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Improvement in Cotton-Plows.
Patent for improvement in cotton-plows by making the plow blades curved for the purpose of breaking up the land to prevent the plow from clogging. (Lines 27-30) The plow can break up the soil and laying off seed-furrows simply by reversing and removing the blades to a different position of the frame. (Lines 59-60) Illustration is included.
Date:
August 31, 1869
Creator:
Sims, Zachariah B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements in portable press by dividing the pressing-chamber into two parts, one of which is fixed to the wagon-frame, the other part is movable. âThe movable part contains the follower, adapted to be titled with it, and operated by the winding-drum, cords, wheel and the wings, working in the horizontal slots in the sides of these parts.â (Lines 81-85) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 12, 1869
Creator:
Berkeley, J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles.
Patent for improvement in buckles âwhich does not require to be sewed to either of the straps which it is to connect, and which will securely fasten and hold the said straps of bands in any desired position.â (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 4, 1869
Creator:
Richer, F. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Horse-Power.
Patent for an improvement in horse-powers (tread-powers) by changing the construction and arrangement of the driving wheels.
Date:
May 18, 1869
Creator:
Dillaha, J. G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Anchor for Animals.
Patent for improvement in animalsâ anchor in which it allow the animals to graze without being twisted or wound up the rope by using the combination of a swiveled loop and a pivoted loop with each other, and a pin. âThis pin is made with four wings, or radial longitudinal flanges, tapering to a point at its lower end and is readily forced into the ground, and easily drawn out, but will resist a very strong side-draught.â (Lines23-27) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 8, 1869
Creator:
Raiford, P. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Machine for Breaking and Scouring Hides
Patent for machinery for tanning animal hides.
Date:
July 20, 1869
Creator:
Bean, W. O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Compound for Destroying Vermin in Cattle
Patent for topical medication to kill screw-worms in livestock wounds.
Date:
August 10, 1869
Creator:
Kalteyer, Frederick
Object Type:
Patent
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Ditching-Machine.
Patent for improvement in ditching machine which âconsists of a boring or ditching-auger, suspended from the frame of a truck, and having an enlarged head projecting in advance of the truck, and rotated, so as to bore out a groove as the truck is moved along, screwing the earth taken back through a trough, to an elevator which carries it up to a spout, chuting it to one side.â (Lines 13-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
November 16, 1869
Creator:
McGehee, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gang-Plow.
Patent for improvement in gang-plow by using an adjustable slotted cross-bar to enable the âplow-beams to oscillate, so that their landsides are always vertical, however uneven the ground may be.â (Lines 20-21) âThis tool can also regulate the depth of the plows in the ground whereby the depth of furrow is adjusted.â (Lines 24-25) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 20, 1869
Creator:
Hall, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Picker and Cleaner.
Patent for improvements in cotton-picker and cleaner by using rotary breakers combined with fixed breakers to break the branches and outer coverings of the cotton in the bolls. The cotton then passes through an âinclined-wayâ where the rotary breakers are spirally-arranged on a concentric cylinder to carry the cotton out of the cleaner. (Lines 69-75) Illustration is included.
Date:
August 31, 1869
Creator:
Sims, Zachariah B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Hoes.
Patent for improvement in cotton-hoes for the purpose of saving time when spacing and thinning cotton plants by providing an angular handle with bent arms that can be attached to the back of the hoes. The hoe is made up with three separate cutters with spaces in between to allow young plants equally spaced in each row. The middle cutter can be removed when second thinning is needed to avoid injuring the plants. Illustration is included.
Date:
August 31, 1869
Creator:
Sims, Zachariah B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Machines.
Patent for improvement in brick machines by âproviding the mixing and grinding-shaft with arms at the bottom, adapted in form and arrangement for pressing the clay through the openings, in the bottom of the curb, into the moulds, below, which rest on ways above a sliding carrier, provided with brackets, for forcing the moulds out.â (Lines 26-34) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 4, 1869
Creator:
Morgan, Asa
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Ed. 1 Saturday, July 17, 1869
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 17, 1869
Creator:
Barnard, F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1869
Weekly newspaper from Hempstead, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 15, 1869
Creator:
Elliott, B. F. & Rankin, J. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, January 22, 1869
Weekly newspaper from Hempstead, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 22, 1869
Creator:
Elliott, B. F. & Rankin, J. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1869
Weekly newspaper from Hempstead, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 29, 1869
Creator:
Elliott, B. F. & Rankin, J. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1869
Weekly newspaper from Hempstead, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 5, 1869
Creator:
Elliott, B. F. & Rankin, J. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1869
Weekly newspaper from Hempstead, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 12, 1869
Creator:
Elliott, B. F. & Rankin, J. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1869
Weekly newspaper from Hempstead, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 19, 1869
Creator:
Elliott, B. F. & Rankin, J. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1869
Weekly newspaper from Hempstead, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 26, 1869
Creator:
Elliott, B. F. & Rankin, J. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1869
Weekly newspaper from Hempstead, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 5, 1869
Creator:
Elliott, B. F. & Rankin, J. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, March 12, 1869
Weekly newspaper from Hempstead, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 12, 1869
Creator:
Elliott, B. F. & Rankin, J. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1869
Weekly newspaper from Hempstead, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 19, 1869
Creator:
Elliott, B. F. & Rankin, J. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History