Motive Power. (open access)

Motive Power.

Patent for a new and improved motive power. This design "consists of an inclined wheel applied to a center shaft that turns in fixed bottom bearings and adjustable top bearings and transmits the power by a crown-wheel and gear-wheels and shafts in one or both directions" (lines 19-23).
Date: June 14, 1881
Creator: Gibson, Obadiah William
System: The Portal to Texas History