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Internal-Combustion Engine (open access)

Internal-Combustion Engine

Patent for an improved internal combustion engine. Among the improvements, it allows "compounding the expansion effect to obtain the highest possible efficiency." ( lines 11-13)
Date: January 16, 1912
Creator: Pearson, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher (open access)

Mail-Bag Catcher

Patent for a mailbag catcher to be used with trains. Illustrations included.
Date: January 12, 1909
Creator: Peek, Joseph S.
System: The Portal to Texas History