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Type.

Patent for a new and improved type. This design "relates to printing, and more especially to the type used therein; and the object of the same is to provide a substitute for the large wood type now extensively used on poster and other large work. To this end the invention consists in a type-face and a type-base each of metal" (lines 7-13).

Date: September 20, 1892

Creator: Coleman, Allison

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve-Gear.

Patent for a valve-gear that uses a single eccentric, "together with devices by which such eccentric may be shifted upon the shaft and locked in its various positions to effect either a reversal of the engine or a stoppage thereof with a full head of steam on, and to run the engine in one or the other direction, as may be desired" (lines 10-15).

Date: September 24, 1895

Creator: Hill, Millard F. & Easley, Clifton W.