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Press (open access)

Press

Patent for "a press adapted particularly for forcing tie-plates into railway-ties" (lines 8-10).
Date: August 13, 1901
Creator: Peter, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cable-Power. (open access)

Cable-Power.

Patent for improvements "to cable-power obtained by means of movable windlasses driven by steam or other motive power; and the object is to obtain a powerful draft for use in agricultural purposes, drawing heavy plows and reaping-machines, hauling heavy loads of ore or coal in mining, moving houses, and for drawing heavy loads of any description." (Lines 8-15) Illustration is included.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Eastman, Clyde J.
System: The Portal to Texas History