Inventor

William M Burton

Patents indexed

Year range

1913

Associated with

Years active

1913

Total patents

Most recent

1913

Domains

energymechanicalmaterials

Activity by decade

1910s

Patents

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1 patents, in 1913

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How William Burton Invented Modern Gasoline Refining

A 1913 patent by William Burton that describes a thermal cracking process to turn heavy crude oil into usable gasoline for automobiles.

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