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Post Auger. (open access)

Post Auger.

Patent for a new and improved post auger. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a post-auger, of the socketed block, the screw-threaded rod extending from the center of the lower end of the block, the expander-disk fitting upon said threaded rod, and having the slotted wings or extensions, the two nuts for adjusting the position of the expander-disk upon the threaded-rod . . . whereby the lower pointed ends of the blades may be arranged to cross one another . . . the shaft [and] the cross-handle" (lines 73-96).
Date: February 12, 1884
Creator: Miles, John E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George Elkins to C. C. Cox, February 12, 1895] (open access)

[Letter from George Elkins to C. C. Cox, February 12, 1895]

Letter from George Elkins to C. C. Cox regarding the worth of a particular piece of land in east Texas.
Date: February 12, 1895
Creator: Elkins, George
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History