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Geology of Agua Fria Quandrangle, Brewster County, Texas (open access)

Geology of Agua Fria Quandrangle, Brewster County, Texas

Report on the geological aspects of the Agua Fria Quadrangle in Brewster County, Texas.
Date: February 1953
Creator: Moon, C. Gardley (Charles Gardley), 1917-
System: The Portal to Texas History
High Purity Marble Falls Limestone, Burnet County, Texas (open access)

High Purity Marble Falls Limestone, Burnet County, Texas

"The primary purpose of this paper is to report the presence and distribution of a high purity limestone in the Marble Falls limestone in the vicinity of Marble Falls" (p. 5).
Date: September 1952
Creator: Barnes, Virgil E. (Virgil Everett), 1903-1998
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Industrial Expansion, Volume 6, Number 4, October-December 1956 (open access)

Texas Industrial Expansion, Volume 6, Number 4, October-December 1956

Report on Texas businesses which lists industrial businesses that were new, expanded their operations, or changed ownership the last quarter of 1956.
Date: January 1957
Creator: Arbingast, Stanley A. & Vaughan, Judy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Perforated-plate Performance (open access)

Perforated-plate Performance

Scientific report on the performance of perforated-plates.
Date: 1959~
Creator: McAllister, R. A.; McGinnis, P. H., Jr. & Plank, C. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buried Hill at Wilcox-Carrizo Contact in East Texas (open access)

Buried Hill at Wilcox-Carrizo Contact in East Texas

This report is about a buried hill discovered in East Texas composed of strata from the Wilcox group geological formation and filled/covered with sand pockets.
Date: October 1951
Creator: Stenzel, H. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pulsations in Sieve-tray and Bubble-cap Distillation Towers (open access)

Pulsations in Sieve-tray and Bubble-cap Distillation Towers

Report on the periodic pulsation of the frothing mass of liquid and vapor on a sieve tray and a bubble-cap tray, with an equation to help explain this process.
Date: September 1958
Creator: McAllister, R. A. & Plank, C. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Viscosities and Densities of Methanol-Toluene Solutions up to their Normal Boiling Points (open access)

Viscosities and Densities of Methanol-Toluene Solutions up to their Normal Boiling Points

Report on an experiment to determine the boiling point values of methanol-toluene solutions, with a focus on the viscosity and density of the solution. Includes tables and findings.
Date: January 2, 1958
Creator: Hammond, L. W.; Howard, Katherine S. & McAllister, R. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Silt Load of Texas Streams 1951-1952 and A Summary of Silt Studies Made in Texas (open access)

Annual Report of the Silt Load of Texas Streams 1951-1952 and A Summary of Silt Studies Made in Texas

Progress report documenting data collection related to the amount of silt carried by Texas streams and potential effects on water management infrastructure, with an explanation of methods, data broken down by various criteria, and analysis.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Bloodgood, Dean W. & Mortensen, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Silt Load of Texas Streams for Water Year, 1952-1953 (open access)

Annual Report of the Silt Load of Texas Streams for Water Year, 1952-1953

Progress report documenting data collection related to the amount of silt carried by Texas streams and potential effects on water management infrastructure, with an explanation of methods, data broken down by various criteria, and analysis.
Date: October 1954
Creator: Bloodgood, Dean W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Driver License Suspensions: 1957 (open access)

Texas Driver License Suspensions: 1957

Annual report providing tabular statistical information about license suspensions and denials for drivers in Texas, broken down by county and by various other criteria.
Date: 1958
Creator: Texas. Department of Public Safety. Statistical Services.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Driver License Suspensions: 1958 (open access)

Texas Driver License Suspensions: 1958

Annual report providing tabular statistical information about license suspensions and denials for drivers in Texas, broken down by county and by various other criteria.
Date: 1959
Creator: Texas. Department of Public Safety. Statistical Services.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas S-R Suspensions by County: 1957 (open access)

Texas S-R Suspensions by County: 1957

Annual report providing tabular statistical information about license safety responsibility (S-R) suspensions of drivers in Texas for failure to file or show proof of financial responsibility resulting from convictions and accidents, broken down by county and by locations of out-of-state accidents. It also includes very basic overview information about filing proof of financial responsibility.
Date: January 6, 1958
Creator: Texas. Department of Public Safety. Statistical Services.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas S-R Suspensions by County: 1958 (open access)

