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Prospectus of Twelve Central Texas Counties.

This book gives an overview of the twelve Blackland Counties of Texas in alphabetical order. For each county, a brief description of the geographic and agricultural characteristics is given as well as statistics on population and county income. Additionally, a geological description of the Black Prairie Region gives more specific aspects of the area and the soil compositions and a final chapter discusses the property market of the area.

Date: 1895

Creator: Crawford, Wilbur F. & [Moore, Monta J.]

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries

Governor for Steam-Engines.

Patent for a governor for steam-engines that provides "an automatic governing device controlled by the speed, and hence, by the load of the engine, in order to maintain uniformity of movement under variations of load" (lines 10-14).

Date: January 15, 1895

Creator: Johnson, Billie

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clothes-Pounder.

Patent for a clothes-pounder that is simple and effective with the operator using the minimum amount of energy. It is conical with a smaller cone inside it. A diaphragm is between the cones and the brace, and an is air vent inside it.

Date: November 19, 1895

Creator: Bain, WIlliam W. & Bain, William M.