Escapement for Timekeepers. (open access)

Escapement for Timekeepers.

Patent for the improvement in the escapement of the watch for a "more regular and less liable to get out of order" through wear (lines 23-24), including illustration.
Date: October 12, 1858
Creator: Bishop, Josiah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Oven. (open access)

Portable Oven.

Patent for outdoor use of the Dutch oven and skillet converting the cover of the Dutch oven as a way to suspend frying pan or gridiron over coals to heat, including illustration.
Date: July 12, 1859
Creator: Morrel, Z. N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compositions Used as Building Materials. (open access)

Improvement in Compositions Used as Building Materials.

Patent for making a new kind of building and fencing materials by using farm waste and inorganic settable ingredients such as quick-lime, clay or soil. No illustration.
Date: October 12, 1858
Creator: Raymond, N. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History