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Improved Water-Wheel.
Patent for the improvement of the water-wheel using curved buckets over a spiral water passage to increase power and volume, including illustration.
Date:
February 8, 1859
Creator:
Littlepage, C. V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a simple, efficient, and low maintenance submerged rotary pump, including illustration.
Date:
February 22, 1859
Creator:
Fagan, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for the improvement of the cotton press using a cam-lever for operating the side of the press-box with two different application of power, including illustration.
Date:
February 16, 1858
Creator:
Witting, F. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Preparation of Portable Soup-Bread.
Patent for "extracting the nutritious part of flesh or animal meat of every description and combining this concentrated extract with flour or vegetable meal, and baking the two substances in an oven, thereby forming a portable desiccated soup-bread....." (lines 8-14), instruction only, no illustration.
Date:
February 5, 1850
Creator:
Borden, Gail, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pessary.
Patent for a ring pessary used as a female birth control device, including illustration.
Date:
February 22, 1859
Creator:
Wells, Francis, F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smith's Forge.
Patent for "The improvements consists of a cast iron box" (line 12).
Date:
February 12, 1867
Creator:
Risher, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Cosmetic.
Patent for improvement in cosmetics by using various chemicals to enhance the cosmetics in which it “can remove freckles or tan-discoloration from the skin, and for improving the complexion.” (Line 5-6) Formula for the improved cosmetic is included. Instructions on how to prepare the cosmetic and how to use the cosmetic are described. There is no illustration.
Date:
February 25, 1868
Creator:
Wilson, I. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Transmitting Power.
Patent for a new invention which uses a combination of radiation and levers in order more efficiently transmit power. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 8, 1870
Creator:
Williams, Blasius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Bending Stirrups.
Patent for an invention that "is to provide a simple and efficient machine for bending and shaping stirrups for saddles" (lines 10-12). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
February 1, 1870
Creator:
Forest, Demsey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Engines.
Patent for rotary engines "driven by steam or other elastic agent, or which may be used for pumping water" (lines 29-32) to obtain "a more direct application of the force applied to drive the engine" (lines 39-40) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 6, 1872
Creator:
Richardson, John Dun
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Velocipedes
Patent for the improvement of Velocipedes. The improvement consists of a new and novel combination and arrangement of propelling power, due to the weight of the body, which may be aided by the muscular force thereof and guiding apparatus.
Date:
February 13, 1872
Creator:
Maltby, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Threshing-Machine.
Patent for improvements in threshing-machine for threshing grain, with the improved machine, “grain may be threshed and separated from the straw in a very rapid and perfect manner, and without bruising or injuring the straw in any way.” (Lines 13-16) Illustration is included.
Date:
February 9, 1869
Creator:
Fuos, Matthias
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saw-Set.
Patent for an invention "which can be used for setting the teeth of all kinds of saws by hand, and without requiring and intricate machinery" (lines 15-18). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
February 15, 1870
Creator:
Harris, H. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fence.
Patent for a new fence design that "can be adapted to any desired length, width, or height" (lines 14-15). The patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
February 15, 1870
Creator:
Kerr, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds.
Patent for a new medical compound to remedy chills and fever.
Date:
February 7, 1871
Creator:
Lister, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Place Fenders.
Patent for "an extensible fender adapted for large or small fire-places" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1872
Creator:
Hall, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hand-Cultivators.
Patent for "hand-cultivators; and the novelty consists in the improved construction and arrangement of the stock, tongue, and plows; and in the application to the end of the tongue of a shoulder-strap to assist in working the implement." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1872
Creator:
Jones, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Button-Hole Scissors.
Improved Button Hole scissors, where the scissors may be "adjusted vertically for suitable Cutting Hole length"(pg 2). The scissors have a "v-shaped" button hole cutter that can be adjusted to pierce the fabric at a desired depth and a tracing wheel.
Date:
February 27, 1872
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing Machines.
Patent for the improvement of washing machine mechanisms.
Date:
February 14, 1871
Creator:
Jones, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compound Engines.
Patent for "a series of engines for working the steam over by exhausting it from the first into the second, and so on, for utilizing the pressure lost when steam is exhausted from a single engine into the air..." (lines 7-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 16, 1875
Creator:
Bell, Jackson W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Binding Grain
Patent for improvement in machines for binding grain for reapers.
Date:
February 13, 1875
Creator:
Tucker, Argyle W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Wiring Picket-Fences.
Patent for a new improvement in apparatus for wiring picket-fences to hold the wires tight, including illustration.
Date:
February 24, 1874
Creator:
Parks, James Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History