On this day in 1890 John W. Mark was granted the patent for ILLUMINATING TILE. U.S. Patent No. 436,085.

The design of this invention is to secure increased light-transmitting capacity for illuminating-tiles; and to such end said invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter specified and claimed.

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