U.S.-EU Cooperation on Ukraine and Russia (open access)

U.S.-EU Cooperation on Ukraine and Russia

This report discusses the United States, and European Union policies with Russia in response to the crisis in Ukraine.
Date: September 16, 2014
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Apparatus for Fusing Sulfer from Low Grade Ores (open access)

Apparatus for Fusing Sulfer from Low Grade Ores

Patent for the Apparatus for Fusing Sulfer from Low Grade Ores. This machine makes the extraction of sulfur from ores containing less than 20% sulfur, while also removing the impurities.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Austin, Paul P. Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: Is CAFE Up to Standards? (open access)

Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: Is CAFE Up to Standards?

This report discusses on refocusing on fuel economy: SUVs OPEC and Kyoto, Cafe in Congress and legislation.
Date: September 16, 2002
Creator: Bamberger, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Folding Umbrella. (open access)

Folding Umbrella.

Patent for folding umbrella that consists of: improved construction, easy to open and close, as well as folding small upon collapse.
Date: September 16, 1913
Creator: Beaver, John Mitchell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods (open access)

Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods

This report discusses the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171) as amended by the 2008 farm bill (P.L. 110-246), which states that many U.S. retailers must begin providing country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for fresh produce, red meats, peanuts, chicken, ginseng, pecans, and macadamia nuts.
Date: September 16, 2008
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Computer Industry: Growth and Evolution with Special Emphasis on Government Regulation and Antitrust, Selected References, 1974 (open access)

The Computer Industry: Growth and Evolution with Special Emphasis on Government Regulation and Antitrust, Selected References, 1974

This report provides bibliography of resources related to the growth of the computer industry that were published in 1974.
Date: September 16, 1974
Creator: Becker, Louise G. & Bartscher, Eileen M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Toilet Preparation. (open access)

Liquid Toilet Preparation.

Patent for scented 2 in 1 hair and body wash which includes ingredients and their measurements and instructions. “It is designed to remove dandruff, and to prevent the hair from falling out. It has great cleansing properties, and will be found excellent for washing fine jewelry, nursing-bottles, and in fact all articles upon which the action of free acids or alkalies is not desirable” (lines 30-38).
Date: September 16, 1884
Creator: Bicksler, William Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proposed Train and Equip Authorities for Syria: In Brief (open access)

Proposed Train and Equip Authorities for Syria: In Brief

This report presents the President's requests for authority and funding for the Department of Defense to provide overt assistance, including possible military training and weapons, to vetted members of the Syrian opposition and other vetted Syrians for select purposes are the subject of close congressional consideration.
Date: September 16, 2014
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M. & Belasco, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Minutes of Criticality Instrumentation Meeting Hanford Atomic Products Operation August 17 and 18, 1959 (open access)

Minutes of Criticality Instrumentation Meeting Hanford Atomic Products Operation August 17 and 18, 1959

At the request of the Hanford Operations Office of the Atomic Energy Commission, a criticality instrumentation meeting was held at Hanford on August 17 and 18, 1959. The purposes of the meeting were: (a) to review types of criticality control and/or alarm instrumentation at each site, their problems, shortcomings and potential obsolescence; (b) to discuss instrumentation in the area if approaching criticality; and (c) to consider for material balance purposes, the feasibility of devising instruments to detect the buildup of plutonium and enriched uranium bearing residues in process systems.
Date: September 16, 1959
Creator: Brown, C. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq & Afghanistan Hearing: September 16, 2010 (open access)

Transcript of Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq & Afghanistan Hearing: September 16, 2010

Transcript of a public hearing held by the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq & Afghanistan held September 16, 2010. This hearing includes testimony from two panels of government and academic witnesses on whether the Department of Defense has made adequate plans to improve the federal acquisition workforce.
Date: September 16, 2010
Creator: CQ Transcriptions
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feasibility Report: Measurement of Stainless Steel Corrosion Rates by Activation Analysis (open access)

Feasibility Report: Measurement of Stainless Steel Corrosion Rates by Activation Analysis

Relations governing the measurement of Stainless Steel corrosion rates by activation analysis are derived and discussed. The principal neutron induced radioactivities are calculated and graphed. Shielding requirements are considered and it is concluded that six inches of lead shielding should be sufficient for the proposed experiments if the samples are allowed to cool for one day in the reactor storage basin.
Date: September 16, 1955
Creator: Cadwell, J. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tire for Vehicle-Wheels. (open access)

Tire for Vehicle-Wheels.

