Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for an economical pipe wrench that is easily adjustable using a pivoting, movable jaw to fit pipes of varying sizes.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Adams, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Target. (open access)

Revolving Target.

Patent for "a revolving target of improved and simplified construction" (lines 15-17), with instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 5, 1886
Creator: Adams, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
LLW Notes, Volume 10, Number 3, April/May 1995 (open access)

LLW Notes, Volume 10, Number 3, April/May 1995

Newsletter distributed to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum members describing current news, policies, and legislation, as well as other information relevant to the management of low-level radioactive waste.
Date: May 5, 1995
Creator: Afton Associates, Inc.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade Primer: Qs and As on Trade Concepts, Performance, and Policy (open access)

Trade Primer: Qs and As on Trade Concepts, Performance, and Policy

The 112th Congress has a full legislative and oversight agenda on international trade. The agenda may include considering legislation to implement pending free trade agreements with Panama, South Korea, and Colombia, enhanced enforcement of U.S. trade agreements, as well as oversight of the World Trade Organization's Doha Round and trade relations with China. This report provides information and context for many of these topics. The report is divided into four sections in a question-and-answer format: trade concepts, U.S. trade performance, formulation of U.S. trade policy, and trade and investment issues.
Date: January 5, 2011
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for "a new and improved rotary engine which is simple and durable in construction and very effective in operation, using the steam expansively and to the fullest advantage, at the same time being adapted to compound engines" (lines 8-12).
Date: November 5, 1889
Creator: Akers, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede. (open access)

Velocipede.

Patent for a new and improved velocipede. This design "has relation to that class of velocipedes in which the rider is suspended within a large wheel impelled by a frictional contact between the inner periphery of the same and the driving wheel" (lines 8-12). With this design, "by the increased size of wheel, not only is speed gained, but the same may be propelled with greater ease over rough or smooth roads and with greater comfort to the rider, in that the jolt is less, and yet at the same time all the benefits arising from this class of exercise are obtained" (lines 27-34).
Date: August 5, 1890
Creator: Akers, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Starter (open access)

Car-Starter

Patent for "a new and improved car-starter adapted for all kinds of cars and vehicles, being specially of great value on grades" (lines 8-11).
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Akers, William P. & Lindsey, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Sprinkler. (open access)

Water-Sprinkler.

Patent for a water sprinkler with adjustable nozzles and pipes.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Alden, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and Federal Water Rights (open access)

The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and Federal Water Rights

This report discusses federal authority over water, and federal "reserved" and non-reserved water rights. Based on the language of the act and its legislative history, it appears that the act creates federal water rights. The act does not specify the quantity of the right. The amount of the federal right is likely to vary from river to river depending on the river's flows, the unappropriated flows in the river at the time of designation, and the values for which the river is being protected.
Date: March 5, 2007
Creator: Alexander, Kristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gray Wolves Under the Endangered Species Act: Distinct Population Segments and Experimental Populations (open access)

Gray Wolves Under the Endangered Species Act: Distinct Population Segments and Experimental Populations

This report looks at the distinct population segments (DPSs) process as it is applied to the gray wolf. It also reviews experimental populations of wolves under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and their protections.
Date: November 5, 2007
Creator: Alexander, Kristina & Corn, M. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Operating Instructions for the UNIVAC Program OCUSOL-A : a Modification of the Eyewash Program (open access)

Operating Instructions for the UNIVAC Program OCUSOL-A : a Modification of the Eyewash Program

The Eyewash program, written by James H. Alexander and Nancy D. Given, provides solutions of reactor criticality problems in spherical geometry by means of the group diffusion method. It employs thirty lethargy groups (plus one thermal group) in nine regions. The input consists principally of specifying the geometrical scaling factor, boundaries and compositions of the various regions, and temperature level. The output includes the value of vc that would render the system critical, the relative fission density distribution, fissions, absorptions, and leakages in each lethargy group in each region, and, if desired, an edit of the flux at each space point, each lethargy, and an edit of the macroscopic cross sections for each lethargy, each region. OCUSOL-A is a minor modification and extension of Eyewash. It provides for the computation and editing, on the supervisory control typewriter, of the total absorptions in selected nuclides in the various regions. This information is useful in the computation of breeding ratios and the preparation of detailed neutron balances, and in the estimation of flux-averaged cross sections for use in estimating the rate of change of concentration of the various nuclides with burn-up. The program also provides for saving and transferring the final fission …
Date: June 5, 1957
Creator: Alexander, L. G.; Carrison, D. A.; Roberts, J. T. & Van Norton, R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Separator and Evaporator. (open access)

Automatic Separator and Evaporator.

