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Coffee Mill. (open access)

Coffee Mill.

Patent for a new and improved coffee mill. This design consists of "the combination of the case having the chambers and the hopper, the burr or grinding disk, fastened to the lower end of the inner side of the hopper and to the upper side or top of the chamber . . . shaft, having a disk, revolving in a covered recess or chamber in the burr, bridge, screws, and handle" (lines 57-65).
Date: June 13, 1882
Creator: Fleming, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design "consists in the combination of a central vertical shaft a series of supporting-arms projecting horizontally out from this shaft, a number of curved buckets which are pivoted at or near their centers between these supporting-arms, and suitable springs or weights which are attached to the inner edges of these buckets" (lines 13-20).
Date: June 13, 1882
Creator: Lowther, Lorenzo Dow
System: The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede (open access)

Velocipede

A patent for a quadrucycle, or bicycle with four wheels, adaptable for use on railroads.
Date: June 13, 1882
Creator: McCombs, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History