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Means of Escaping from Aeroplanes (open access)

Means of Escaping from Aeroplanes

Patent for providing emergency egress to pilots by way of quick release restraint straps, a parachute, and a trap door, including illustrations.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Carver, Ben D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Device. (open access)

Power-Transmitting Device.

Patent for new and useful improvements in Power-Transmitting Devices. "its object being to provide a device by means of which power taken from any suitable source may be economically transmitted and multiplied, for the purpose of driving machinery or other purposes."(lines 10-15)
Date: January 22, 1918
Creator: Montgomery, Edward F. & Burnham, Reuben B.
System: The Portal to Texas History