Wave Motor (open access)

Wave Motor

Patent for an improvement to wave motors, intended to use "the force of waves as motive power for operating machinery" (lines 9-10).
Date: July 11, 1911
Creator: Ford, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Tank. (open access)

Oil-Tank.

Patent for an oil tank that is fire proof and will not explode completely if it is struck by lightning.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Price, James Bain
System: The Portal to Texas History