Patent for an improved automatic separator and evaporator which controls the intake with an included air-lift or jet-ejector, including illustrations.
Date: April 5, 1921
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overflow Separating Device. (open access)

Overflow Separating Device.

Patent for an invention that allows for the separation of materials, such as fluid, between two objects, one of higher altitude than the other, with minimal disruption at the surface of the lower object.
Date: October 5, 1920
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Slime Pulp Thickener. (open access)

Slime Pulp Thickener.

Patent for a "device for thickening slime or pulp, and particularly pertains to a structure similar to that disclosed in my co-pending application entitled "Slime pulp thickener," serial number 173,785, filed June 9, 1917, and of which the present application is a division" (lines 8-14). Additionally, described as a device that automatically releases thickened pulp when proper density is achieved.
Date: October 5, 1918
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thickener and Means for Removing Settled Solids Therefrom. (open access)

Thickener and Means for Removing Settled Solids Therefrom.

Patent for a machine which can automatically and continuously remove thickened material, which is a byproduct of wet milling ores. "The present device has been particularly designed to permit feed and discharge to be on the same level or for that matter the constant density discharge may be above or below the level of the feed stream, as may best fit the conditions of the particular installation" (lines 39-45).
Date: October 5, 1920
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pumping-Engine. (open access)

Pumping-Engine.

Patent for a pumping engine that pumps air, water, oil, or other agents. It was designed to be used for air pumps on locomotives, inflating tires on automobiles, pumping water in steam operated machines, and other uses.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Allison, Jesse H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Railway-Tie. (open access)

Metallic Railway-Tie.

Patent for a metallic railway tie, which can expand and hold the track in place.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Allsbrooks, William Jefferson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amarillo College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

Amarillo College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by Amarillo College to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: Amarillo College
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Desulfurizing Oil or Distillate (open access)

Process of Desulfurizing Oil or Distillate

Patent for a process of desulfurizing oil or distillate.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Amend, Otto P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a baling-press meant to bale cotton. In this machine, "the power as applied to the plunger is increased in proportion to the resistance offered by the material being baled and whereby the forward movement of the plunger is automatically checked at the limit of its path and is returned to its initial positioin without effort upon the part of the operator" (lines 10-17).
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Anderson, Alva E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a baling-press for cotton and uses a compression chamber and a head or compressor block to compress the cotton. The invention is more effective and more expeditious than other baling-presses.
Date: June 5, 1894
Creator: Anderson, Alva E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap. (open access)

Animal-Trap.

Patent for improvements in animal-traps that would be capable of catching two animals; to set the trap, bait is placed upon the hooked ends of the bait-hooks, the jaws are elevated and retained in a position by the link-catches, which have the lower hooked ends engaging the trigger, which has its free end engaging the eye at the inner end of the bait hooks, thus setting the trap, (lines 66-73) ready to catch animals. Illustration is included.
Date: May 5, 1891
Creator: Anderson, Henry Clay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevating Truck. (open access)

Elevating Truck.

Patent for elevating truck equipped with a conveyor belt powered by an electric motor. The device is "easily moved about and placed in position by one or two men" (lines 29–30), but powerful enough to lift bales of cotton (or other objects) weighing up to 600 pounds, includes illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Anderson, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Low-Water Alarm For Boilers (open access)

Low-Water Alarm For Boilers

Patent for "improvements in low water alarms for steam boilers and more particularly to those which are operated by the heat from the steam in the boiler, after the water therein has fallen below a predetermined danger point" (lines 15-20).
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Anderson, Williamson D. & Shearer, Edward J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History