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
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Houston/Galveston/Brazoria Area Minor Source Rule: An Air Quality Rule for Equipment at Your Business (open access)

The Houston/Galveston/Brazoria Area Minor Source Rule: An Air Quality Rule for Equipment at Your Business

A guide to the rules for maintaing air quality in businesses with machinery that generates large quantities of heat in the Houston, Galveston, and Brazoria areas.
Date: November 2006
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region H, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region H, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report

Water plan for Region H describing water resources and suppliers in the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water management strategies, water conservation methods, drought response plans, financing methods, and the process of creation of the plan.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Region H Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land-Surface Subsidence in the Texas Coastal Region (open access)

Land-Surface Subsidence in the Texas Coastal Region

Report on the land-surface subsidence in the Texas coastal region published in agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey. Includes information on the geography and topography of 5 different subregions of the Texas coastand maps of the different areas.
Date: November 1982
Creator: Ratzlaff, Karl W.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Records of Wells, Drillers' Logs, Water-Level Measurements and, Chemical Analyses of Ground Water in Brazoria, Fort Bend and Waller Counties,Texas, 1980-84 (open access)

Records of Wells, Drillers' Logs, Water-Level Measurements and, Chemical Analyses of Ground Water in Brazoria, Fort Bend and Waller Counties,Texas, 1980-84

This report presents the results of the hydrologic data collection on new large-capacity and other elected wells, including well location and completion data, driller's logs of the strata penetrated, water levels, and chemical quality of the produced water.
Date: November 1987
Creator: Williams, James F., III; Ranzau, C. E.; Lind, W. B. & Coplin, L. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History