Improvement in Combined Planter and Cultivator. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Planter and Cultivator.

Patent for "a simple, practical combined planter and cotton and corn cultivator, which shall be easily adjusted and operated, and shall be cheap and durable" (lines 11-12). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: August 20, 1867
Creator: Adams, Jesse
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator.

Patent for improvements in cotton cultivators.
Date: August 13, 1867
Creator: Adams, Jesse
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Medical Preparation. (open access)

Improved Medical Preparation.

Patent for an invention of a powder that is said to aid in curing scurvy. The patent includes a description, instructions, but no illustration(s).
Date: June 11, 1867
Creator: Lege, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Apparatus for Heating Water and Condensing Steam. (open access)

Improved Apparatus for Heating Water and Condensing Steam.

Patent for improvement in apparatus for heating water, other liquids, and condensing steam.
Date: October 1, 1867
Creator: Phalen, Henry J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Apparatus for Fumigating Plants. (open access)

Improved Apparatus for Fumigating Plants.

Patent for improvements in fumigating implements.
Date: December 17, 1867
Creator: Preston, C. C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Smith's Forge. (open access)

Smith's Forge.

Patent for "The improvements consists of a cast iron box" (line 12).
Date: February 12, 1867
Creator: Risher, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Book-Sewing Machine. (open access)

Book-Sewing Machine.

Patent for improvements in book sewing machines, the descriptions are included by figures.
Date: July 16, 1867
Creator: Sims, Ferdinand
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vitreography. (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Field Threshing-Machine. (open access)

Improvement in Field Threshing-Machine.

Patent for "a new threshing-machine, which is arranged upon wheels, so that it can be drawn over the field" (lines 12-15) and make the process for which it was built: more efficient. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: December 31, 1867
Creator: Tucker, A. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harvesters. (open access)

Improvement in Harvesters.

Patent for improvements in mowers and reapers.
Date: November 12, 1867
Creator: Tucker, A. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1867
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1867
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress; Together With an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session; A Supplement, Embracing the Proceedings in the Trial of Andrew Johnson (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress; Together With an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session; A Supplement, Embracing the Proceedings in the Trial of Andrew Johnson

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1867
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the First Session Fortieth Congress; Also Special Session of the Senate (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the First Session Fortieth Congress; Also Special Session of the Senate

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1867
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improved Grain-Meter. (open access)

Improved Grain-Meter.

Patent for a more efficient grain-meter. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1867
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Mode of Extracting Essences. (open access)

Improved Mode of Extracting Essences.

Patent for improvements in extracting essences from objects inserted into a new contraption. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: August 13, 1867
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Ship-Viameter. (open access)

Improved Ship-Viameter.

Patent for improvements in ship viameters.
Date: August 27, 1867
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Coffee-Pot. (open access)

Improvement in Coffee-Pot.

Patent for improvements to a coffee pot. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: August 20, 1867
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hot-Air, Steam, and Water-Gauge. (open access)

Improvement in Hot-Air, Steam, and Water-Gauge.

Patent for improvements in hot air, harmonic steam, and water gauges: "In this invention several tubes pass through the boiler, some under and some above the water, through which currents of air are induced by the heat of the water or steam surrounding them" (lines 8-9).
Date: October 8, 1867
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History