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Improvement in Manufacturing Anti-Corrosive Compounds. (open access)

Improvement in Manufacturing Anti-Corrosive Compounds.

Patent for "an anti-corrosive coating for iron and all other metals, and one which in all respects does positively preserve the same, and into the composition of which enters as an element neither lead, oil, nor any other ingredient that contains any destructive or otherwise deleterious acid or alkali." (Lines 7-13) Includes instructions.
Date: December 22, 1874
Creator: Lee, Archibald K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Show-Globe. (open access)

Show-Globe.

Patent for "a globe adapted to serve simply for the purpose of illumination and furnishing a pure white bright light for general purposes, or to serve as an illuminated show-globe for druggists," (lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 4, 1891
Creator: Berger, Otto & Eldridge, Hilliary
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Putting Up Caustic Alkalies. (open access)

Improvement in Putting Up Caustic Alkalies.

Patent for a method of packaging caustic alkalies inside of treated paper or wood. This patent describes the mixture and use of this treatment.
Date: December 22, 1874
Creator: Lee, Archibald K.; Middleton, George W. & Smith, Joseph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History