Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Searchhttps://digital2.library.unt.edu/search/?t=fulltext&fq=str_month%3A05_may&sort=date_a&display=list2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for searching UNT Digital Library SearchBrick-Machine.2011-07-20T11:29:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165028/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165028/"><img alt="Brick-Machine." title="Brick-Machine." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165028/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a machine, which the inventor calls "The Concussion Brick-Machine", that makes bricks using molds, including illustrations.</p>Improvement in Gang-Plows.2011-07-20T11:29:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165040/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165040/"><img alt="Improvement in Gang-Plows." title="Improvement in Gang-Plows." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165040/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for the improvement of the gang plow by the plows arrangement and pivoted beams to be adjustable for convenience, including illustration.</p>Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.2011-07-20T11:29:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165041/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165041/"><img alt="Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters." title="Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165041/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for covering cotton seeds by using a hoe transversely with cams and slides with the main axle of the planter, including illustration.</p>Improvement in Corn-Planters.2011-07-20T11:29:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165074/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165074/"><img alt="Improvement in Corn-Planters." title="Improvement in Corn-Planters." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165074/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a corn-planter that allows the seed to be placed in a hopper and disperses the seed through a cylinder that is connected to a wheel to place and cover the seed, including illustration.</p>Improvement in Cultivators.2011-07-20T11:29:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165073/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165073/"><img alt="Improvement in Cultivators." title="Improvement in Cultivators." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165073/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a triangle shaped cultivator with removable mold-boards that can be used as a plow and scraper, including illustration.</p>Improvement in Plows.2011-07-20T11:29:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165102/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165102/"><img alt="Improvement in Plows." title="Improvement in Plows." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165102/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improved plow to turn and reverse the mold-board by using a single bolt to secure the reversible mold-board onto the stock of a plow.</p>Improvement in Seed-Planters.2011-07-20T11:29:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165101/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165101/"><img alt="Improvement in Seed-Planters." title="Improvement in Seed-Planters." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165101/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for the improvement of planting seeds using a single seed-slide and double tubes from seed box to distribute seeds to planting point in a more direct route than other seed-planters, including illustration.</p>Hanging Millstones.2011-07-20T11:29:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165103/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165103/"><img alt="Hanging Millstones." title="Hanging Millstones." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165103/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement of hanging millstones using a driver to hang the runner of a pair of millstones, “as it rotates, adjust itself to the position of the stationary stone, and the parallelism of the faces of the two stones be preserved whether the stationary one be perfectly horizontal or not” (lines 19-24), including illustration.</p>Improved Steering and Turning Apparatus for Vessels.2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165124/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165124/"><img alt="Improved Steering and Turning Apparatus for Vessels." title="Improved Steering and Turning Apparatus for Vessels." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165124/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in steering vessels: "by means of rotary paddle wheels the blades of which are arranged parallel to keel" (lines 21-23).</p>Improvement in Harvesters.2011-07-20T11:38:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165151/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165151/"><img alt="Improvement in Harvesters." title="Improvement in Harvesters." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165151/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in reaping and mowing machines.</p>Improvement in Brick-Machines.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165174/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165174/"><img alt="Improvement in Brick-Machines." title="Improvement in Brick-Machines." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165174/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in brick machines by “providing the mixing and grinding-shaft with arms at the bottom, adapted in form and arrangement for pressing the clay through the openings, in the bottom of the curb, into the moulds, below, which rest on ways above a sliding carrier, provided with brackets, for forcing the moulds out.” (Lines 26-34) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Buckles.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165175/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165175/"><img alt="Improvement in Buckles." title="Improvement in Buckles." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165175/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in buckles “which does not require to be sewed to either of the straps which it is to connect, and which will securely fasten and hold the said straps of bands in any desired position.” (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Machine for Cutting Stalks in the Field Preparatory to Plowing.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165177/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165177/"><img alt="Improvement in Machine for Cutting Stalks in the Field Preparatory to Plowing." title="Improvement in Machine for Cutting Stalks in the Field Preparatory to Plowing." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165177/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in machine for clearing cotton and corn-fields of the stalks after the crops have been gathered by “providing a revolving drum or roller with knives, set spirally around it, which cut the stalks of cotton or corn-fields into pieces of any desired length, for the purpose of being plowed under the surface for fertilizing, by rolling it over them.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Wrench.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165176/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165176/"><img alt="Improvement in Wrench." title="Improvement in Wrench." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165176/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in monkey wrenches.</p>Improved Horse-Power.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165178/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165178/"><img alt="Improved Horse-Power." title="Improved Horse-Power." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165178/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improvement in horse-powers (tread-powers) by changing the construction and arrangement of the driving wheels.</p>Improvement in Combined Plow-Carrier and Cotton-Chopper.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165179/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165179/"><img alt="Improvement in Combined Plow-Carrier and Cotton-Chopper." title="Improvement in Combined Plow-Carrier and Cotton-Chopper." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165179/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in combined plow-carrier and cotton-chopper by “combining with a plow-carrier, a revolving wheel, placed at right angles with the line of direction of the plows, and provided with a number of horizontal cutters at the ends of its spokes, for the purpose of cutting square across the ridges of earth cast up by the plows, in which cotton seed is sown, and dividing the ridges into isolated hills, each containing one or more cotton-plants.” (Lines 23-29) Illustration is included.