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Improvement in Speed and Time Recorders.

Description: Patent for improvements in recording instruments to "document of all the movements of a locomotive while in charge of the engineer, to record any stoppages that may be made; the duration of such stoppages, and any backward motion of the locomotive at any point during the trip." (Lines 7-13) Illustration is included.
Date: September 9, 1879
Creator: Richardson, John D.
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Improvement in Devices for Transmitting Rotary Motion.

Description: Patent for an improvement to devices that transmit rotary motion from one shaft to another. It is comprised of a wheel on a rotary shaft that has has a groove that grips an angular nut mounted on a shaft.
Date: December 23, 1879
Creator: Howe, Milton G.
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Improvement in Odometers.

Description: Patent for an improvement to odometers used for measuring distance traveled in motor vehicles.
Date: July 15, 1879
Creator: Richardson, John D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Baling-Presses.

Description: Patent for improvements to presses used for baling cotton and other materials, including illustrations.
Date: April 8, 1879
Creator: McGowen, Edmond Felder
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cart-Saddle

Description: Patent for a more animal-friendly saddle to attach a horse to a cart by adjusting the way the girth is handled as the cart is loaded.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Franks, Ely Anderson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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