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Improvement In Corn And Cotton-Seed Planters.
This patent is an upgraded corn and seed planter machine that plants corn, cotton, and other types of seeds for mass production. The machine is aligned with the surface of the ground. It does not converse with the plows that are attached to it, freeing up the machine to release seeds proficiently with ease.
Date:
April 9, 1878
Creator:
Adams, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Journal Boxes.
Patent for the improvement in car-journal boxes. This invention "relates to oil-boxes used upon journals of car-axles, the object being to prevent the lid from shaking off of the oil-stop or oil-packing surrounding the axle to be removed and replaced by a new one without removing the box from the journal."
Date:
October 15, 1878
Creator:
Alexander, Francis M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churn-Motors
Patent for an improvement in churn-motors, which would allow for the motor to run faster or slower as needed, with illustration.
Date:
July 30, 1878
Creator:
Alexander, Julius A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Paper Bags.
Patent for an improvement in paper bags with design specifications and a description of their functionality and usage, including illustrations.
Date:
June 18, 1878
Creator:
Alexander, Newton J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John H. Allison to Jack Davis, May 2 1878]
Letter from John H. Allison to Jack Davis. The letter is dated May 2, 1878.
Date:
May 2, 1878
Creator:
Allison, John H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[George Amery General Business Ledger: 1878-1902]
Ledger containing general business notes and accounts for George Amery.
Date:
1878-10/1902-07
Creator:
Amery, George
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meat, &c.
Patent for "an improved apparatus for use in fumigating substances used as food; and also for impregnating water with sulphurous-acid gas, for the purpose of preserving such substances by the antiseptic quality of sulphur" (lines 9-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 15, 1878
Creator:
Ames, Theodore George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for new bale-tie formed from a single metal piece where the locking side (B) can be fastened to a rounded eye (C) on the opposite end.
Date:
June 22, 1878
Creator:
Anderson, William G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Band-Cutting Feeders for Thrashing-Machines.
Patent for improvements in the design of band-cutters and feeders for thrashing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 15, 1878
Creator:
Andrews, Henry K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties
Patent for an improved bale-tie whose frame is provided with an end bar having wedge-shaped catch.
Date:
January 29, 1878
Creator:
Andrews, Thomas S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for an improved bale-tie which is to be used especially with cotton, includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
May 28, 1878
Creator:
Arnold, Lloyd
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ditching-Machines.
Patent for an improved ditching machine design that will "easily and rapidly cut or excavate, on the surface of the ground, soil, clay, or soft stone, a ditch or trench of any reasonable width or depth suitable" (lines 33-37) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1878
Creator:
Austin, Matthew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Wrench and Saw-Set.
Patent for improvements in the "combination of a wrench with a saw-setting device attached to the sliding jaw thereof" (lines 17-19). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 22, 1878
Creator:
Backer, Jacob
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Ironing And Fluting Machines.
Patent for improvements to Ironing and Fluting Machines.
Date:
June 13, 1878
Creator:
Bailey, Charles F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement For Trees In Riding-Saddles.
Patent for a stronger, more durable, and light saddle-tree fork.
Date:
August 7, 1878
Creator:
Barrow, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 5, 1878
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1878
Creator:
Bartow, J. L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 12, 1878
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 12, 1878
Creator:
Bartow, J. L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 19, 1878
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 19, 1878
Creator:
Bartow, J. L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 26, 1878
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 26, 1878
Creator:
Bartow, J. L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1878
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 2, 1878
Creator:
Bartow, J. L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 9, 1878
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 9, 1878
Creator:
Bartow, J. L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 16, 1878
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 16, 1878
Creator:
Bartow, J. L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 23, 1878
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 23, 1878
Creator:
Bartow, J. L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 2, 1878
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 2, 1878
Creator:
Bartow, J. L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History