Federal Liability for Hurricane Katrina-Related Flood Damage (open access)

Federal Liability for Hurricane Katrina-Related Flood Damage

None
Date: August 17, 2007
Creator: Alexander, Kristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gray Wolves Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA): Distinct Population Segments and Experimental Populations (open access)

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

This report analyzes the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as it applies to gray wolf wolves and, in particular, to their treatment as experimental populations (Ex Pops) and distinct population segments (DPSs).
Date: August 17, 2011
Creator: Alexander, Kristina & Corn, M. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Slime-Pulp Thickener (open access)

Slime-Pulp Thickener

Patent for a device for thickening slime or pulp in the treating of ores wet milling. The device controls the disbursement of slim pulp in the thickener, producing a better solid to liquid ratios.
Date: August 17, 1920
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor (open access)

The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor

The House of Representatives follows a well established routine on the opening day of a new Congress. The proceedings include election of the Speaker, swearing in its members, election of administrative officers, and adoption of rules of procedure. Also, resolutions assigning its members to committees may be adopted. The House must take these actions at the beginning of each new Congress because it is not a continuing body. Article 1, Section 2 of Constitution sets terms for Members of the House at two years. Thus, the House ends at the conclusion of each two-year Congress and must reconstitute itself at the beginning of a new Congress. This report focuses on the floor activities of the House during its first formal session in a new Congress, and serves as a guide for participating in or watching those proceedings.
Date: August 17, 2005
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Post Hole Digger. (open access)

Post Hole Digger.

Patent for a new post hole digger that both facilitates the creation of straight sides to the hole and a mechanism to allow for easy removal of the dirt.
Date: August 17, 1916
Creator: Armstrong, John Joshua, Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sunshade Holder (open access)

Sunshade Holder

Patent for a sunshade holder. Illustration included.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Atkinson, Earl H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jar. (open access)

Jar.

Patent for a jar for thick semi-liquids such as mustard, which has a discharge spout in the side that allows the contents to be used without taking off the lid of the jar.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Barr, George T., Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pruning Implement. (open access)

Pruning Implement.

Patent for a new and improved pruner. This design "has relation to that class of pruning elements in which a concave chisel-edge is formed in the upper end of the blade and one concave jaw of a pair of pruning-shears is formed at the lower end of the blade, while a saw is attached to one side of the blade and a pivoted jaw is attached to the lower end, operating together with the lower concave edge, and it contemplates certain improvements upon the pruning implement [of an earlier patent]" (lines 19-29).
Date: August 17, 1886
Creator: Bartly, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exemptions from Environmental Law for the Department of Defense: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Exemptions from Environmental Law for the Department of Defense: Background and Issues for Congress

None
Date: August 17, 2007
Creator: Bearden, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electrical Testing Device. (open access)

Electrical Testing Device.

Patent for new and useful improvements in electrical testing devices. The invention provides references to innovative changes that allow for improved high-tension coil and armature testing.
Date: August 17, 1920
Creator: Bierbower, Richard C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Testing Device (open access)

Electrical Testing Device

Patent for a device to test electrical circuits for faults which is cheaper to manufacture, easier to use, smaller and more durable.
Date: August 17, 1920
Creator: Bierbower, Richard C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clean Air Act Amendments And The 97th Congress (open access)

Clean Air Act Amendments And The 97th Congress

This report concerns the 97th Congress reviewing proposals for substantive amendments to the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the re-authorization of the CAA.
Date: August 17, 1981
Creator: Blodgett, John E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Beer-Refrigerators. (open access)

Improvement in Beer-Refrigerators.

Patent for "an improved refrigerator for cooling lager-beer in the keg, and keep it cool for a long time with a small quantity of ice" (lines 15-18) including illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1875
Creator: Bohart, John N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Razor-Stropping Device (open access)

Razor-Stropping Device

Patent for a razor-stropping device, which straightens and polishes the razor blade.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: Bowman, Levi M. & Farmer, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Effects of Tohoku Tsunami and Fukushima Radiation on the U.S. Marine Environment (open access)

Effects of Tohoku Tsunami and Fukushima Radiation on the U.S. Marine Environment

None
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: Buck, Eugene H. & Upton, Harold F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Signal (open access)

Signal

Patent for a signal that allows trainmasters to move trains in sections. Illustration included.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Cairncross, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Why Some Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Are Not Sold Domestically (open access)

Why Some Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Are Not Sold Domestically

Report that discusses reasons why some fuel-efficient vehicles are not sold in the U.S.
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: Canis, Bill
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Biological Survey of Colorado (open access)

A Biological Survey of Colorado

From introduction: "Report based chiefly on the field work prosecuted during 1905, 1906, 1907, and 1909. It is primarily a characterization of the several major distribution areas or life zones."
Date: August 17, 1911
Creator: Cary, Merritt
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Machines for Washing Photographs (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Washing Photographs

Patent for "a new and improved apparatus for washing photographic prints after fixing, for the purpose of removing the double hyposulphite of soda and silver formed in the body of the paper during the process of fixing" (lines 6-11).
Date: August 17, 1875
Creator: Caylor, J. L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heating Apparatus. (open access)

Heating Apparatus.

Patent for a heating apparatus that heats and dries sand or other abrasive materials. A furnace or heating member is attached to a receptacle, which heats and dries the materials. Materials are drawn out via a suction pipe.
Date: August 17, 1920
Creator: Cleveland, David P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Excavators (open access)

Improvement in Excavators

Patent for "an improvement in excavating and dredging machines" (lines 12-13).
Date: August 17, 1875
Creator: Cole, Thomas Z.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Powering Africa: Challenges of and U.S. Aid for Electrification in Africa (open access)

Powering Africa: Challenges of and U.S. Aid for Electrification in Africa

This report discusses the Power Africa initiative; policy problems and challenges related to power sector development in Africa; long-term perspectives on energy poverty, need, and future development; and raises some possible oversight questions and issues for Congress.
Date: August 17, 2015
Creator: Cook, Nicolas; Campbell, Richard J.; Brown, Phillip & Ratner, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Railroad Joint (open access)

Railroad Joint

Patent for a railroad joint. Illustration included.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Coupland, David B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Corn-Shellers. (open access)

Improvements in Corn-Shellers.

Patent for an improved "Combined Corn Husker, Sheller, and Cleaner" (lines 4-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1875
Creator: Creekmore, Hiram C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History