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[Letter from Mary Chamberlin to Paul Osterhout, December 22, 1883]
Letter from Mary Chamberlin to Paul Osterhout regarding a photograph that was sent to her. She thanked him for it and asked if his sister, Gertrude, would be able to come down for a visit. Included is an envelope addressed to "Paul Osterhout."
Date:
December 22, 1883
Creator:
Chamberlin, Mary
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator and Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for a new implement "for planting cotton-seed, cultivating the soil, and covering the soil" (lines 14-15) and corn (line 61) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
McCall, Duncan Jefferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine.
Patent for a new and improved steam engine. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement, in connection with a cylinder having bearings for the piston-shaft at each end and steam and exhaust ports at opposite ends, of an axially-elongated piston having opposite spiral threads or ribs of gradually-decreasing pitch from the end at which the steam enters to the end at which it escapes" (lines 19-26).
Date:
July 3, 1883
Creator:
Wilson, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History