Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for "a mill equipped with an automatic governor for regulating the speed of the windmill and for preventing injury to the apparatus by throwing the blades of the wheel into or out of the wind in a manner to secure the most effective operation of the device at all times" (lines 9-15).
Date: May 14, 1901
Creator: Stein, John
System: The Portal to Texas History