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The Century atlas, New York, northern and eastern part.

Map shows late nineteenth century New York railroads, canals, counties, cities, towns, and notable physical features. Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:1,013,760].
Date: 1897
Creator: Century Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Century atlas, New York, southern part. : New York City and vicinity.

Map shows late nineteenth century New York railroads, canals, roads, city layouts, county and borough boundaries, cities, towns, marshland, and notable physical features. Insets: "The Hudson from Yonkers to Kingston" and "Catskill Mountains." Relief shown by contours and hachures. Depths shown by isolines and soundings. Scale [ca. 1:253,440] and [ca. 1:1,013,760].
Date: 1897
Creator: Century Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Century atlas, New York, western part.

Map shows late nineteenth century New York counties, canals, railroads, cities, towns, military posts, battle grounds; gas fields, points of interest, roads, canals, railroads, military facilities, city layouts, and Native American reservations on insets. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings and isolines. Includes notes and dates of historic events. Scale [ca. 1:1,013,760].
Date: 1897
Creator: Century Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric motor. (open access)

Electric motor.

Patent for improved electric motor used in motor vehicles "which may be associated directly with the driving-wheel of a motor-vehicle" (lines 40-41), bypassing the need for other power-transmitting mechanisms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Perret, Frank A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the counties of Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston and Monroe, State of New York, shows the exchanges and toll lines of The Bell Telephone Company of Buffalo : Buffalo, N.Y.

Map shows late nineteenth century New York exchange or branch offices, toll line stations, and exchange and territory boundaries; county boundaries, roads, cities, towns, railroads, and lakes. Scale [ca. 1:399,802].
Date: 1897
Creator: Bell Telephone Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History