In 1899, the first patent was issue

In 1899, the first patent was issued for a glass-blowing machine for the automatic production of glass bottles. Earlier glass bottles had all been hand-blown. Four years later, the new bottle-blowing machine was in operation. It was first operated by the inventor, Michael Owens, an employee of Libby Glass Company Within a few years, glass bottle production increased from 1,400 bottles a day to about 58,000 bottles a day.