Texas S-R Suspensions by County: 1958

Annual report providing tabular statistical information about license safety responsibility (S-R) suspensions of drivers in Texas for failure to file or show proof of financial responsibility resulting from convictions and accidents, broken down by county and by locations of out-of-state accidents. It also includes very basic overview information about filing proof of financial responsibility.
Date: January 6, 1959
Creator: Texas. Department of Public Safety. Statistical Services.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Game and Fish Commission Annual Report: 1956 (open access)

Texas Game and Fish Commission Annual Report: 1956

Annual report of the Texas Game and Fish Commission describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 1956.
Date: September 1956
Creator: Texas. Game and Fish Commission.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hazel Copper-Silver Mine, Culberson County, Texas (open access)

The Hazel Copper-Silver Mine, Culberson County, Texas

Report concerning the availability of ore reserves in the Culberson County, Texas. Report offers an overview of the history, production, extraction and recommendation for ore mining. Index starts after page 21.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Flawn, Peter T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Public Safety Annual Financial Report: 1959 (open access)

Texas Department of Public Safety Annual Financial Report: 1959

Annual financial report of the Texas Department of Public Safety documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 1959.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Texas. Department of Public Safety.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Report of the Texas Library and Historical Commission State Library: 1948-1950 (open access)

Biennial Report of the Texas Library and Historical Commission State Library: 1948-1950

Biennial report of the Texas Library and Historical Commission for the years 1948-1950, including the budget and summaries of the library's activities.
Date: 1950
Creator: Texas Library and Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marine Ecology as an Aid in Teaching Invertebrate Paleontology (open access)

Marine Ecology as an Aid in Teaching Invertebrate Paleontology

Report detailing the potential of marine ecology as a teaching aid, including suggestions for class trips, habitat studies, and more.
Date: 1958~
Creator: Matthews, William H., III
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surface Tension of Acetone-water Solutions Up to their Normal Boiling Points (open access)

Surface Tension of Acetone-water Solutions Up to their Normal Boiling Points

"[The purpose] of this investigation was to provide accurate surface-tension data up to the boiling point for use in distillation-efficiency correlations" (p. 325).
Date: 1958~
Creator: Howard, Katherine S. & McAllister, R. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Paleotology and Paleoecology of the Biostrome Fauna of the Edwards Formation of Texas (open access)

The Paleotology and Paleoecology of the Biostrome Fauna of the Edwards Formation of Texas

The objective of the report is to review the general geology of the Edwards and to further evaluate certain ecologic and Paleontologic data accumulated during the earlier study.
Date: 1957
Creator: Mathews, William H., III
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recognition of Hipparions and Other Horses in the middle Miocene Mammalian Faunas of the Texas Gulf Region. May 1952 (open access)

Recognition of Hipparions and Other Horses in the middle Miocene Mammalian Faunas of the Texas Gulf Region. May 1952

Report on Recognition of Hipparions and Other Horses in the middle Miocene Mammalian Faunas of the Texas
Date: May 1952
Creator: Quinn, James Harrison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Report of the Texas Library and Historical Commission State Library: 1956-1958 (open access)

Biennial Report of the Texas Library and Historical Commission State Library: 1956-1958

Biennial report of the Texas Library and Historical Commission for the years 1956-1958, including the budget and summaries of the library's activities.
Date: 1959
Creator: Texas Library and Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life History of the Pigmy Seahorse, Hippocampus aosterae Jordan and Gilbert, at Cedar Key, Florida (open access)

Life History of the Pigmy Seahorse, Hippocampus aosterae Jordan and Gilbert, at Cedar Key, Florida

Report detailing the history and biological aspects of the pygmy seahorse, including its sex ratio, breeding season, growth patterns, and more.
Date: February 1, 1958
Creator: Strawn, Kirk
System: The Portal to Texas History
Subsurface Woodford Black Shale, West Texas and Southeast New Mexico (open access)

Subsurface Woodford Black Shale, West Texas and Southeast New Mexico

Report over the geographic distribution, lithology, thickness, and paleontology of the subsurface Woodford in the Permian Basin.
Date: November 1950
Creator: Ellison, Samuel P., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History