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New York Musical Review and Gazette, Volume 8, Number 1, January 10, 1857 (open access)

New York Musical Review and Gazette, Volume 8, Number 1, January 10, 1857

Biweekly periodical containing information about music-related news and events, printed scores and lyrics, advertisements, and other related information.
Date: January 10, 1857
Creator: Mason, L., Jr. & Mason, D. G.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
New York Musical Review and Gazette, Volume 8, Number 4, February 7, 1857 (open access)

New York Musical Review and Gazette, Volume 8, Number 4, February 7, 1857

Biweekly periodical containing information about music-related news and events, printed scores and lyrics, advertisements, and other related information.
Date: February 7, 1857
Creator: Mason, L., Jr. & Mason, D. G.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
New York Musical Review and Gazette, Volume 8, Number 4, February 21, 1857 (open access)

New York Musical Review and Gazette, Volume 8, Number 4, February 21, 1857

Biweekly periodical containing information about music-related news and events, printed scores and lyrics, advertisements, and other related information.
Date: February 21, 1857
Creator: Mason, L., Jr. & Mason, D. G.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improved Mode of Regulating the Velocity and Furling the Sails of Wind-Wheels. (open access)

Improved Mode of Regulating the Velocity and Furling the Sails of Wind-Wheels.

Patent for a new windmill using different parts to help regulate the sails and for folding and unfolding the sails, including illustration.
Date: March 24, 1857
Creator: Witting, F. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harvesters. (open access)

Improvement in Harvesters.

Patent for cutting grain in gavels at regular intervals along the track of the machine, including illustration.
Date: April 21, 1857
Creator: Wilson, J. C. & Wilson, T. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journey through Texas, or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier : with a statistical appendix (open access)

Journey through Texas, or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier : with a statistical appendix

The observations of Frederick Law Olmsted as he journeyed through Texas in the 1850s.
Date: January 1, 1857
Creator: Olmsted, Frederick Law
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for the improvement of the cotton press using screws and nuts in conjunction of a shifting pinion for changing the motion for the revolving wheels and shafts, including illustration.
Date: January 27, 1857
Creator: Parry, M. L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Texas and part of New Mexico

Map of most of the state of Texas and some of the surrounding areas, including parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. It includes markings for roads, major cities, bodies of water, and and some geographic features, with relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Includes list of authorities, coordinates of selected locations, and descriptive notes on various rivers.
Date: 1857
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

State of Texas / by H.D. Rogers & A. Keith Johnston ; engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston.

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. In upper margin: "Atlas of United States &c." "17."
Date: 1857
Creator: Rogers, Henry D. & Johnston, Alexander Keith
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Excludes Texas west of the 101st meridian.
Date: 1857
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Method of Feathering the Sails of Vanes of Windmills. (open access)

Improved Method of Feathering the Sails of Vanes of Windmills.

Patent for a new windmill design with different sails and connections, including illustrations.
Date: March 31, 1857
Creator: Wilson, J. C. & Wilson, T. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Fernandina, Amelia Island, Florida, 1857 [Sheet 1].

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Fernandina, Amelia Island, Florida property lines, streets, and geography. Scale [1:4,800].
Date: 1857
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History