Electric Utility Restructuring: Maintaining Bulk Power System Reliability (open access)

Electric Utility Restructuring: Maintaining Bulk Power System Reliability

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Date: February 1, 2005
Creator: Abel, Amy; Parker, Larry B. & Stitt, Steven C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rotary Tooth-Brush (open access)

Rotary Tooth-Brush

Patent for a crank powered rotary toothbrush. Designed with the purpose of easily cleaning teeth with a simple automatic mechanism, with added projection via a shield around the brush for protecting gums and cheeks from being scraped by the brush.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Abel, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Care of Food in the Home (open access)

Care of Food in the Home

Report discussing the proper methods of handling and preserving food. Topics discussed include mold, flies, dust, pet hair and dander, cold storage techniques, and disinfectants. Includes an index.
Date: 1910
Creator: Abel, Mary Hinman, 1850-1938
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversion Tower for Dispatchable Solar Power (open access)

Conversion Tower for Dispatchable Solar Power

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the High Energy Advanced Thermal Storage (HEATS) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses new system architecture for a solar-electric conversion tower as part of the "High-Efficiency Solar-Electric Conversion Power Tower" project.
Date: May 25, 2012
Creator: Abengoa Solar, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Apparatus for Handling Brick. (open access)

Apparatus for Handling Brick.

Patent for an apparatus for handling brick "whereby the number of brick handled by a single hand may be greatly increased" (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
Date: January 3, 1888
Creator: Aber, Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
BRICK-KILN. (open access)

BRICK-KILN.

Patent for brick-kilns to "provide means for burning bricks in a much shorter time and more effectively than is possible with usual constructions, and, further, to protect the kiln-walls against the injurious effects of heat" (lines 9-13).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Aber, Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Veneer Basket. (open access)

Veneer Basket.

Patent for stronger, lighter construction of baskets frequently used in shipping fruit, although the improvement "may be used for any and all purposes of which it is capable" (lines 13-15).
Date: June 3, 1902
Creator: Aber, Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Veneer-Bending Machine (open access)

Veneer-Bending Machine

Patent for improving veneer bending through a slower process which allows the entirety of the veneer to be heated.
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Aber, Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Well-Packer and Setting-Tool. (open access)

Combination Well-Packer and Setting-Tool.

Patent for a well packer and setting tool for the prevention of intermingling between oil and water in a well when used by itself or with other pipes. The invention allows for the packer to be set using the setting tool which can then be removed once the packer is in place.
Date: January 6, 1920
Creator: Abercrombie, Jamie & Dunman, Nesbit M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report on the Location of Nonsaline Uraniferous Waters Suitable for Ion-Exchange Process (open access)

Interim Report on the Location of Nonsaline Uraniferous Waters Suitable for Ion-Exchange Process

From introduction: The Trace Elements Section Washington Laboratory had developed the methods used in anticipation of handling an increased volume of water analyses as this preliminary project is expanded into a full-scale investigation. The efforts of these groups were coordinated by the Trace Elements Planning and Coordination Office.
Date: November 1952
Creator: Aberdeen, E. J.; White, W. F.; Sherwood, A. M.; Bruce, F. L. & Ferguson, D. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jack (open access)

Jack

Patent for a new Jack's that can use in motor cars and other vehicles, It is folded into a compact condition, for storage, within the tool chest of the machine, including illustrations.
Date: January 11, 1916
Creator: Abernathy, George J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch (open access)

Gate Latch

Patent for a gate latch. Illustration included.
Date: December 29, 1903
Creator: Abernathy, James Rubin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rumor, Volume 20, Number 9, September 1980 (open access)

Rumor, Volume 20, Number 9, September 1980

Monthly newsletter of the Abilene State School discussing news within the organization and other topics relevant to their employees.
Date: September 1980
Creator: Abilene State School
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rumor, Volume 30, Number 2, February 1980 (open access)

Rumor, Volume 30, Number 2, February 1980

Monthly newsletter of the Abilene State School discussing news within the organization and other topics of interest to their employees.
Date: February 1980
Creator: Abilene State School
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Divide Cut Drainage Structures Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Mississippi and Alabama: Hydraulic Model Investigation (open access)

