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Improvement in Windmills. (open access)

Improvement in Windmills.

Patent for a "self-regulating windmill, so arranged that it will automatically exclude the wind from the wheel during storms and irregular or sudden squalls of wind, while it will equally enlarge the opening through which the wind is admitted to the wheel, whenever the power of the wind is reduced." (Lines 14-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 2, 1873
Creator: Davie, John P. & Morgan, Asa
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Removable Head for Barrels and Like Receptacles (open access)

Removable Head for Barrels and Like Receptacles

Patent for a removable head for barrels and like receptacles.
Date: July 2, 1912
Creator: Staples, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James Whiteside to Col. Anthony Butler, August 2, 1832] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from James Whiteside to Col. Anthony Butler, August 2, 1832]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James Whiteside to Col. Anthony Butler, in which Whiteside discusses business matters of the colony and lets Butler know that Stephen F. Austin will be able to repay him with livestock.
Date: August 2, 1832
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History