Improvement in Windmills.

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Patent for a "self-regulating windmill, so arranged that it will automatically exclude the wind from the wheel during storms and irregular or sudden squalls of wind, while it will equally enlarge the opening through which the wind is admitted to the wheel, whenever the power of the wind is reduced." (Lines 14-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.

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[2], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Davie, John P. & Morgan, Asa December 2, 1873.

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  • Davie, John P. John P. Davie, of Galveston County, and Asa Morgan, of Cedar Bayou, Texas.
  • Morgan, Asa John P. Davie, of Galveston County, and Asa Morgan, of Cedar Bayou, Texas.

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  • Main Title: Improvement in Windmills.
  • Added Title: Wind-Mills.

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Patent for a "self-regulating windmill, so arranged that it will automatically exclude the wind from the wheel during storms and irregular or sudden squalls of wind, while it will equally enlarge the opening through which the wind is admitted to the wheel, whenever the power of the wind is reduced." (Lines 14-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.

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[2], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,158, dated December 2, 1873; application filed October 7, 1873.

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  • December 2, 1873

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  • October 7, 1873

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Davie, John P. & Morgan, Asa. Improvement in Windmills., patent, December 2, 1873; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166912/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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