Machine for Washing Dishes. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Machine for Washing Dishes.

Creator

  • Inventor: Harris, Charles Alexander.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Harris, C.A., of Bellville, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Matthews, Z. W.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Goode, John W.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1883-12-04
  • Acceptance Date: 1883-12-04
  • Submission Date: 1883-06-16

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved dish-washing machine. This design "relates to machines for cleansing dishes, clothes, and other articles of that class in which the water is agitated. The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and generally efficient machine that will perform its functions speedily, and will require but very little expenditure of operating power" (lines 10-17).
  • Physical Description: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: dish washers
  • Keyword: washing machines

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Austin County - Bellville

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Patent Number: 289650
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth170663

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,650, dated December 4, 1883. Application filed June 16, 1883. (No model.)"
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