Platform Treadle For Hand Cars (open access)

Platform Treadle For Hand Cars

Patent for a platform treadle for hand cars. Illustration included.
Date: October 17, 1905
Creator: Allison, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Churns and Ice-Cream Freezers. (open access)

Gearing for Churns and Ice-Cream Freezers.

Patent for a new design of an ice cream churn designed "to provide means for operating the dasher or agitator of a churn or ice cream freezer, which is capable of being swung into or out of position at the will of the operator" (lines 11-15).
Date: October 17, 1916
Creator: Armstrong, Charles John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper that attaches to a cultivator and cuts the rows of cotton evenly.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Ashlimann, Adolf E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Withdrawal from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (open access)

U.S. Withdrawal from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

This report discusses the announcement by President Trump that the U.S. was withdrawing from UNESCO due to payment arrears, organization issues, and anti-Israel bias. A brief background of U.S. involvement is provided along with previous withdrawals, ongoing tensions regarding UNESCO's actions in regard to Israel and the admittance of Palestine as a member, and possible effects of the U.S. being a nonmember observer state in UNESCO.
Date: October 17, 2017
Creator: Blanchfield, Luisa
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress (open access)

Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress

This report discusses a number of immigration reform-related issues that have seen legislative action or are of significant congressional interest.
Date: October 17, 2005
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Siskin, Alison; Nuñez-Neto, Blas; Garcia, Michael John; Viña, Stephen R. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tribal Consultation Comment Perspective (open access)

Tribal Consultation Comment Perspective

A document pertaining to Tribes of the Great Sioux Nation who put forth broad based comments/initiatives for change regarding the consultation process.
Date: October 17, 2016
Creator: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Japan Announce New Limited Trade Negotiations (open access)

U.S.-Japan Announce New Limited Trade Negotiations

This report discusses announced plans for bilateral negotiations for a trade agreement between the United States and Japan.
Date: October 17, 2018
Creator: Cimino-Isaacs, Cathleen D. & Williams, Brock R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactivity Levels of the Columbia River Below Richland, Washington for the Period April, May, June 1956 (open access)

Radioactivity Levels of the Columbia River Below Richland, Washington for the Period April, May, June 1956

In the Columbia River downstream from Richland, Washington there is a gradual decrease in concentration of radioactive isotope. At any one location there are fluctuations due to factors such as dilution and decay time. During this period at all locations the concentration of alpha particle emitters in water averaged below the detection limit. Beta particle emitters in water upstream of McNary Dam decreased slightly due to increased river flow this quarter, with averages at various locations. Downstream from McNary Dam, beta particle emitter average concentrations in water were about the same as the past three quarters.
Date: October 17, 1956
Creator: Clukey, H. V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline separator (open access)

Gasoline separator

Patent for Gasoline separator
Date: October 17, 1916
Creator: Cobb, John Olen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date: October 17, 1905
Creator: Coldiron, George Gipson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elections in States Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (open access)

Elections in States Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

None
Date: October 17, 2006
Creator: Coleman, Kevin J. & Fischer, Eric A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EU-U.S. Economic Ties: Framework, Scope, and Magnitude. October 2007 (open access)

EU-U.S. Economic Ties: Framework, Scope, and Magnitude. October 2007

This report provides background information and analysis of the U.S.-EU economic relationship.
Date: October 17, 2007
Creator: Cooper, William H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Proposed U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Provisions and Implications (open access)

The Proposed U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Provisions and Implications

This report is designed to assist Members of Congress as they consider the costs and benefits of the U.S.-South Korean Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA.) It examines the provisions of the KORUS FTA in the context of the overall U.S.-South Korean economic relationship, U.S. objectives, and South Korean objectives.
Date: October 17, 2008
Creator: Cooper, William H.; Manyin, Mark E.; Jones, Vivian C.; Cooney, Stephen; Jurenas, Remy & Siskin, Alison
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bracelet (open access)

Bracelet

Patent for a "friendship bracelet" that has the option of adding or detaching links when necessary.
Date: October 17, 1916
Creator: Cox, Morgan H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in churns, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1899
Creator: Dallin, Bruce
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for an improved cotton press: "Our invention consists of a contrivance for driving the screw, which works the follower by a worm when doing the work, and a toothed wheel when returning the follower; also, of a removable case which receives the pressed bale and carries it away on a truck to be tied, while another box takes its place to receive the next bale" (lines 8-15). Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 17, 1876
Creator: Davis, James Harvey & White, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Distributer for Gin-Feeders. (open access)

Cotton-Distributer for Gin-Feeders.

Patent for a cotton-distributor that moves cotton from a wagon or storage and evenly and quickly distributes it to multiple gin feeders in a line.
Date: October 17, 1893
Creator: Davis, Micajah R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Civil Aviation Programs: An Overview (open access)

Federal Civil Aviation Programs: An Overview

This report focuses on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) civil aviation programs addressed in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-95), enacted on February 14, 2012, which authorizes AATF taxes and revenue collections and civil aviation program expenditures through FY2015. Programs for these agencies are funded primarily through a special trust fund, the airport and airways trust fund (AATF), and, in part, through general fund contributions.
Date: October 17, 2012
Creator: Elias, Bart
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Oil-Burners (open access)

Improvement in Oil-Burners

Patent for an oil burner to be used with heating ranges, stoves, boilers, and furnaces.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Essex, Winfield S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions

This report provides responses to frequently asked questions about the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. It is intended to serve as a quick reference to provide easy access to information and data
Date: October 17, 2013
Creator: Falk, Gene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: (FERPA) A Legal Overview (open access)

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: (FERPA) A Legal Overview

None
Date: October 17, 2008
Creator: Feder, Jody
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow that has a quicker and easier way to adjust the angle and depth of the plow. Including illustrations
Date: October 17, 1916
Creator: Fehrenkamp, Elo A. & Giese, August H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Funding Issues and Activities (open access)

The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Funding Issues and Activities

None
Date: October 17, 2005
Creator: Figliola, Patricia Moloney
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Smartphone Data Encryption: A Renewed Boundary for Law Enforcement? (open access)

Smartphone Data Encryption: A Renewed Boundary for Law Enforcement?

This report briefly examines new issues for law enforcement regarding data encryption and smartphones including cyber-criminals and Apple's new privacy policy that removes the back-doors that law enforcement used to be able to use to access user data.
Date: October 17, 2014
Creator: Finklea, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library