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Rubber Compund and Material for Use in Making the Same. (open access)

Rubber Compund and Material for Use in Making the Same.

Patent for a rubber compound, which is not damaged by oils and therefore usable in bearings. It features asphaltic bitumen rather than paraffin bitumen.
Date: December 31, 1907
Creator: Strain, Ebenezer W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, December 1904] (open access)

[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, December 1904]

Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz laments the fact that Navy lost again to Army in football and admits he believes his class is cursed. He reports on his standing in his classes for November. He also mentions a desire to be assigned to the Asiatic Station upon graduation. This letter is on US Naval Academy stationery.
Date: 1904-12~
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, December 1904] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, December 1904]

Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz laments the fact that Navy lost again to Army in football and admits he believes his class is cursed. He reports on his standing in his classes for November. He also mentions a desire to be assigned to the Asiatic Station upon graduation.
Date: 1904-12~
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper Bag Machine. (open access)

Paper Bag Machine.

Patent for an improved paper bag machine, which rapidly converts continuously moving paper into bags.
Date: December 24, 1901
Creator: Tyson, F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History