Railway-Crossing. (open access)

Railway-Crossing.

Patent for a railway crossing track, which does not jar the train's wheels as it passes over the crossing.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Adams, Powell O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indicator For Clocks or Watches (open access)

Indicator For Clocks or Watches

Patent for an improvement to clocks or watches that will display an indicator when the timepiece needs to be re-wound.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Aeschlimann, Adolph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench, which can used "as a nut wrench or a pipe wrench" (lines 18-19).
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Aeschlimann, Adolph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator, which allows cotton to be chopped earlier and to be done by one person.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Agee, Jonathan F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener. (open access)

Hame-Fastener.

Patent for a new kind of fastener for draft animal harnesses that is inexpensive and has no springs or buckles. Illustration included.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame. (open access)

Hame.

Patent for a hame of simple and inexpensive construction, including illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Anderson, Lee; Broad, Thomas & Martin, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Developments in Oil Shale (open access)

Developments in Oil Shale

None
Date: November 17, 2008
Creator: Andrews, Anthony
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Market Structure of the Health Insurance Industry (open access)

The Market Structure of the Health Insurance Industry

This report discusses whether or not the current health insurance market structure hinders the U.S. health system's ability to reach the policy goals of expanding health insurance coverage and containing health care costs. The report describes the forces that have shaped the health insurance industry. Reasons for high market concentration are discussed, along with profitability measures for the industry. Finally, options for Congress regarding the health insurance industry are analyzed.
Date: November 17, 2009
Creator: Austin, D. A. & Hungerford, Thomas L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Running-Gear for Plows. (open access)

Running-Gear for Plows.

Patent for a running gear attachment for a plow to change a walking plow to a sulky(riding) plow.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Awtrey, Leland L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Book-Holder. (open access)

Revolving Book-Holder.

Patent for a "combined desk and cabinet especially designed for students' use to obviate the scattering about of books when writing, studying, or making reference thereto" (lines 8-12). The are two rotating sections: a many-faced book-rest, and a cabinet above it where books can be stored. There is also a sliding writing-board underneath the desk.
Date: November 17, 1896
Creator: Ballart, Calvert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Ores. (open access)

Process of Treating Ores.

Patent for "an improved method of reducing gold and silver ores and recovering their metals." (Lines 10-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1896
Creator: Barbour, Thomas P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Loop-Type Liquid-Gas Separator (open access)

Loop-Type Liquid-Gas Separator

The following report is a study of the separating qualities of a loop-type separator that can obtain separation with a smaller pressure drop.
Date: November 17, 1951
Creator: Barlow, J. W.; Jones, F. H. & Reuther, R. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Fire-Kindler (open access)

Automatic Fire-Kindler

Patent for an automatic fire kindler which can be put on a timer and start a fire in a stove with a bundle of matches inserted into the device ahead of time.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Bates, Samuel F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): Issues in the U.S. Ratification Debate (open access)

The U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): Issues in the U.S. Ratification Debate

This report provides an overview of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and describes its background, objectives, and structure, including the role of the Convention's monitoring body, the CEDAW Committee. It examines U.S. policy and issues in the U.S. ratification debate, including the Convention's possible impact on U.S. sovereignty, its effectiveness in combating discrimination, and its role as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy.
Date: November 17, 2009
Creator: Blanchfield, Luisa
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pumping-Head. (open access)

Pumping-Head.

Patent for a pumping head involving two piston rods that are rigid and, if broken, can be replaced without harming the rest of the machine. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1914
Creator: Boicourt, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Irrigating Land. (open access)

Apparatus for Irrigating Land.

Patent for a new and improved irrigation machine. This design "consists in an irrigating-pipe having lapped side joints and notches in the inner edges of the lapped joints. The invention also consists in the combination, with a tank, of a trough below it, tubes projecting from the trough, and irrigating-pipes connected with the said tubes" (lines 12-18).
Date: November 17, 1885
Creator: Briggs, Elias
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator, a type of farm implement used for secondary tillage, a way of plowing or cultivating of soil, including illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1885
Creator: Brown, Peter C. & Bragg, Thomas P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Distance-Instrument (open access)

Distance-Instrument

Patent for an improvement on the Surveyor's instrument, included with illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1885
Creator: Buford, Jefferson L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Unemployment and Economic Recovery (open access)

Unemployment and Economic Recovery

This report examines the relationship between economic growth and the unemployment rate to anticipate possible future developments.
Date: November 17, 2009
Creator: Cashell, Brian W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Available Health Insurance Options (open access)

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Available Health Insurance Options

None
Date: November 17, 2004
Creator: Chaikind, Hinda Ripps
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Animal Waste and Water Quality: EPA Regulation of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) (open access)

Animal Waste and Water Quality: EPA Regulation of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)

This report provides background on the 2003 environmental rules, the previous Clean Water Act rules and the Clinton Administration proposal, and perspectives of key interest groups on the proposal and final regulations.
Date: November 17, 2008
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ocean Dumping Act: A Summary of the Law (open access)

Ocean Dumping Act: A Summary of the Law

The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (MPRSA, P.L. 92-532) has two basic aims: to regulate intentional ocean disposal of materials, and to authorize related research. This report presents a summary of the law, describing the essence of the statute.
Date: November 17, 2008
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector (open access)

Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector

This report presents an overview of the large and diverse sector of water infrastructure systems, describes security-related actions by the government and private sector since September 11, 2001, and discusses additional policy issues and responses, including congressional interest.
Date: November 17, 2008
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Infrastructure Projects Designated in EPA Appropriations: Trends and Policy Implications (open access)

Water Infrastructure Projects Designated in EPA Appropriations: Trends and Policy Implications

This report discusses appropriations for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) water infrastructure programs, focusing on congressional special project designations in the account that funds these programs. While some Members of Congress, interest groups, and Administration officials are critical of these types of congressional actions, there is little indication that the practice will cease. Information on the programmatic history of EPA involvement in assisting wastewater treatment and drinking water projects also is provided in two appendixes.
Date: November 17, 2008
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library