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Brazoria County Regional Water Facility Study
Report on the findings of a study on a regional water facility for Brazoria County, Texas.
Date:
December 2013
Creator:
CDM Smith
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Sulfur Mining
Patent for "new and useful improvement" for sulfur mining by Mr. Robert Carmichael. This device has particular application for mining in subterranean environments, "by use of pumping a heated fluid down into contact with a sulfur strata" (lines 14-15).
Date:
December 9, 1919
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench.
Patent for the improvement of pipe wrenches necessary for use in well drilling or other circumstances where a wrench of strong construction is needed. This patent provides for a pipe wrench that can be easily adjusted to fit pipes of differing sizes and is easily manipulated for use regardless of direction.
Date:
December 9, 1919
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulfur-Mining
Patent for improvement on sulfur mining by which "sulfur is fused by a heated fluid forced down into the well to the vicinity of the sulfur deposit and when so fused the sulfur is forced to the surface of the ground through a return pipe" (lines 14-18).
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulphur-Mining Apparatus.
Patent for a thermal solvent based sulfur mining apparatus that is placed in a sulfur mining well. Utilizing thermodynamics, the apparatus has a new way to introduce air or steam into the various parts of the apparatus. It is designed with "simplicity and durability of construction" (lines 49-50).
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sample-Taking Device
Patent for a sample taking device "for use in preserving the log of the well in drilling operations in earth, rock or other similar formations." (lines 12-14). Specially adapted for use in drilling wells for oil and sulfur, specifically in the Gulf Coast region.
Date:
December 9, 1919
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E. & Hamman, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Support.
Patent for a traction board for placing under automobile wheels when stuck in sand or mud, and hanging device for carrying the boards when not in use.
Date:
December 27, 1921
Creator:
Gentry, Burney C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Distributing Insect Powder.
Patent for a new and improved bug sprayer. This design consists in "the combination of the body of the bellows and the perforate wall or sieve arranged longitudinally therein, dividing the bellows into two compartments, with a nozzle or an air-outlet communicating with one compartment, whereby material placed in the other compartment on the opposite side of the sieve is agitated by the operation of the bellows and delivered to the air-blast in a comminuted state" (lines 25-35).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Hogarth, William H. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oar Lock Attachment.
Patent for an oar-lock attachment that allows the oar to be removed but not easily disconnected, using a hook on the oar with a spring plate and an eye on the boat gunwale, with illustrations.
Date:
December 20, 1892
Creator:
Livingston, Joseph R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Neck Yoke
Patent for neck yokes, particularly for hogs, but not made especially for hogs.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
McClure, Cicero F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Gulf Coast, December 2011
List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Gulf Coast Texas area.
Date:
December 2011
Creator:
Primary Care Case Management
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Analysis and Summary of Reports and Data From the Freeport, Texas, Test Bed Plant (1961-1969)
Report issued by the Office of Saline over a summary of all work conducted at the Freeport, Texas test bed plant. The work done at the plant between 1961 and 1969 is presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date:
December 1971
Creator:
Shroff, G. H.; Watson, I. C. & Cross, R. D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Car-Axle Bearings.
Patent for improvement in car-axle bearings in which "it consists in a box having a chambered back for containing oil, and having grooves along the straight edges of its bearing-surface for receiving a wick, the ends of which extend through holes in the box into the oil reservoir.”
Date:
December 3, 1878
Creator:
Stratton, Asa E., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobile Headlights
Patent for an automobile headlight attachment capable of horizontal rotation.
Date:
December 2, 1919
Creator:
Tripp, J. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Galveston County, Block 3
Parent map for Galveston County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Galveston County, Block 11
Parent map for Galveston County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Galveston County, Block 22
Parent map for Galveston County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Galveston County, Block 30
Parent map for Galveston County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Galveston County, Block 31
Parent map for Galveston County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Galveston County, Block 38
Parent map for Galveston County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Galveston County, Block 39
Parent map for Galveston County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Galveston County, Block 45
Parent map for Galveston County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Galveston County, Block 50
Parent map for Galveston County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Galveston County, Block 54
Parent map for Galveston County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History