Rotary Drilling Apparatus dated November 5, 1918 (open access)

Rotary Drilling Apparatus dated November 5, 1918

Patent for a rotary drilling apparatus that specifies in wells and mines.
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Robert E. Carmichael
System: The Portal to Texas History
Two-Piece Box. (open access)

Two-Piece Box.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in two piece boxes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 28, 1899
Creator: Armstrong, Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in the Manufacture of Fertilizers. (open access)

Improvement in the Manufacture of Fertilizers.

Patent for a process of treating waste animal matter from tallow-rendering factories with plaster-of-paris for use as fertilizer.
Date: November 25, 1873
Creator: Stevens, Hennell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Screw-Propulsion. (open access)

Improvement in Screw-Propulsion.

Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Screw-Propellers and their adaptation to the hulls of vessels" (lines 4-6) including illustrations.
Date: November 9, 1875
Creator: Wilson, Joseph Erwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Preventing Clogging of the Working Barrels of Pumps. (open access)

Means for Preventing Clogging of the Working Barrels of Pumps.

Patent for an apparatus that prevents the clogging of the working barrels of pumps.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker (open access)

Cotton Picker

Patent for a cotton picker. Illustration included.
Date: November 29, 1904
Creator: Hoskins, William Wharton
System: The Portal to Texas History