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Improvement in Devices for Teaching Musical Transposition.

Description: Patent for an improvement in devices for teaching musical transposition. The invention in question is composed of a keyboard "with sliding instruments and scales" (1).
Date: April 25, 1876
Creator: Allison, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Rotary Cultivators.

Description: Patent for a machine for "opening ditches to drain land and form fences, and to grade railroads, &c." (lines 15-17) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 10, 1876
Creator: Tadlock, Sevier
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.

Description: Patent for "a machine for ironing clothing by means of a revolving heated roller, under which is passed a reciprocating table, on which the clothing is placed." (Lines 7-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 24, 1876
Creator: Bailey, Charles F. & Perrenot, George F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Pessaries.

Description: Patent for an improved uterine supporter with changes to the arrangement of the wings, with illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 31, 1876
Creator: Barnett, Jonathan P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Neck-Yokes.

Description: Patent for "an improvement in the class of neck-yokes having a swivel-joint connection with a carriage or wagon pole; and it consists in providing the neck-yoke with a central enlargement or boss, and connecting the tube which slips on the end of the carriage-pole with the yoke by means of rings having perforated ears to receive the ends of a pivoted bar, to which the pole ring or tube is swiveled." (Lines 11-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 31, 1876
Creator: Hannig, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Screw-Taps.

Description: Patent for "a tool that shall combine the features of an expanding tap and reamer for reaming and tapping holes of different sizes" (lines 29-32) with illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 7, 1876
Creator: Melvin, Josiah Walter
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Dining-Tables.

Description: Patent for an improved dining table with a rotating food service, a water reservoir and fountain, and an elevated wine bucket. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 14, 1876
Creator: Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Earth-Boring Apparatus.

Description: Patent for improvement in well-boring machines in which it can be “rapidly bore through earth or rock holes of any desired size or depth, for the purpose of procuring water.” (P. 1, lines 9-12) Illustration is included.
Date: November 21, 1876
Creator: Yarborough, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cultivator and Chopper.

Description: Patent for an improvement in cultivators and choppers which will allow for the adjustment by height and width.
Date: October 7, 1876
Creator: Killough, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Farm-Fences.

Description: Patent for "a new and useful improvements in Fences"
Date: November 28, 1876
Creator: Sullivan, J. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bale-Tie Buckles.

Description: Patent for an improved bale-tie buckle which will not slip or break under great strain.
Date: September 5, 1876
Creator: Bunker, Thaddeus
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Combined Spading, Plowing, and Stalk-Cutting Machines.

Description: Patent for an earth working machine that can be used for spading, plowing and stalk-cutting by arranging “a series of spades in a plane parallel with the axis of the machine and interposed spades in planes at right angles thereto, all attached to a reciprocating cross-bar.” (P. 2, lines [29]-[33].) The spades are adjustable in height and, it can be removed to use as a cultivator. For stalk-cutting, the plows may be removed. Illustration is included.
Date: September 5, 1876
Creator: Mathes, William McConnell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Automatic Detaching Hook.

Description: Patent for "a new and useful improvements Hooks"
Date: September 12, 1876
Creator: Wyckoff, Cornerius P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bee-hives

Description: Patent for an improvement of a bee-hive enabling inspection of bees, protection of bees from moths, ventilation of the hive, and removal of honey without disturbing the brood-chamber.
Date: September 12, 1876
Creator: Hayden, Noah Dunken & Clapp, Amasa O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Portable Fences

Description: Patent for an improvement to portable fences so that they can be "easily and cheaply constructed in sections, and then quickly put together and firmly braced and supported." (lines 14-17) Illustration included.
Date: October 3, 1876
Creator: Martin, Josiah
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Description: Patent for "a perfectly-tight fastening - one that will not slip or give, and one that can be easily and quickly unfastened without cutting the band, or in any way injuring the part." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 10, 1876
Creator: Krieg, Christian
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Plows.

Description: Patent for "an improved plow, which shall be so constructed that it may be readily adjusted for use as a subsoil-plow, as a turning-plow, as a scraper and cultivator, and as a scraper, cultivator, and hiller, and which shall be simple in construction and effective in operation in either capacity." (Lines 11-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 10, 1876
Creator: Newton, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.

Description: Patent for "an improved machine for scraping, chopping, and cultivating corn and cotton" (lines 10-12) with illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 14, 1876
Creator: McCormick, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Combined Seed-Planter, Fertilizer-Distributer, and Cultivator.

Description: Patent for improvement in a combined seed-planter, fertilizer-distributer, and cultivator by attaching some prongs to a dropping-wheel for the purpose of taking hold of the cotton-seed and draw it out of the hopper. This dropping-wheel can be covered with a case when planning seeds and, removed if fertilizer is to be distributed with small seeds. Illustration is included.
Date: November 21, 1876
Creator: Flatau, Louis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Compound Tools.

Description: Improvement in Kitchen-Utensil for lifting pots, kettles, plates, and as a means for holding a device for mangling meats.
Date: December 5, 1876
Creator: Mayfield, Samuel B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bale-Band Stretchers

Description: Patent for improvement of bale-band stretcher design "for the purpose of taking out the slack of the band that cannot be taken out by hand." (lines 18-20). Included illustration shows bale-stretcher in both open and closed positions.
Date: December 12, 1876
Creator: Pearre, Charles M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Animal-Traps.

Description: Patent for improvement in animal-traps, with description and illustrations.
Date: December 26, 1876
Creator: Anderson, Zachariah J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Churns.

Description: Patent for the improved design of churns "in which the dasher-shaft is vertical and receives rotation by gearing at the top of the churn" (2nd para.), including illustrations.
Date: January 25, 1876
Creator: Davis, Henry T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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