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Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy (open access)

Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy

Patent for a means of using electricity more efficiently, which entails "utilizing the extra current generated by the break in the circuit of an electromagnetic apparatus" (lines 16-18). Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Perkins, Thomas F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy (open access)

Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy

Patent for an apparatus which consists of an electric motor that is operated by a battery and is designed to use electricity more efficiently. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Perkins, Thomas F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pot-Rack. (open access)

Pot-Rack.

Patent for a pot-rack which can hold a scalding-crate, cooking-pan, or canning-machine in a boiler at any depth of one's choice, including illustrations. The pot-rack is simple in design, durable, and inexpensively manufactured.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Cloninger, Ellie B.
System: The Portal to Texas History