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Locomotive. (open access)

Locomotive.

Patent for an improved locomotive or traction-engine, with a series of water-shells, each containing "a series of fire-flues, a feeding-water heater, a pipe discharging steam" (lines 118-121), and a double-action plunger-pump.
Date: January 26, 1897
Creator: McCallum, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Feeding Envelops to Type-Writing Machines. (open access)

Device for Feeding Envelops to Type-Writing Machines.

Patent for "a device for feeding envelops to type-writing machines, the object being to construct a device of the character described which is adapted to be mounted on the carriage of the machine and feed envelops to be addressed continuously and automatically to the platen on said machine." (Lines 26-32) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1897
Creator: Wash, Benjamin S.
System: The Portal to Texas History