Investigation of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Walkways Collapse (open access)

Investigation of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Walkways Collapse

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards documenting investigations conducted on construction failures of two suspended walkways in a Kansas City hotel. It includes tables, illustrations, photographs, and other details of the investigation.
Date: May 1982
Creator: Marshall, Richard D.; Pfrang, E. O.; Leyendecker, Edgar V.; Woodward, K. A.; Reed, R. P.; Kasen, M. B. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fan Spring-Motor (open access)

Fan Spring-Motor

Patent for a portable fan spring motor.
Date: January 28, 1913
Creator: Von Hohenstein, Charles H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Public Building at Independence, MO., Report (open access)

Public Building at Independence, MO., Report

Report of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 5516 to provide for the erection of a public building at Independence, Missouri.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Game Apparatus. (open access)

Game Apparatus.

Patent for a new game apparatus that can be playing indoors or outdoors and made in both large and small sizes "in which the elements, of chance, skill, and endurance constitute important factors in the successful playing of said game." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Schuler, Joseph & Overbeck, Harry A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flood in Kansas City, Missouri and Vicinity, August 12-13, 1982 (open access)

Flood in Kansas City, Missouri and Vicinity, August 12-13, 1982

Purpose and scope: This report has been prepared to document these significant floods for future hydraulic and hydrological planning; to provide streamflow information required for orderly development of river basins where the hazard of extreme flooding exists; and to further the general hydrologic knowledge available for Missouri rivers and streams. Streamflow data in the report include peak stages and discharges, flood hydrographs, flood-crest profiles, flood volumes, and flood-frequency information. Descriptions of the storm and of the damages resulting from these floods are given.
Date: 1983
Creator: Becker, Lawrence D.; Alexander, Terry W. & Waite, Loyd A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement (open access)

City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement

From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date: 1912
Creator: Flagg, Samuel B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement to Lifting-Jacks (open access)

Improvement to Lifting-Jacks

Patent for the improvement of the lifting jack which allows the user to "lower the lifting bar by a step-by-step movement as well as to elevate the lifting bar by such a movement (lines 12-14). Includes instructions and illustration."
Date: January 12, 1915
Creator: Parker, Charles W. & Wittliff, Theodore H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating-Fastener. (open access)

Ventilating-Fastener.

Patent for an improved tuft fastening device that provides ventilation through cushion tufts to make cushions cooler to the touch, including illustrations.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Davis, Don M. & Underwood, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Collars. (open access)

Improvement in Collars.

Patent for a device improving the speed and efficiency of shirt collar fastening, as well as the securing of items such as scarves and ties, including illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1876
Creator: Mitchell, Frank G. & Saunders, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music-Indicator. (open access)

Music-Indicator.

Patent for a music indicator, which shows sheet music notations and the name of the note and major and minor chords on a device, which is placed over the keyboard of a piano to show where the different notes are for use in teaching music.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Thrash, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Glazier's Table (open access)

Glazier's Table

Patent for a table that holds window glass in place for assembly. Illustrations included.
Date: June 29, 1909
Creator: Cosby, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Bearing (open access)

Roller Bearing

Patent for improvement on roller bearings that include spaced rings and multiple rollers.
Date: November 2, 1911
Creator: Tatum, Franklin M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Hammer. (open access)

Piano-Hammer.

Patent for a piano hammer, which has a strip of striking material that can be moved over to a new section when one section wears out, to increase the life of the hammer.
Date: May 24, 1910
Creator: Young, Henry E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History