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Improvement in Joining and Fitting Hoof-Hooks.
Patent for "a new and improved Hoof-Hook or cleaner, for cleaning the hoofs of horses and mules" (line 3) including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
September 15, 1868
Creator:
Stanley, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Bungs.
Patent for improvement in bungs for beer and other barrels.
Date:
April 14, 1868
Creator:
Stremme, Conrad C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hat-Ventilators.
Patent for improvement in mode of ventilating hats, bonnets, and or caps by “providing the inside of the head-coverings, at the point of contact with the head, with a liuing or an elastic spiral formed into a cushion, through which the air can freely circulate around the whole head.” (Lines 28-32) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 30, 1869
Creator:
Stremme, Conrad C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for a new cultivator in the form of a wheel, which includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
September 29, 1868
Creator:
Stroud, J. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for an improvement in cotton-seed planters using a combination of an adjustable agitator and a movable self-adjusting stirrer, including illustration.
Date:
April 3, 1860
Creator:
Sweeny, Samuel P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Planter and Cultivator.
Patent for improvement in combined planter and cultivator by “combining instruments such as hoppers, plow-beans, brace-bars, foot-levers and many others that required for preparing the ground, planting the seed, and cultivating the plants and which may be easily adjusted for the various uses.” (Lines 22-25) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 16, 1869
Creator:
Switzer, W. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Boring Artesian Wells.
Patent for improvement in pump-drills for boring artesian wells by “combining pump-valves and pistons with a drill for boring artesian or other wells” (lines 21-23), including illustration.
Date:
April 17, 1860
Creator:
Taney, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Medical Compound.
Patent for improvements in medical compound.
Date:
January 7, 1868
Creator:
Taylor, Daniel W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Needle-Threaders for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for improvement in needle-threaders for sewing machines by using an “eyelet-frame that formed by two equal parallelopipeds. These parallelopipeds are being kept together by two springs and may be separated by pressing the pins toward each other.” (Lines 32-35) “The axis of a conical eyelet will be laid in the joint planes of the parallelopipeds, its apex in the front side, its basis in the opposite side of the eyelet-frame, through which eyelet the thread has to pass when the instrument is used and applied to the machine-needle.” (Lines 37-42) This instrument can be used with curved or straight needles. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 20, 1869
Creator:
Thielepape, Wilhelm C. A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Cultivator, Plow, Harrow, and Roller.
Patent for an invention "to combine and arrange a cultivator, plow, harrow, and roller, with draught-wheels, axle, draught-pole, and an adjustable supporting-frame, in such a manner that the several parts can be used together or independently." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1868
Creator:
Thornton, Sterling C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
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 First Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress: Also of the 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:
1860
Creator:
United States. Congress.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the First Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress: Also of the 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:
1860
Creator:
United States. Congress.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the First Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress: Also of the 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:
1860
Creator:
United States. Congress.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the First Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress: Also of the 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:
1860
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-Sixth Congress: Also of the 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:
1861
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-Sixth Congress: Also of the 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:
1861
Creator:
United States. Congress.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the First Session of the Thirty-Seventh 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:
1861
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-Seventh 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:
1862
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-Seventh 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:
1862
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-Seventh 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:
1862
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-Seventh 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:
1862
Creator:
United States. Congress.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library