Cotton-Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner.

Patent for a machine that uses revolving brush cylinders, stationary brushes, and stripping boards to prepare cotton for ginning, including illustration.
Date: March 12, 1861
Creator: Eastham, A. S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Chamber. (open access)

Air-Chamber.

Patent for an air-chamber that pumps in air confined with a flexible diaphragm to spray or diffuse fluid, including illustration.
Date: June 18, 1861
Creator: Creuzbaur, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Boiler. (open access)

Steam-Boiler.

Patent for the improvement for steam boilers by having a detachable fire-box for a portable boiler with little maintenance and efficient as a steam generator, including illustration.
Date: March 5, 1861
Creator: Porter, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for the improvement of cultivators using adjustable blades and is adaptable to use different types of blades for a variety of other uses, including illustration.
Date: January 15, 1861
Creator: Alexander, J. T. D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Extracting Cotton and Corn Stalks. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Extracting Cotton and Corn Stalks.

Patent for the improvement of pulling the roots of cotton and corn stalks while minimizing the damage to the soil, including illustration.
Date: February 19, 1861
Creator: Bishop, Josiah
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for a plow called the "The Texas Cultivator" (line 7) that uses left and right wings and diamond plows that may be used to plow either side of stock to eliminate additional operators and time for the same job, including illustration.
Date: June 4, 1861
Creator: Cain, Shugar M. & Stelfox, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers.

Patent for the improvement of a cotton scraper "for general cultivation of drill-husbandry" (lines 17-18) and cotton crops, including illustration.
Date: February 19, 1861
Creator: Shepard, Josiah
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvment in Steam-Plows. (open access)

Improvment in Steam-Plows.

Patent for one machine that plows, sows, roles and harrow soil in one operation or separately, including illustrations.
Date: June 25, 1861
Creator: Saladee, Cyrus 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-Sixth Congress: Also of the Special Session of the Senate (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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