for holding the scoop suspended above the ground while moving from place to place." (Lines 9-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 26, 1872
Creator:
Coy, Elihu E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in bale-ties
Patent for cotton bale ties, involving a lateral arm. Includes illustrations.
Date:
November 26, 1872
Creator:
Lloyd, Arnold
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Recording Instruments for Locomotives
Patent for improvement in Recording Instruments for recording time, speed, and steam pressure of locomotives or cars or other machinery.
Date:
September 26, 1873
Creator:
Richardson, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Box and Bale Hooks.
Patent for "a guard or shield, of leather or other equivalent material, combined with the handle or shank of the hook used for turning or otherwise handling bales or boxes, &c., to prevent the hands from rubbing or pressing against the bale or box, whereby the are often injured." (Lines 6-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 26, 1874
Creator:
Knight, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Insects on Plants.
Patent for a “combination of flour and cotton-seed meal with paris green, for the destruction of cotton-worms or caterpillars, and other pestiferous insects” (lines 47-50).
Date:
May 26, 1874
Creator:
Royall, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Harvesters.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-harvesting machine, including illustrations.
Date:
January 26, 1875
Creator:
Miller, La Fayette Kohler
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for an improvement in seed-planters, illustration included.
Date:
January 26, 1875
Creator:
Garner, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for an improvement in plows which will allow for adjustments in width.
Date:
June 26, 1876
Creator:
Traweek, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.
Reissued patent for a chemical process to create a plastic material made of bitumen, clay, and mineral and/or fossil substances.
Date:
September 26, 1876
Creator:
Lea, Pryor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Animal-Traps.
Patent for improvement in animal-traps, with description and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1876
Creator:
Anderson, Zachariah J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for a cotton-seed planter with improvements in "the construction and arrangement of the parts" (lines 18-19) including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
February 26, 1878
Creator:
Nix, Manning L.; Stone, James M. & Anderson, Levi
System:
The Portal to Texas History