Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for changes in the construction of a cultivator.
Date: May 23, 1871
Creator: Walker, Leander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Attaching Napkins to the Person (open access)

Improvement in Devices for Attaching Napkins to the Person

Patent for the improvement of attaching napkins to people in which a flexible ring is ensleeved with a napkins and stretched around the neck of a person.
Date: May 23, 1871
Creator: Raiford, Philip H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Grinding-Mills (open access)

Improvement in Grinding-Mills

Patent for an improvement in grinding-mills, combining the operative mechanism with spindles - in which the both the grinding stones obtain relative surface speeds only half the actual speed of the stones.
Date: May 9, 1871
Creator: Hensley, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Engines. (open access)

Improvement in Rotary Engines.

Patent for improvements in valves used in rotary engines.
Date: May 9, 1871
Creator: Hughes, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History