Automatic Fire Extinguisher. (open access)

Automatic Fire Extinguisher.

Patent for a new and improved fire extinguisher. This design is "to provide for automatically putting out a fire in any building in which [the] apparatus may be located, upon the temperature in said building or room reaching any predetermined degree. This result is accomplished by the action of an expansible fluid—such as mercury—in a contained vessel, which actuates certain . . . mechanism, causing the structure to be flooded with water or with a fire-extinguishing gas or fluid" (lines 22-32).
Date: December 30, 1890
Creator: Fuller, Wily Scott
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flood Protection Planing Study Hurricane Flood Protection System (open access)

Flood Protection Planing Study Hurricane Flood Protection System

Report about a survey regarding a project to reduce the risk of harm to residents, damage to property and infrastructure, and economic loss in Orange County due to floods and hurricanes.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Carroll & Blackman, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace. (open access)

Furnace.

Patent for a furnace or a boiler with an improved metal back plate instead of the usual brick arch. The back plate has flanged sections bolted together, and asbestos between the sections of the plate.
Date: December 10, 1895
Creator: Moran, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ground-Water Data for Orange County and Vicinity, Texas and Louisiana 1971-74 (open access)

Ground-Water Data for Orange County and Vicinity, Texas and Louisiana 1971-74

Report detailing the ground-water studies for Orange County, including water measurements, water sample collections, chemical analyses, an inventory of wells, and more.
Date: December 1975
Creator: Bonnet, C. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Vehicle for Traversing Marsh-Lands. (open access)

Motor-Vehicle for Traversing Marsh-Lands.

Patent for a steerable motor vehicle that can be driven in marshlands.
Date: December 20, 1921
Creator: Ray, Malcolm
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hardin County, Block 20

Parent map for Hardin County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Southeast Texas, December 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Southeast Texas, December 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Southeast Texas area.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region I (East Texas), Volume 1. Main Report (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region I (East Texas), Volume 1. Main Report

Water plan for Region I (East Texas) describing water sources and suppliers in the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water management strategies for suppliers and counties, water conservation plans, drought response plans, financing of the plan, and the process of creating the plan.
Date: December 1, 2015
Creator: Alan Plummer and Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region I (East Texas), Volume 2. Appendixes (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region I (East Texas), Volume 2. Appendixes

Appendices for the water plan for Region I (East Texas) including water management strategies, water needs, water conservation methods, species of concern in the area, financing methods, and related reports.
Date: December 1, 2015
Creator: Alan Plummer and Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Swage (open access)

Saw-Swage

Patent for " a certain new and useful Saw-Swage." (Lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date: December 24, 1901
Creator: Davis, James E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History