Improvement in Ditching-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Ditching-Machines.

Patent for the improvement of ditching-machines by way of new construction techniques.
Date: May 5, 1876
Creator: Austin, Matthew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Power Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Horse-Power Presses.

Patent for improved horse-powered press; it "relates to horse or other power presses for cotton, hay, and other compressible materials; and the nature of my invention consists in a reversible stay-brace; in a series of sliding plates, which fill the space between the main standards; in an arm hung to each one of the side doors, regulating the opening of such doors; and in auxiliary devices" (para. 3).
Date: July 25, 1876
Creator: Sims, Zachariah B.
System: The Portal to Texas History