Mill for Grinding or Crushing Cotton-Seed or the Like. (open access)

Mill for Grinding or Crushing Cotton-Seed or the Like.

Patent for improvements to the grinding or crushing of materials in mills by eliminating the hammering action by the use of supported ball bearings. This decreases the amount of power needed to operate the mill and includes illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Nolen, Robert Rufus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper Attachment. (open access)

Stalk-Chopper Attachment.

Patent for rotating stalk-chopper attachment, including illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Nix, Spencer W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method and Apparatus for Generating Motive Fluid (open access)

Method and Apparatus for Generating Motive Fluid

Patent for improvement in methods and apparatus for generating motive fluid "to provide a source of combustion" and dispose of it outside the generator to generate steam (lines 11-12).
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Reordan, Charles, E.
System: The Portal to Texas History