Louis Pasteur developed sterilization techniques for 1870 beer Anheuser-Busch begins first commercial bottling of early 1870s American beer Heavily embossed and colored poison bottles 1872-1930s Improved finishing processes result in smoother and by 1880 more uniformly applied bottle finishes Argobast patent for semiautomatic press-and-blow 1881 machine for wide-mouthed jars H. W. Putnam acquires patent rights for lightning 1882 stopper Borosilicate glass developed in Germany 1883 Macbeth-Evans Co. patents “pearl top” lamp chimney 1883 William Painter patents crown cap 1892 Enterprise Glass Co. puts Argobast semiautomatic into 1893 commercial production South Carolina dispensary system 1893-1907 Michael Owens patents semiautomatic turn-molding 1894 machine for light bulbs, tumblers, and lamp chimneys First lamp chimney and tumbler production on Owens 1898 turn-mold machine Most wide-mouthed jars produced on semiautomatic by 1901 machines Owens automatic bottle machine patented 1903 Owens machine put into commercial production: first 1904 narrow-necked machine-made bottles First production of narrow-necked bottles on _c._ 1907 semiautomatic machines Corning Glass Works develops Pyrex heat-resistant glass 1915 Use of manganese to decolor glass 1917 State prohibition law goes into effect in South 1916 Carolina National beer and wine production halted under Wartime 1918-1920 Food Control Act and Volstead Act National prohibition of alcohol under eighteenth 1920-1933 amendment and Volstead Act Machine-made bottles comprise 90% of total United 1925 States production APPENDIX III MARKS LEFT BY DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES OF BOTTLE MANUFACTURE