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Map of Wood County

Description: 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
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Partner: Texas General Land Office

Map of Wood County

Description: 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
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Partner: Texas General Land Office

Improvement in Valve-Gear for Steam-Engines.

Description: 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
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Description: 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
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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