</p>Improvement in Baling Presses.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165227/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165227/"><img alt="Improvement in Baling Presses." title="Improvement in Baling Presses." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165227/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements to "the construction and combination of the levers, rack-bars, and pawls with each other, and with the follower and baling-box" (lines 15-17).</p>Improvement in Refining and Ageing Liquors.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165226/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165226/"><img alt="Improvement in Refining and Ageing Liquors." title="Improvement in Refining and Ageing Liquors." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165226/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in refining and ageing liquors, including an illustration. The process includes expelling air from distilled liquors, heating them to a boiling point and then cooling them in a waterbath, through the use of a closed, air-tight vessel surrounded by an open water-vessel.</p>Improvement in Pitmen.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165229/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165229/"><img alt="Improvement in Pitmen." title="Improvement in Pitmen." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165229/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "a new and and useful Improvment in Crank and Pitman;" (lines 3-5) including instructions and illustrations.</p>Improvements in Electric Foot Warmers.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165228/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165228/"><img alt="Improvements in Electric Foot Warmers." title="Improvements in Electric Foot Warmers." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165228/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for adjustments in the mechanics of electric foot warmers.</p>Improvement in Ox-Bows.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165230/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165230/"><img alt="Improvement in Ox-Bows." title="Improvement in Ox-Bows." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165230/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements to ox-bows so that they "shall not require bending, and which may be made in parts of the country where timber suitable for bending is scarce" (lines 9-12).</p>Improved Head-Rest.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165231/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165231/"><img alt="Improved Head-Rest." title="Improved Head-Rest." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165231/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new and improved head-rest for railroad-car seats and other seats, that can be applied to or removed from the back of seats without the use of clamp-screws, and are adjustable and adaptable to the convenience and comfort of different persons. It includes a description and illustrations.</p>Improvement in Grinding-Mills2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165277/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165277/"><img alt="Improvement in Grinding-Mills" title="Improvement in Grinding-Mills" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165277/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Improvement in Rotary Engines.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165278/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165278/"><img alt="Improvement in Rotary Engines." title="Improvement in Rotary Engines." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165278/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in valves used in rotary engines.</p>Improvement in Cultivators.2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165279/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165279/"><img alt="Improvement in Cultivators." title="Improvement in Cultivators." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165279/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for changes in the construction of a cultivator.</p>Improvement in Devices for Attaching Napkins to the Person2011-07-20T13:29:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165280/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165280/"><img alt="Improvement in Devices for Attaching Napkins to the Person" title="Improvement in Devices for Attaching Napkins to the Person" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165280/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166762/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166762/"><img alt="Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties" title="Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166762/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improvement in cotton-bale ties which consists of the construction of the loop-plate.</p>Improvement in Nail-Extractors.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166761/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166761/"><img alt="Improvement in Nail-Extractors." title="Improvement in Nail-Extractors." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166761/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improved instrument for extracting nails which "will increase its effectiveness in equal ratio with the resistance offered by the object under operation" (lines 13-16) including instruction and illustrations.</p>Improvement in Seed-Planters2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166763/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166763/"><img alt="Improvement in Seed-Planters" title="Improvement in Seed-Planters" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166763/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improvement in seed-planters, which allows for adjusting to plant less or more seeds as desired.</p>Improvement in Stalk-Chopper2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166764/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166764/"><img alt="Improvement in Stalk-Chopper" title="Improvement in Stalk-Chopper" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166764/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improvement in corn and cotton stalk-choppers, allowing for the stalks to be turned under by the plow and prevent their interference with the machine.</p>Improvement in Washing-Machines.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166765/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166765/"><img alt="Improvement in Washing-Machines." title="Improvement in Washing-Machines." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166765/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for the improvement of washing machines, using two washboards. It includes a description and illustrations.</p>Improvement in Transplanters2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166766/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166766/"><img alt="Improvement in Transplanters" title="Improvement in Transplanters" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166766/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improvement in transplanters, intended for use in transplanting cotton or other plants.</p>Improvements in Joints for Railway Rails2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166767/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166767/"><img alt="Improvements in Joints for Railway Rails" title="Improvements in Joints for Railway Rails" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166767/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in box or "fish" joints for railroad rails.</p>Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166853/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166853/"><img alt="Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators." title="Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166853/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new improvement for a cotton-cultivator with different tools and connections, including instructions and illustrations.</p>Improvement in Excavators.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166852/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166852/"><img alt="Improvement in Excavators." title="Improvement in Excavators." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166852/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in earth excavators combining a plow, rotating cylinder, and helical plate.