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Boiler Feeder Regulator. (open access)

Boiler Feeder Regulator.

Patent for a new and improved regulator for boiler feeders. This design "consists in certain novel details of construction, arrangement, and operation whereby a superior machine is produced for the purpose of regulating and supplying boilers with water, keeping the water at a uniform height, preventing explosions from low water, and automatically removing sediment, impurities, and foam as fast as it accumulates" (lines 14-22).
Date: March 20, 1888
Creator: Riedel, Gustav Adolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for a more durable and simple in construction, efficient in operation, and can also double as a planter.
Date: March 6, 1888
Creator: Heller, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History