Pathfinder Atomic Power Plant Technical Progress Report: October 1, 1958-December 31, 1958 (open access)

Pathfinder Atomic Power Plant Technical Progress Report: October 1, 1958-December 31, 1958

Introduction: This is the fifth of a series of reports covering technical progress on the research and development program being performed in connection with the design of the Pathfinder Atomic Power Plant.
Date: April 18, 1955
Creator: Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Invalid-Bed. (open access)

Invalid-Bed.

Patent for attachment to beds for invalids. This device allows the invalid to be raised or placed in the sitting position.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Anderson, Young R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers. (open access)

Improvement in Horse-Powers.

Patent for a horse-power with a master-wheel, communicating, through a pinion, crank, and pitman.
Date: April 18, 1876
Creator: Andrews, Henry K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
European Security and Islamist Terrorism (open access)

European Security and Islamist Terrorism

This report discusses the current security climate in Europe following recent incidences of terrorism. The report also addresses potential policy responses and challenges.
Date: April 18, 2016
Creator: Archick, Kristin & Belkin, Paul
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Facilities Newsletter, March 2002. (open access)

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Facilities Newsletter, March 2002.

Monthly newsletter discussing news and activities related to the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program, articles about weather and atmospheric phenomena, and other related topics.
Date: April 18, 2002
Creator: Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Induction Coil (open access)

Induction Coil

Patent for induction coil. Illustration included.
Date: April 18, 1905
Creator: Baker, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator (open access)

Elevator

Patent for an elevator which locks itself should the hoisting cable break. Illustrations included.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Ballard, Silas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an improved, durable, and efficient car couple that can be operated from one side of the car for the safety of the operator. The draw-head is newly designed.
Date: April 18, 1893
Creator: Bishop, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tenoning-Machines (open access)

Improvement in Tenoning-Machines

Patent for an improvement in tenoning-machines, including saws, gauges, flanges, and hinged plates.
Date: April 18, 1871
Creator: Bourland, Melton S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reexamination of Agency Reporting Requirements: Annual Process Under the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA) (open access)

Reexamination of Agency Reporting Requirements: Annual Process Under the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA)

On January 4, 2011, the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA) became law. The acronym "GPRA" in the act's short title refers to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA 1993), a law that GPRAMA substantially modified. Some of GPRAMA's provisions require agencies to produce plans and reports for a variety of audiences that focus on goal-setting and performance measurement. Other provisions, by contrast, establish an annual process to reexamine the usefulness of certain reporting requirements. The report concludes by looking potential issues for Congress in two categories.
Date: April 18, 2012
Creator: Brass, Clinton T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electric-Current Controller. (open access)

Electric-Current Controller.

Patent for a new and improved electric current controller for "use in connection with incandescent electric lamps" (line 10 - 11).
Date: April 18, 1899
Creator: Breeding, James Bouldin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Scoop. (open access)

Cotton-Scoop.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive cotton scoop and is "adapted to have its tines yield to facilitate its insertion in a mass of cotton" (lines 13-14).
Date: April 18, 1893
Creator: Brown, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Legislative Branch: Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations (open access)

Legislative Branch: Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations

This report provides an overview of the FY2018 legislative branch appropriations bill and compares funding levels from previous years to FY2018.
Date: April 18, 2018
Creator: Brudnick, Ida A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combined Scraper and Fender Attachment (open access)

Combined Scraper and Fender Attachment

Patent for a scraper and fender attachment for plows. Illustrations included
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Buttrill, David B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for an improved, useful, durable, and simple pump that is powered by cattle as they walk into an enclosure. It consists of a water receiving chamber with inlet openings on one end, supporting rods, a hollow pump piston with a spout, a valve on the bottom of the pump piston, a walking beam, a bridge, hinges, angle-irons, and a counterbalances weight.
Date: April 18, 1893
Creator: Clayton, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federally Supported Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Programs (open access)

Federally Supported Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Programs

This report provides background information on the types of water supply and wastewater treatment projects traditionally funded by the federal government and the several existing programs to assist communities with water supply and wastewater recycling and treatment.
Date: April 18, 2007
Creator: Copeland, Claudia; Cody, Betsy A.; Carter, Nicole T.; Tiemann, Mary & Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Road-Grading And Ditching Machine. (open access)

Road-Grading And Ditching Machine.

Patent for a new and improved road grading and ditching machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 18, 1899
Creator: Cornett, James William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for an improved window sash fastener that will "enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use" (lines 9-11), including illustrations.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Crandell, Frederick N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber. (open access)

Shock-Absorber.

Patent for shock absorbers that are simple and can be readily used on vehicles to prevent the sudden rebounding of springs.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Crowson, Jonas Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Pot. (open access)

Coffee-Pot.

Patent for a coffee pot that has "a movable handle whereby the same may be placed on the opposite side of the pot from the spout or to one side thereof as may be preferred" (lines 18-21). It also has an acting slide or valve that keeps the spout closed when liquids are not being poured out of it.
Date: April 18, 1893
Creator: Cummings, James K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blacking-Brush (open access)

Blacking-Brush

Patent for a new and useful improvement in blacking brushes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 18, 1899
Creator: De Witt, Joseph R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ribbon Guide For Type Writers (open access)

Ribbon Guide For Type Writers

Patent for a ribbon guide for type writers. Illustration included.
Date: April 18, 1905
Creator: Dowlen, Connell H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Border-Adjusted Consumption Taxes and Exchange Rate Movements: Theory and Evidence (open access)

Border-Adjusted Consumption Taxes and Exchange Rate Movements: Theory and Evidence

This report provides a basic framework for understanding how and why exchange rates could respond to a Border-Adjusted Tax (BAT). It first describes a BAT(which does not tax exports) and uses several examples to illustrate how one works. It then summarizes the standard economic theory of how exchange rates should respond to a BAT, as well as the arguments against the theoretical predictions. Finally, this report reviews the existing literature that has empirically investigated the relationship between exchange rates and BAT systems in other countries.
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: Driessen, Grant A. & Keightley, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2006 (open access)

Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2006

Congress is required by Article I, Section 6, of the Constitution to determine its own pay. Prior to 1969, Congress did so by enacting stand-alone legislation. From 1789 through 1968, Congress raised its pay 22 times using this procedure. Congressional salaries initially were $1,500. By 1968, they had risen to $30,000. Stand-alone legislation may still be used to raise Member pay, as it was most recently in 1982, 1983, 1989, and 1991, but two other methods are now also available, an automatic annual adjustment procedure and a commission process.
Date: April 18, 2006
Creator: Dwyer, Paul E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library