</p>Improvement in Teeth for Cotton-Gin Saws.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166854/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166854/"><img alt="Improvement in Teeth for Cotton-Gin Saws." title="Improvement in Teeth for Cotton-Gin Saws." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166854/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for new useful improvement of the cotton-gin saws that consists of the dress or shape of the teeth, includes instructions and illustrations.</p>Improvement in Turpentine-Stills.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166851/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166851/"><img alt="Improvement in Turpentine-Stills." title="Improvement in Turpentine-Stills." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166851/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in turpentine distillation and purification with bleaching and refinement.</p>Apparatus for Steaming and Cleansing Barrels, & c.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166856/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166856/"><img alt="Apparatus for Steaming and Cleansing Barrels, & c." title="Apparatus for Steaming and Cleansing Barrels, & c." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166856/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improved apparatus for steaming and cleaning barrels for the reception of resin, turpentine, oils, molasses, sirups, and other like liquids.</p>Improvement in Combined Adjustable Fire-Fenders, Grates, and Andirons.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166858/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166858/"><img alt="Improvement in Combined Adjustable Fire-Fenders, Grates, and Andirons." title="Improvement in Combined Adjustable Fire-Fenders, Grates, and Andirons." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166858/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in fire-fender and grate with separable andirons that is adjustable to different fireplaces, and which can be adapted for wood or coal.</p>Improvement in Journal Boxes.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166859/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166859/"><img alt="Improvement in Journal Boxes." title="Improvement in Journal Boxes." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166859/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for axel shaft oil lubrication system that acts as a reservoir and saves the oil lubrication materials to be used repeatedly without waste.</p>Improvement in Resin Boxes and Coolers.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166855/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166855/"><img alt="Improvement in Resin Boxes and Coolers." title="Improvement in Resin Boxes and Coolers." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166855/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in receptacle for oils, molasses, or thick liquid that permit liquid to be surrounded by steam or water and changeable temperature.</p>Improvement in Sinking Pneumatic Piles or Caissons.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166860/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166860/"><img alt="Improvement in Sinking Pneumatic Piles or Caissons." title="Improvement in Sinking Pneumatic Piles or Caissons." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166860/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for certain improvements in sinking and securing of pneumatic piles or caissons, including instructions and illustrations.</p>Improvements in Revolving Cotton Lint Rooms.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166857/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166857/"><img alt="Improvements in Revolving Cotton Lint Rooms." title="Improvements in Revolving Cotton Lint Rooms." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166857/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement in cotton-lint rooms. These rooms are used with gins that seperate the seeds from the cotton.</p>Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166862/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166862/"><img alt="Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers." title="Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166862/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "a new machine for removing the destructive cotton-worms from the cotton-plants without injury to the plants, and for destroying the worms," which "consists in the arrangement of a movable frame, which is by animals drawn over the fields to straddle the rows of cotton, and which is provided with brushes for sweeping the worms from the plants, and with jointed bottom pieces or slides, which crush them on the ground." (Lines 15-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.</p>Improvement in Jack-Screws and Clamps Combined.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166864/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166864/"><img alt="Improvement in Jack-Screws and Clamps Combined." title="Improvement in Jack-Screws and Clamps Combined." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166864/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an invention "to combine a jack-screw or lifting-jack with a clamp, so that they may be interchangeably used." (Lines 19-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.</p>Improvement in Medical Compounds or Bitters for Treating Chills and Fever.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166865/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166865/"><img alt="Improvement in Medical Compounds or Bitters for Treating Chills and Fever." title="Improvement in Medical Compounds or Bitters for Treating Chills and Fever." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166865/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new medical compound to treat chills and fevers which lists the ingredients and dosages.</p>Improvement in Windmills2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166861/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166861/"><img alt="Improvement in Windmills" title="Improvement in Windmills" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166861/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for the improvement of wind mills, that includes a detailed description as well as labeled figure drawings.</p>Improvement in Sawing-Machines.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth167020/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth167020/"><img alt="Improvement in Sawing-Machines." title="Improvement in Sawing-Machines." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth167020/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new and improved pulley-operated, roller-fed log sawing machine</p>Improvement in Bleaching Resins.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166866/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166866/"><img alt="Improvement in Bleaching Resins." title="Improvement in Bleaching Resins." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166866/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a process to "bleach, clarify, and refine the commonest and lowest grade of resin, and such is now known to the trade as black resin, as to produce therefrom, by a cheap and simple means or process, an article as pure as extra pale, or resin which is the product of the virgin dip, and which for use in all the arts where the finest quality of resin is desirable or required, is equally as valuable." (Lines 14-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.</p>Improvement in Corn-Planters.2011-07-20T16:24:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166958/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166958/"><img alt="Improvement in Corn-Planters." title="Improvement in Corn-Planters." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166958/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "corn-planters in which the corn is planted in hills or rows; and the particular features of [the] invention consist in the combination, with a pivoted rising and descending charger or cup, of a sleeve-seat for said charger, a charger-carrying stem, and the seed-hopper, whereby the charger is held and carried in position upon a seat to fill, to rise from said seat, and to dump upon its pivot, and to be again brought into and maintained in a vertical position upon said seat while descending through the corn, whereby the charger is held and moved vertically through the grain from the bottom of the hopper to receive and discharge the filled charge above the corn in the hopper." (Lines 7-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.</p>