Patent for a vehicle-wheel tire with illustrations included. It is expected to provide "simple, inexpensive, and efficient construction adapted to increase the strength and durability of vehicle-wheels" (lines 12-14) and allow for easy replacements.
Date: September 16, 1902
Creator: Carter, Mansion C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings: Potential Economic Effects of Meeting Deficit Targets (open access)

Gramm-Rudman-Hollings: Potential Economic Effects of Meeting Deficit Targets

This report discusses the reduction of federal budget deficit and the effect on the rise of interest rates.
Date: September 16, 1987
Creator: Cashell, Brian W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Purification of Argon, Helium and Xenon : a Bibliography (open access)

Purification of Argon, Helium and Xenon : a Bibliography

This bibliography contains 145 references on the technology and apparatus used in the purification of argon, helium and xenon, and on the analysis for water, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen, in the purification process. The references are arranged in four classifications: general, argon, helium, and xenon. Within each classification, the references are arranged in chronological order.
Date: September 16, 1956
Creator: Cernak, Elizabeth A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Horse Detacher. (open access)

Horse Detacher.

Patent for a new and improved horse-detacher. This design "is to make a compound single-tree which, with certain attachments, will hold the traces securely or allow them to be drawn off the hooks if the horse should run; also, to hold up the shafts while the horse is passing therefrom" (lines 15-20). To this end, it consists in "[t]he combination, with the spring-held vibratory draft-rod having the loop, of the strap and the shaft, the latter carrying the oppositely-placed stirrup-arm and treadle-arm" (lines 74-78).
Date: September 16, 1890
Creator: Chamlee, Jeff D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Tie. (open access)

Rail-Tie.

Patent to describe and illustrate the construction of metallic rail ties. The improvements include a metallic tie that fits so that it will "firmly engage the bases of two rails" (line 15), keep them from spreading, and add support as well as contain two sections of lugs that extend "in opposite directions" (line 21) and prevent the two rails from "spreading or slipping, while the bodies of the sections bear upon [each other], and are provided with bases at their lower edges, thus causing the two sections to reinforce each other" (lines 23-27). This describes and includes illustrations of the practical form of construction and assembly of said rail tie.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Cole, Henry J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds. (open access)

Improvement in Medical Compounds.

Patent for a medical compound consisting of magnesia, soda, potassium oxide, manganese, sodium chloride, acid phosphate of iron, sulfuric acid, and phosphoric acid. The compound is said to treat a wide variety of ailments.
Date: September 16, 1879
Creator: Coleman, George S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power Transmission. (open access)

Power Transmission.

Patent for a power transmission that has a gear that can provide different speeds. This transmission is a simple construction that allows for the driver to easily choose the gear, which allows high efficiency in operation.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Cook, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Autoclaving of Anodized Slug Jackets (open access)

Autoclaving of Anodized Slug Jackets

The purpose of the test used to make this report was to determine if anodizing could become a part of the canning operation prior to autoclaving, other factors permitting, or if it must follow autoclaving.
Date: September 16, 1952
Creator: Dalrymple, R. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flow of Business: A Typical Day on the Senate Floorr (open access)

Flow of Business: A Typical Day on the Senate Floorr

This report discusses procedures that usually occur every session day and notes certain business items that occur less frequently.
Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in the Manufacture of Hydraulic Stone. (open access)

Improvement in the Manufacture of Hydraulic Stone.

Patent for improvement in the manufacture of Hydraulic Stone to furnish and improved artificial stone for use in different purposes that can resist weather changes without being affected.
Date: September 16, 1879
Creator: Dimelow, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baby-Protector. (open access)

Baby-Protector.

Patent for a protective device designed to keep an infant from sufficiently bending their arms and reaching their mouth, thereby preventing the child from potentially ingesting dangerous foreign articles.
Date: September 16, 1913
Creator: Dodd, Jacob Everette
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: The 18 U.S.C. 924(c) Tack-On in Cases Involving Drugs or Violence (open access)

Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: The 18 U.S.C. 924(c) Tack-On in Cases Involving Drugs or Violence

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Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Velocipede (open access)

Velocipede

Patent for a vehicle that is powered by foot and guided by hand by the occupants and is for the purpose of transporting one or more persons or articles over streets or smooth roads.
Date: September 16, 1884
Creator: Ellis, Robert Fuller & Norman, Cornelius Asbury
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History