BRICK-KILN. (open access)

BRICK-KILN.

Patent for brick-kilns to "provide means for burning bricks in a much shorter time and more effectively than is possible with usual constructions, and, further, to protect the kiln-walls against the injurious effects of heat" (lines 9-13).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Aber, Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm. (open access)

Burglar-Alarm.

Patent for a burglar alarm device that is triggered by the movement of a door or window, including illustrations.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Alderman, Joseph S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Unconventional Gas Shales: Development, Technology, and Policy Issues (open access)

Unconventional Gas Shales: Development, Technology, and Policy Issues

This report discusses the Barnett and Marcellus Shale formations, which serve to illustrate the technical and policy issues that are most likely common to developing all gas shales.
Date: October 30, 2009
Creator: Andrews, Anthony; Folger, Peter; Humphries, Marc; Copeland, Claudia; Tiemann, Mary; Meltz, Robert et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combined Protector and Irrigator For Plants (open access)

Combined Protector and Irrigator For Plants

Patent for a combined protector and irrigator that provides protection for the plant from insects and other animals, and provides proper watering from a reservoir. The contraption can be re-used and be accommodated for different size plants.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Arnold, John P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Motor (open access)

Rotary Motor

Patent for a rotary motor. Illustrations included.
Date: October 30, 1906
Creator: Atkins, Samuel M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pile Neutron Production Field Curves Calculated Using the UCRL Differential Analyzer (open access)

Pile Neutron Production Field Curves Calculated Using the UCRL Differential Analyzer

A set of 69 pile yield curves for the production of plutonium, americium, and curium isotopes in a neutron flux of 5 x 10<sup>14 cm<sup>-2 sec<sup>-1 is given. The differential analyzer of the University of California Radiation Laboratory was used in obtaining the curves. The curves are given also on log-log plots for comparison.
Date: October 30, 1953
Creator: Barrett, R. J.; Killeen, John, 1925-; Rasmussen, J. O. & Thompson, Stanley Gerald, 1912-1976
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hose-Clamp (open access)

Hose-Clamp

Patent for hose-clamp. A hose clamp designed to stay attached to a drill even when the pressure of the fluid running through it is high.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Bennett, Clarence D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190): A Bibliography (open access)

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190): A Bibliography

This report is a bibliography on the National Environmental Policy Act, that requires federal agencies to take into account the environmental impact of their policies.
Date: October 30, 1971
Creator: Bowman, Wallace D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Vacancies Act: A Legal Overview (open access)

The Vacancies Act: A Legal Overview

This report first describes how the Vacancies Act operates and outlines its scope, identifying when the Vacancies Act applies to a given office, how it is enforced, and which offices are exempt from its provisions. The report then explains who may serve as an acting officer and for how long, focusing on the limitations the Vacancies Act places on acting service. Finally, the report turns to issues of particular relevance to Congress, primarily highlighting the Vacancies Act's enforcement mechanisms.
Date: October 30, 2017
Creator: Brannon, Valerie C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
APPARATUS FOR PUMPING WATER, SAND, &c. (open access)

APPARATUS FOR PUMPING WATER, SAND, &c.

Patent for "an apparatus for emptying sandboxes of locomotives" (lines 13-14) "operated by compressed air to elevate and discharge sand, water, &c." (lines 10-11).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Butler, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: October 30, 2015 (open access)

Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: October 30, 2015

Transcript of a public teleconference held by the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF) on October 30, 2015. This hearing includes opening remarks by Chairman Sanders and a discussion by the Commission on parts of the early draft of the CECANF final report.
Date: October 30, 2015
Creator: CQ Transcriptions
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tongue-Support (open access)

