Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5263421 | Coal fly-ash railway hopper car with 70 degree minimum slope and end sheet angle and longitudinal dual purpose loading hatch A dual-purpose railway hopper car is constructed so that it is capable of holding, handling and hauling both coal and fly ash on different trips by virtue of having a plurality of quick opening hopper doors which are sealed to prevent leakage of fly ash w... | 11/23/1993 |
