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Improvement in Wood Pavements.

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

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Grub-Plow and Stalk-Cutter.

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

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Door-Securers.

Patent for a new and improved safety-locks for doors which consists of only three parts: a screw with sharp points, a nut, and a guard pivoted to the nut. It includes illustrations.

Date: January 21, 1879

Creator: Hine, Miller J.

Item Type: Patent

Car Ventilation.

Patent for an apparatus to improve car ventilation, including illustrations.

Date: February 18, 1879

Creator: Knipscheer, John

Item Type: Patent

Binder for Paper Tablets.

Patent for improvements for tablets for blank paper, leterheads, etc. that holds content securely, including illustrations.

Date: February 25, 1879

Creator: Murray, Bredett C.

Item Type: Patent

Combined Shawl-Strap and Head-Rest

Patent for a head rest to be used in cars and other places and can be attached to a seat or shawl, including illustrations.

Date: March 4, 1879

Creator: McLane, Hiram H.

Item Type: Patent

Construction of Roofs.

Patent for improvements in the construction of roofs, including instruction.

Date: March 11, 1879

Creator: Boyd, John

Item Type: Patent

Cart-Saddle

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

Item Type: Patent

Bale-Tie.

Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design utilizes a strap-iron binder with notches along the sides that allow for a bail to clamp firmly within them; thus, the bale is fastened.

Date: December 30, 1879

Creator: Johnson, Jordan

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Water-Tanks.

Patent for an improved water-tank built with lumbers that are thoroughly dried and covered with asphaltum as waterproof agent. It includes illustrations.

Date: January 28, 1879

Creator: Bardon, Prosper

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Wrenches.

Patent for furnishing "an adjustable wrench for holding and turning bolts, pipes, taps, &c." (lines 7-9). Includes instructions and illustration.

Date: July 1, 1879

Creator: Killough, William B.

Item Type: Patent

Improvements In Buckles.

Patent for a new kind of buckle along with specifications for construction and illustrations of the buckle.

Date: August 12, 1879

Creator: Carnes, William J., Jr.

Item Type: Patent

Improvements in Compounds for Destroying Trees, Roots, &c.

Patent for a new and useful improvements to compouds used in the destroying of trees. Lists ingredients and dosages.

Date: October 21, 1879

Creator: Buchanan, William T.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Windmills.

Patent for an improved windmill, including illustrations, consisting of an arrangement of "three stationary sails between arms on central shaft, so as to obtain double or increased power from the air passing through the wheel." (lines 7-10)

Date: December 2, 1879

Creator: Dewees, Thomas

Item Type: Patent

Improvements in Escapements for Time-Pieces

Patent for inprovements in escapements for time-pieces involving levers and duplex escapements as a way of improving force and regularity in time-pieces. Patent gives instructions and provides illustrations.

Date: October 21, 1879

Creator: Laughlin, Abner G.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Tube-Fastenings for Boilers.

Patent for improvement of tube-fastenings for boilers which will secure flues in steam-boilers, including illustrations.

Date: January 28, 1879

Creator: Walsh, William H.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Spurs.

Patent for improvements in spurs that permanently attaches the spur to the boot, including illustrations.

Date: May 20, 1879

Creator: Brown, John S.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Steam-Engines.

Patent related to "improvements in steam-engines. The object...is to devise means whereby the valves may be actuated automatically without the employment of exterior mechanisms by the use of exhaust-steam" (lines 17-22). Includes instructions and illustration.

Date: July 1, 1879

Creator: Garlock, William H. & Cooke, Richard

Item Type: Patent

Improvement In Suspender-Buttons

Patent for an improved suspender button with a description and illustrations attached.

Date: August 19, 1879

Creator: Racer, Martin J.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Street-Cars

Patent for an improvement to Street Cars to better navigate curves. Includes description and illustrations.

Date: August 26, 1879

Creator: Towell, Isaac

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Washing-Machines

Patent for "... an improved washing-machine which shall be simple in construction, convenient in use, easily operated, and effective in operation." (lines 12-15)

Date: September 2, 1879

Creator: Fuchs, Benjamin F.

Item Type: Patent

Improvment in Spray-Nozzles

Patent for an improvement on spray nozzles for use with force pumps. These force pumps are used for spraying insecticide on cotton to protect the crop from cotton-worms and other insects.

Date: September 2, 1879

Creator: Yeager, George

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in the Manufacture of Hydraulic Stone.

Patent for improvement in the manufacture of Hydraulic Stone to furnish and improved artificial stone for use in different purposes that can resist weather changes without being affected.

Date: September 16, 1879

Creator: Dimelow, John

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Tape-Worm Medicines.

Patent for a compound called “Tape-Worm Medicine” that is used to “remove tape-worms from the human body speedily and effectually; and it consists in a composition formed from the fibrils of the roots of the pomegranate mixed with water” (lines 9-13).

Date: September 23, 1879

Creator: Nette, August

Item Type: Patent

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Improvement in Wood Pavements.

Improvement in Grub-Plow and Stalk-Cutter.

Improvement in Door-Securers.

Car Ventilation.

Binder for Paper Tablets.

Combined Shawl-Strap and Head-Rest

Construction of Roofs.

Cart-Saddle

Bale-Tie.

Improvement in Water-Tanks.

Improvement in Wrenches.

Improvements In Buckles.

Improvements in Compounds for Destroying Trees, Roots, &c.

Improvement in Windmills.

Improvements in Escapements for Time-Pieces

Improvement in Tube-Fastenings for Boilers.

Improvement in Spurs.

Improvement in Steam-Engines.

Improvement In Suspender-Buttons

Improvement in Street-Cars

Improvement in Washing-Machines

Improvment in Spray-Nozzles

Improvement in the Manufacture of Hydraulic Stone.

Improvement in Tape-Worm Medicines.