Improvement in Fluting-Irons. (open access)

Improvement in Fluting-Irons.

Patent for "improvements in combined fluting and smoothing irons, which are made hollow for the purpose of receiving a heated metallic block which will raise the shell to the proper temperature for smoothing or fluting." (Line 16-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1876
Creator: McCausland, William I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Oiling Slides and Glides. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Oiling Slides and Glides.

Patent for a new machine to be used for oiling slides and glides for engines, &c., includes illustration.
Date: June 4, 1878
Creator: Bates, Asa N.
System: The Portal to Texas History