Electric Furnace. (open access)

Electric Furnace.

Patent for a new and useful electric furnace.
Date: April 19, 1898
Creator: Clark, George Greenleaf
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Decorticating Jute, Ramie, and Other Fibrous Plants (open access)

Machine for Decorticating Jute, Ramie, and Other Fibrous Plants

Patent for "a machine for separating the valuable fibrous portions of the stems of the plants of the jute, ramie, flax, and hemp, and like varieties from refuse matter and preparing the same for use with the least possible injury and waste" (lines 10-15).
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Fremery, Felix B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Gins.

Patent for the improvement of the cotton-gin by the arrangement of two cylindrical brushes and rollers to reduce damaging the staple of the cotton, illustrations included.
Date: April 19, 1859
Creator: Gottheil, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History