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Process of Catalyzing Oil and Apparatus Therefor.

Description: Patent for improvements to oil boiling & processing to preserve its hydrocarbon properties by converting high-boiling oils to low-boiling oils using a specific apparatus for vaporization and a catalyst reheating device, such as a chamber furnace.
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Alexander, Clive M. & Taber Jr., George H.

Lightning-Protecting System for Oil-Tanks.

Description: Patent for an improved system that is used for protecting oil tanks from getting struck by lightning and can get put on existing structures to ground them. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Gunthorpe, Charles Henry

Tree and Brush Cutter.

Description: Patent for a motorized tree and brush cutter that is portable.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Andrews, Robert Lyle

Log-Loading Mechanism.

Description: Patent for a machine that hauls and loads logs upon cars from either side of the track, or both sides at once. The machine can easily be transported on a car. The machine "consists, essentially, in a platform of about the length of an ordinary log-car and of a height and width to enable it to span the same, mounted upon which are a steam engine and a boiler and a rotating crane, said platform being provided with pivoted legs for holding it above the track, with pivoted legs for holding it aboveā€¦ more
Date: April 14, 1896
Creator: Fletcher, William Andrew

Mode of Straining Saws by Atmospheric Pressure.

Description: Patent for the improvement of the reciprocating saw by simplifying the arrangement of cylinders, pipes, and exhaust pumps to produce the necessary vacuum, including illustration.
Date: August 14, 1855
Creator: Brown, A. & Coffin, Abel, Jr.
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