Resource Type

Steam-Boiler. (open access)

Steam-Boiler.

Patent for a steam-boiler that produces "a water-tube steam generator, which shall be simple in construction, easily repaired, interchangeable parts, and rapid and effective steaming qualities" (lines 16-19).
Date: August 7, 1894
Creator: Parker, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Dish and Clothes Washer. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Dish and Clothes Washer.

Patent for a combined dish and clothes washer that has a tilting shelf for draining, attached to the sink for washing.
Date: August 15, 1876
Creator: Jackson, Ansberry Chapman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Templet. (open access)

Saw-Templet.

Patent for a simple, durable, and effective saw template that easily checks and marks saws "to correct faults in the saw blade by means of the usual hammering process" (lines 11-13). The invention "consists of a stock or holder, a flexible band held adjustably therein, and means for adjusting the band to the desired curve" (lines 14-17).
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: Spooner, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History