Tongue-Support

Patent for "an improved tongue-support adapted to be applied to any ordinary vehicle, and combining simplicity and cheapness of manufacture with strength and effectiveness" (lines 8-12).
Date: October 30, 1888
Creator: CanterBury, Crawford R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for "a car-coupler which will be automatic in its operation in coupling the cars as they come together on the track, and at the same time to provide a positive uncoupling device which may be operated on any part of any of the cars, as well as by an engineer, when it is desired to uncouple the cars or a car from the engine" (lines 14-21).
Date: October 30, 1888
Creator: Carolan, Eugene P. & Lee, Patrick H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guadalupe Bayou Flow and Inundation Study Final Report (open access)

Guadalupe Bayou Flow and Inundation Study Final Report

Report focused on "studying environmental flow needs for Texas rivers and estuaries" (p. 1).
Date: October 30, 2015
Creator: Carothers, Richard; Hodges, Ben R. & Passalacqua, Paola
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treasury Proposes Rule that Could Deliver a 'Death Sentence" to Chinese Bank (open access)

Treasury Proposes Rule that Could Deliver a 'Death Sentence" to Chinese Bank

This report discusses the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposal to invoke the "Fifth Special Measure" on the Chinese Bank of Dandong for its alleged role in funding and and processing transactions for North Korea's weapons programs.
Date: October 30, 2017
Creator: Carpenter, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electric Light Hanger (open access)

Electric Light Hanger

Patent for an electric light hanger. Illustration included.
Date: October 30, 1906
Creator: Carter, James William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Private Health Insurance Provisions of H.R. 3962 (open access)

Private Health Insurance Provisions of H.R. 3962

This report summarizes key provisions affecting private health insurance, including provisions to raise revenues, in Division A of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, as introduced in the House of Representatives on October 29, 2009. H.R. 3962 is based on H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, which was originally introduced on July 14, 2009, and was reported separately on October 14, 2009, by three House Committees: Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means.
Date: October 30, 2009
Creator: Chaikind, Hinda; Fernandez, Bernadette; Peterson, Chris L.; Morgan, Paulette C.; Newsom, Mark & Mulvey, Janemarie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a new and improved pump. This design "consists in the combination, with a suitable base or support which rests upon the bottom of the well and is provided with cogs upon its upper surface, of a rotating cylinder and delivery-pipe, a crank-shaft journaled in the cylinder and provided with a pinion upon its outer end, a connecting-rod at its inner one, and a vertically-moving piston" (lines 13-20).
Date: October 30, 1888
Creator: Clark, Alexander Evans
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer. (open access)

Insect-Destroyer.

Patent for an insect destroyer, specifically made for the boll weevil insect. The purpose of the Insect-Destroyer is to provide a cheaper, simpler, and more convenient alternative to the existing boll weevil insect destroyers.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Clement, Auther H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Catcher. (open access)

Trolley-Catcher.

Patent for a simple and efficient trolley pole that can be "dropped to a position of safety when the trolley wheel leaves the wire, whereby the pole is prevented from coming in contact with the supports of the trolley wire, the feeders, &c." (lines 10-14). The pole is easily re-engaged.
Date: October 30, 1894
Creator: Cobb, Woodson D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Commercial Filming and Photography on Federal Lands (open access)

Commercial Filming and Photography on Federal Lands

This report discusses the requirements of commercial filming and photography in federal lands, such as national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, ranges, and other landscapes are popular locations for motion pictures and commercial photography
Date: October 30, 2013
Creator: Comay, Laura B.
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

his report presents a summary of the law. The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act that has two basic aims: to regulate intentional ocean disposal of materials, and to authorize related research.
Date: October 30, 2014
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Process of Mounting Pictures. (open access)

Process of Mounting Pictures.

Patent for the process of producing and mounting pictures at the highest quality and the lowest cost to provide "the appearance of the highest art" (lines 16-17).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Cowan, Mark L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner and Feeder (open access)

Cotton Cleaner and Feeder

Patent for an invention to feed cotton into a cleaner. Illustrations included.
Date: October 30, 1906
Creator: Crawford, Charles William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History