Resource Type

Miner's Lamp. (open access)

Miner's Lamp.

Patent for a new and improved miner's lamp. This design "may be attached to any wooden structure in the mine, to any crevice in the rock, or to the earthen wall of the mine, and when set upon any ledge or flat surface prevented from tipping over, and when attached to the hat or other garment of the miner kept from swinging or turning out of proper position; also, [it] provid[es] the lamp with a rod for adjusting the wick of the lamp for regulating the flame of the lamp" (lines 10-19).
Date: September 11, 1883
Creator: Lee, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sewing Machine (open access)

Sewing Machine

Patent for a sewing machine "wherein the shuttle rotates...whereby the shuttle-thread at a certain time in each revolution of the shuttle is rewound upon the bobbin, which prevents the thread from twisting or untwisting" (Lines10-17).
Date: June 5, 1883
Creator: McAllister, Lewis C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ore Concentrator. (open access)

Ore Concentrator.

Patent for a new and improved ore concentrator. This design has for its object "to facilitate the removal of the lighter and worthless parts of the ore from the heavier and valuable parts" (lines 17-19).
Date: November 6, 1883
Creator: Mabry, Hinch P.
System: The Portal to Texas History