Stopper. (open access)

Stopper.

Patent for improvement in stoppers by “combining a stopper and funnel adapted to be used for pouring liquids from one vessel to another without wasting, provision being made for pouring the liquid into a large vessel or into a small vessel, and when the stopper is not in use it may be closed for the purpose of preventing leakage and evaporation.” (Lines 12-19) Illustration is included.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Hyer, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Lubricants. (open access)

Process of Making Lubricants.

Patent for "an improved process for making a lubricant especially adapted for parts of moving machinery which will be efficient to keep said parts and their bearings cool and which may also be used to cool heated journals and bearings" (lines 11-16).
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Hudnall, Millard Stewart
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for improvements to cultivators.
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Skeen, Virgil G.
System: The Portal to Texas History