Gearing for Hoisting Apparatus (open access)

Gearing for Hoisting Apparatus

Patent for gearing that hoists items in construction. This one is designed more specifically with the drilling of wells in mind, but it can be used in other activities as well. The apparatus can run at varying speeds, all controlled by a single person who does not have to leave the controls to adjust said speed.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Black, Lee Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Aromatic Hydrocarbons (open access)

Process of Making Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Patent for an invention that relates to processes of making aromatic hydrocarbons, and comprises a method of producing lower boiling aromatic hydrocarbons.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: Alexander, Clive M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Lamp. (open access)

Safety-Lamp.

Patent for a safety lamp that prevents the explosion of combustible gases by adding a perforated dome and air chamber. The expansion spaces cut off the air supply and extinguish the lamp.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Kincade, Elmer C.
System: The Portal to Texas History