Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a burner constructed to admit a force of steam or air is sent through the nozzle with assigning to the fuel in fuel reservoir. This invention is used to burn the heavy crude oil.
Date: July 4, 1916
Creator: Nicholson, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tourist's Glass. (open access)

Tourist's Glass.

Patent for improvements to tourists' glasses, "intended for use to tourists, hunters, ranchmen, botanists, minerologists, and analogous purposes" (lines 25-27) including illustrations.
Date: July 21, 1914
Creator: Faehrmann, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboard. (open access)

Washboard.

Patent for a new washboard with "simple durability, and cheap construction, . . . [which is] serviceable and efficient in its use" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Bush, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History