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Improved Power-Apparatus for Vehicles

Description: Patent for "improvements to powered vehicles with combined rim-wheel(s) in combination with a truck(s), resting upon the inner and lower part of the rim, and supporting a carriage-body or frame, crank-shaft. with one or more pinions, and guide-rollers." (line 8)
Date: August 17, 1869
Creator: Dillaha, J. G.

Hydraulic Propulsion of Vessels.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hydraulic propulsion. This design "is to provide an improved means for the application of the jet principle in the hydraulic propulsion of vessels; and it consists in the combination, with the hull of the vessel, of one or more main or trunk tubes arranged longitudinally to the vessel and of tapering shape, largest at its front end, which is open, and provided along its length with a series of nozzles opening along the side of the vessel in rearward direction, and … more
Date: August 9, 1892
Creator: Walker, James C.

Automatic Railway-Gate.

Description: Patent for an automatic railway-gate or cattle-guard for use "at crossings, the entrances to tunnels, bridges or trestles, or at other places where it is desirable to guard the tracks" (lines 11-13). The invention is a simple and effective way for closing gates, can be operated from a distance, and is controlled by the wheels of passing trains.
Date: August 14, 1894
Creator: Baade, John

Sash-Balance.

Description: Patent for a sash-balance made up of a window-frame with a weight-box and window-sashes on either side of the frame. It is operated by one chord, pulleys, a single weight-box, and a locking device.
Date: August 6, 1895
Creator: Cayce, Henry P.

Machine for Stuffing Mattresses.

Description: Patent for an improved and simple automatic machine for stuffing mattresses that is similar to previous patents granted to the inventor (Nos. 376,399 and 399,093). The mattresses can be of different widths.
Date: August 13, 1895
Creator: Stephenson, Edwin N.

Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for a baling-press used for baling cotton "in which the cotton-bat is wound into a cylindrical form without the use of a metal or similar core" (lines 11-13).
Date: August 4, 1896
Creator: Killingsworth, Thomas H.

Insufflator.

Description: Patent for an ejector meant to apply "powder for medicinal purposes to afflicted parts of the body without difficulty" (lines 10-12).
Date: August 18, 1896
Creator: Moore, George W.

Knee-Protector.

Description: Patent for leg protectors that have "a pad or reinforcement on the knees thereof, such as will afford a sufficient protection against injury by stones or other hard substances or irregularities on the surface of the ground or other place upon which the wearer is obliged to kneel." (Lines 16-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 24, 1897
Creator: Herbelin, Alfred

Rail Bond.

Description: Patent for improved track circuit rail joints designed to withstand heavy usage and convey electrical currents between rails, including illustrations.
Date: August 30, 1898
Creator: Talley, William H.
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