Spark-Arrester. (open access)

Spark-Arrester.

Patent for improvements in spark-arresters for locomotives in “which [it] will prevent the sparks and cinders from falling upon the train and upon surrounding lands and buildings;” (lines 10-12) by using a combination of a curved smoke-stack, a cinder-box, conducting pipes and an ash pen. Illustration is included.
Date: April 7, 1891
Creator: Hadlock, Edson J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dish-Washer (open access)

Dish-Washer

Patent for a combined dishwasher and drainer.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Ervin, Ida
System: The Portal to Texas History