Improvement in Pruning Implements. (open access)

Improvement in Pruning Implements.

Patent for "an improved implement for trimming hedges and for cutting and laying down hedges" (lines 8-10) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1879
Creator: Booker, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Lighters. (open access)

Improvement in Fire-Lighters.

Patent for a device which allows the lighting of "fires, lights, blasts, &c., by a person located some distance from the object to be ignited." (lines 7-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1879
Creator: Craig, Samuel M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements applicable to a gang of plows. Ability to adjust depth, security of plow arms, and can plow three rows at once.
Date: March 18, 1879
Creator: Gifford, George Lewis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddles. (open access)

Riding-Saddles.

Patent for an "invention to furnish an improved saddle-tree which shall be light, strong, and durable, being less liable to split or break than saddle-trees constructed in the usual way" (para. 4).
Date: March 18, 1879
Creator: Herring, William Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saw-Sets (open access)

Improvement in Saw-Sets

Patent for an improvement in a device which sets the teeth of a saw, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1879
Creator: Holton, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Ventilation. (open access)

Car Ventilation.

Patent for an apparatus to improve car ventilation, including illustrations.
Date: February 18, 1879
Creator: Knipscheer, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for an improvement in cotton-presses adapted for pressing cotton into bales including instructions and illustration.
Date: November 18, 1879
Creator: Langill, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Destroying Insects. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Destroying Insects.

Patent for an "improvement in devices for destroying ants and burrowing animals of all kinds." (lines 13-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1879
Creator: Melcher, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Picking Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Picking Machines.

Patent for an improvement in cotton-picking machines including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1879
Creator: Trenks, Frederick F.
System: The Portal to Texas History