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Oil Press Mat. (open access)

Oil Press Mat.

Patent for a new and improved oil-press mat. This design "produce[s] a mat which is provided with three leaves, whereby two cakes can be pressed at the same time, and the three leaves to be flexibly connected together in such a manner that the mat can be readily and easily handled, at the same time that it is made strong and durable and lasting" (lines 25-31).
Date: June 28, 1881
Creator: Mistrot, Jean Jacques
System: The Portal to Texas History