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Map of Wood County

Cadastral map of Wood County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Several features are marked on the map including the center of the county. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: August 1872
Creator: Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Wood County

Cadastral map of Wood County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Bodies of water are marked in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 5, 1877
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Valve-Gear for Steam-Engines. (open access)

Improvement in Valve-Gear for Steam-Engines.

Patent for "an improvement in steam-engines which shall be so constructed as to give a full application of the steam and a free exhaust at regular intervals, which will enable the engine to be easily reversed, can be easily attached to any engine, which will enable an engine to be worked by water-pressure, will run smoothly and with very little friction, and will be very durable." (Lines 11-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 24, 1877
Creator: Davis, James H. & White, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for an improved cotton press: "Our invention consists of a contrivance for driving the screw, which works the follower by a worm when doing the work, and a toothed wheel when returning the follower; also, of a removable case which receives the pressed bale and carries it away on a truck to be tied, while another box takes its place to receive the next bale" (lines 8-15). Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 17, 1876
Creator: Davis, James Harvey & White, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History