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