title: Machine for Washing Dishes. creator: Harris, Charles Alexander. contributor: Matthews, Z. W. contributor: Goode, John W. contributor: Norris Peters Co. publisher: United States. Patent Office. date: 1883-12-04 language: English 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). subject: Inventions subject: Science and Technology subject: dish washers subject: washing machines coverage: United States - Texas - Austin County - Bellville rights: Public Domain type: Patent format: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm. format: Text identifier: pat-no: 289650 identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu./ark:/67531/metapth170663/ identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth170663