Improvement in Vehicle-Wheels. (open access)

Improvement in Vehicle-Wheels.

Patent for an "invention to provide a vehicle-wheel that is capable of being expanded so as to fit the tire". Patent for an invention to facilitate removing and replacing wagon or buggy tires.
Date: July 10, 1877
Creator: Racer, Martin J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers (open access)

Improvement in Insect-Destroyers

Patent for an insect destroyer that forces fire smoke into the ground, targeting ants and other insects.
Date: May 29, 1877
Creator: Melcher, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Garden-Pumps. (open access)

Improvement in Garden-Pumps.

Patent for improvements in garden-pumps: "a garden-pump with attachments for sprinkling liquid poison" (lines 13-15).
Date: August 21, 1877
Creator: Vogelsang, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers. (open access)

Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.

Patent for improvements on insect destroyers to be used in cotton fields, including illustrations.
Date: October 16, 1877
Creator: Fordtran, Eugene H.
System: The Portal to Texas History