Resource Type

Compound Engine. (open access)

Compound Engine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in compound engines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1899
Creator: Johnson, Willie H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge (open access)

Suspension-Bridge

Patent for improvements in suspension bridges "to increase the strength of the same and reduce the n-umber of parts and simplify the general construction of the same" (lines 10-12).
Date: May 20, 1890
Creator: Hill, James Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History