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Improvement in Twine-Holders
Patent for improvement in twine-holders to help hold twine, cloth and wrapping to counters for ease of cutting, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Turner, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Flower-Baskets
Patent for an improvement in flower-baskets to be hung in residences without making a mess, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Tennyson, Fannie C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Damping-Rollers.
Patent for an improvement of copying-roller through "moistening the leaves of letter-books to take impressions" (lines 15-17), with illustration.
Date:
August 20, 1878
Creator:
Brown, John Anderson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in External Window, Door, and Shutter Sprinklers
Patent for improvement in external window, door, and shutter sprinklers. The sprinklers would be used to wet the wooden pieces in case of adjacent fire, and are designed to run down the side of the building instead of into the building, reducing water damage inside, with illustration.
Date:
August 27, 1878
Creator:
Bennison, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Padlocks.
Patent for improvements to Padlocks which can be opened with a key in conjunction with maneuvering the tumblers or locking-bolt.
Date:
August 14, 1878
Creator:
Jacobs, Morris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Fences.
Patent for a new and improved fence, the materials for which would could be easily obtained by farmers and the results would be strong enough to contain livestock.
Date:
August 10, 1878
Creator:
Lenox, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows
Patent for the improvement of plows, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Johnson, Felix
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers
Patent for an improvement of insect-destroyers in the form of spraying poisonous liquid forced over plants, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Ruhmann, Julius Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties
Patent for improvement in cotton bale-ties, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Roeber, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers
Patent for improvement in horse-powers through gravity and tread-power of a farm animal, for use as a power source for farm equipment, with illustration.
Date:
August 30, 1878
Creator:
Blain, John Harvey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement For Trees In Riding-Saddles.
Patent for a stronger, more durable, and light saddle-tree fork.
Date:
August 7, 1878
Creator:
Barrow, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Journal Coolers
Patent for improvement of car-journal coolers on railroad-vehicles, with illustration.
Date:
August 20, 1878
Creator:
Morris, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History