Divide Cut Drainage Structures Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Mississippi and Alabama: Hydraulic Model Investigation

Report on model tests related to drainage structures for the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to provide recommendations about construction.
Date: October 1976
Creator: Ables, Jackson H., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modifications to Filling and Emptying System of Lock No. 1, Mississippi River, Minneapolis, Minnesota =: Hydraulic Model Investigation (open access)

Modifications to Filling and Emptying System of Lock No. 1, Mississippi River, Minneapolis, Minnesota =: Hydraulic Model Investigation

From abstract: The existing locks at Locks and Dam No. 1 were constructed between 1929 and 1932. Problems have been experienced with accumulation of ice and debris at the intakes, air entrapment in the culverts of the filling and emptying system, excessive turbulence in the lock chamber during filling, and hazardous conditions downstream from the locks during emptying operations.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Ables, Jackson H., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Filling and Emptying System, Cannelton Main Lock, Ohio River, and Generalized Tests of Sidewall Port Systems for 110- by 1200-ft Locks: Hydraulic Model Investigation (open access)

Filling and Emptying System, Cannelton Main Lock, Ohio River, and Generalized Tests of Sidewall Port Systems for 110- by 1200-ft Locks: Hydraulic Model Investigation

Report providing the results of a hydraulic model investigation of the Cannelton Lock proposed for construction on the Ohio River. It includes detailed information about the tests and suggested dimensions and features of the final lock.
Date: February 1966
Creator: Ables, Jackson H., Jr. & Boyd, M. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Filling and Emptying System, Dardanelle Lock, Arkansas River: Hydraulic Model Investigation (open access)

Filling and Emptying System, Dardanelle Lock, Arkansas River: Hydraulic Model Investigation

Report on investigations into the construction of a lock in the Arkansas River including results of model tests and recommendations.
Date: April 1969
Creator: Ables, Jackson H., Jr. & Boyd, M. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Filling and Emptying Systems, Millers Ferry and Jones Bluff Locks, Alabama River, Alabama: Hydraulic Model Investigation (open access)

Filling and Emptying Systems, Millers Ferry and Jones Bluff Locks, Alabama River, Alabama: Hydraulic Model Investigation

Report providing results of hydrualic model investigations to test a new type of lock filling and emptying system to determine the final suggested construction for the Millers Ferry Lock in the Alabama River.
Date: March 1966
Creator: Ables, Jackson H., Jr. & Boyd, M. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Final Report to Congress and the American People (open access)

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Final Report to Congress and the American People

Final report of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission describing its activities commemorating the 200th birthday of America's 16th president.
Date: April 2010
Creator: Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Digital Lincoln: A Proposal Regarding the Future of the ALBC Web Site (open access)

The Digital Lincoln: A Proposal Regarding the Future of the ALBC Web Site

Paper envisions a role for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission website, proposes new and expanded content, and calls for feedback from Lincoln stakeholders.
Date: unknown
Creator: Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Appendix A. Geophysical Logs]

Geophysical logs for 12 holes drilled for the Oakville-Goliad Project in the Laredo-McAllen Quadrangles, Texas by the Bendix Field Engineering Corporation, Grand Junction, Colorado.
Date: January 1981
Creator: Abramiuk, I. N.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Report on Drilling in the Oakville-Goliad Project, Laredo-McAllen Quadrangles, Texas (open access)

Engineering Report on Drilling in the Oakville-Goliad Project, Laredo-McAllen Quadrangles, Texas

This report presents engineering details, statistics, individual borehole histories, and geophysical logs of the 12 holes drilled for this project.
Date: January 1981
Creator: Abramiuk, I. N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Report on the Drilling in the Lemhi Pass Area of Montana (open access)

Engineering Report on the Drilling in the Lemhi Pass Area of Montana

"This report presents engineering details, statistics, individual borehole histories, and geophysical logs of the four holes drilled in the Lemhi Pass, Montana/Idaho area." (from Introduction)
Date: May 1980
Creator: Abramiuk, I. N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library