"What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I pray you, excuse me, I have not the time to listen to such nonsense."
Napoleon Bonaparte ; When told of the Robert Fulton steamboat
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4236533 | Novel cigarette process and product produced therefrom A novel smoking composition is provided by treating tobacco with an active agent comprising a mixture of auric oxide, silver nitrate or sulfate, platinum tetrachloride and cerium (III) salts selected from the group of carbonates, sulfates and nitrates in ... | 12/02/1980 |
| 3964690 | Apparatus for forming a piecing end on a yarn winding An apparatus for forming a piercing end on a winding of yarn includes an auxiliary guide for engaging a strand of yarn and retaining the strand of yarn adjacent to one end of a spool core for a predetermined time interval. The auxiliary guide projects fro... | 06/22/1976 |