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[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner, August 2, 1955]
Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner thanking him for his most recent letter and discussing its content. He discusses a long airport walk, a visit to Plantersville, cotton and corn crops, and business at Texas Prudential Insurance Company.
Date:
August 2, 1955
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Mold Board.
Patent for a new and improved plow mold board. This design "consists of a circular roll arranged in the mold-board near the point and covered with belting, which, in the forward movement of the plow, is revolved and carries the earth backward on an endless belt passing around rollers journaled in the end of transverse slots made in the mold-board, whereby, in the forward movement of the plow, the belt is revolved and the friction of the earth on the mold-board decreased and the plow scoured" (lines 17-28).
Date:
August 22, 1882
Creator:
Dahlman, Carl Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Cattle-Gate.
Patent for a gate that automatically opens when cattle are crossing and closes afterward, so that the track is unobstructed for trains. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1897
Creator:
Westmoreland, Joseph M. & Strange, Benjamin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint, Chair, and Tie.
Patent for simple, reliable and efficient means to prevent the rails from spreading or sinking at the joins. Also to provide a metal tie designed to pass through the rail chairs at the rail joints.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Frampton, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History