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Locomotive-Headlight.
Patent for an independent reservoir lamp for locomotive head lights. "?The conduit by which the reservoir and burner communicate is liable to be obstructed with sediment which not only interferes with the suitable flow of oil but corrodes the metal and necessitates repairs" (lines 13-17). The invention is convenient to use and inexpensive.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Owens, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cinder and Smoke Consuming Apparatus.
Patent for "devices for conducting exhaust steam, gases and cinders to the fire place of a boiler and is primarily intended for use in locomotive boilers, and its object is to increase the efficiency of such apparatus" (lines 11-16).
Date:
February 14, 1893
Creator:
Little, Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History