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Improvement in Brick-Presses.

Description: Patent for a "new and useful improvement in brick-presses by which bricks may be quickly and cheaply pressed by hand power from clay taken direct from bank or mixer" ( Lines 1-3 )including instructions and illustration.
Date: May 14, 1878
Creator: Moore, Andrew A.
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Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties

Description: Patent for an improvement in cotton-bale ties which consists of the construction of the loop-plate.
Date: May 14, 1872
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
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Improvement in Plows.

Description: Patent for "a new and Improved Plow" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date: September 14, 1875
Creator: Freeman, Irvan
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Improvement In Gun-Locks.

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvement in Gun-Lock" (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 14, 1874
Creator: Grisham, James Madison
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Improvement in Fluting-Machines.

Description: Patent for an improvement in gage-fluting machines, including an illustration. "It relates to a machine for fluting or crimping articles of ladies' apparel" (lines 6-7).
Date: January 14, 1873
Creator: Saunders, David R.
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Improvement in Fluting Sad-Irons.

Description: Patent for "a new combination of fluting and sad-iron, of such kind that the upper fluting-roller will serve as handle for the sad-iron, there being thus no loose or separate parts required for the two functions." (Lines 17-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 14, 1871
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
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Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Description: Patent for a new and improved bale-tie design with different buckle and band. It includes illustrations.
Date: January 14, 1879
Creator: Johnson, Jordan
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Improvement in Churning-Machines

Description: Patent for improvement in mechanisms in operating churns. Includes a crank wheel and spindles for churning, as well as a better balanced upright position.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Haile, James T.
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Improvement in Piano-Pedal Attachments.

Description: Patent for improved piano-pedal attachments which would help "children who are not able to reach the regular pedals; by hooking the stool to the regular pedal-support and setting the connecting-rods in the little sockets in the piano-pedals." (Lines [9-14]) Illustration is included.
Date: March 14, 1876
Creator: Cheesman, Charles F.
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Improvement in Nail-Extractors.

Description: 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.
Date: May 14, 1872
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
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Improvement in Picket-Fences.

Description: Patent for secure, inexpensive picket-fence construction using various sizes of wood pieces and wire. It is meant for situations in which wood is scarce. Illustration included.
Date: October 14, 1873
Creator: McGinty, Robert H.
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Improvement in Hand Cotton Pickers.

Description: Patent for a new method of picking cotton by hand, whereby 3 spindles remove the fibers from the bolls.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Ham, Thomas William
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Improvement in Wood Pavements.

Description: Patent for a new and improved construction of Bois D'Arc Pavement, which uses two layers of planks that cross at right angle as a base, sand to hold bois d'arc blocks in place and fill gaps in between, and coal-tar covering planks to prevent sand from shifting. It includes illustrations.
Date: January 14, 1879
Creator: Shellenberger, Samuel Luther
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Improvement in Grub-Plow and Stalk-Cutter.

Description: Patent for a device to remove grubs from soil, which consists of an adjustable gage-wheel and a cutter to remove grubs and to cut roots. The cutter can be also used to cut cotton-stalks. It includes illustrations.
Date: January 14, 1879
Creator: Talley, Reuben Jones
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Improvement in Magazine Fire-Arms.

Description: Patent for an "improved repeating fire-arm... contrived with a sliding breech-block, which is drawn back by crank on the right-hand side of the gun" (lines 6-9) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 14, 1875
Creator: Toepperwein, Emil A. F.
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Improvement in Policemen's Batons.

Description: Patent for an improved policemen's baton made of flexible material, such as india-rubber or gutta-percha, and sometimes an interior metal stem. Using a flexible material makes the baton elastic enough so that no serious injury can be caused, yet it is still effective. Illustration included.
Date: October 14, 1873
Creator: Beery, Simon & McDonald, John W.
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Millstone-Drivers

Description: Patent for improvements in Millstone-drivers
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Cathart, Rodney C.
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Improvement In Padlocks.

Description: Patent for improvements to Padlocks which can be opened with a key in conjunction with maneuvering the tumblers or locking-bolt.
Date: August 14, 1878
Creator: Jacobs, Morris
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Improvement in Washing Machines.

Description: Patent for the improvement of washing machine mechanisms.
Date: February 14, 1871
Creator: Jones, William G.
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Improvement in Medical Compounds.

Description: Patent for a new medical compound to treat "various diseases, more especially those which affect the bowels and digestive organs" (lines 34-36) which lists the ingredients.
Date: April 14, 1874
Creator: Roberts, Robert R.
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Improvement in Medical Compounds.

Description: Patent for a medical compound of alcohol (or "good brandy"), asafetida, camphor, laudanum, yellow jessamine, sassafras, and water.
Date: July 14, 1874
Creator: Dixon, Shadrach
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Improvement in Medicinal Extracts.

Description: Patent for the extract of Dasylirion graminifolium. This describes the method of acquiring the extract as well as illnesses the extra is purported to treat.
Date: July 14, 1874
Creator: Bihl, Charles A.
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Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Caterpillars.

Description: Patent for an insecticide compound that combines Paris green, flour, and lime, which allows the poison, arsenic, to better adhere to cotton plants. Includes instructions.
Date: January 14, 1873
Creator: Whisenant, Green F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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