Core-Holding Mechanism for Cotton-Baling Machines. (open access)

Core-Holding Mechanism for Cotton-Baling Machines.

Patent for a core-holding mechanism for cotton-baling machines that provides "new and improved means for engaging and disengaging the core, so that it is guided vertically, and the bale is susceptible of being conveniently and rapidly removed from the machine and a core introduced for the formation of another bale" (lines 19-24).
Date: November 27, 1894
Creator: Smith, Hamilton E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Baling Machine.

Patent for an effective cotton-baling machine that improves on how cotton is compressed and fed into the rotary, that stretches the cotton to its thinnest, that improves on how the core is carried, that raises and lowers the compressor roller, that improves on the rack-and pinion mechanism, that improves on how the ends of the cotton roll are pressed, and that quickly and easily finishes each bale.
Date: November 27, 1894
Creator: Smith, Hamilton E. & Dare, Benjamin A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pay Secrecy (open access)

Pay Secrecy

This issue brief discusses pay secrecy policies that nearly half of workers nationally reported that they were either contractually forbidden or strongly discouraged from discussing their pay with their colleagues. Includes a listing of state laws that protect employees in discussing pay and compensation.
Date: June 2016
Creator: United States. Department of Labor.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indicators of Ecological Stress and Their Extent in the Population of Northeastern Lakes: A Regional-Scale Assessment (open access)

Indicators of Ecological Stress and Their Extent in the Population of Northeastern Lakes: A Regional-Scale Assessment

Article reporting findings from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) conducted on a sample of lakes in the Northeastern United States from 1991 to 1996.
Date: March 2002
Creator: Whittier, Thomas R.; Paulsen, Steven G.; Larsen, David P.; Peterson, Spencer A.; Herlihy, Alan T. & Kaufmann, Philip R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scranton Quadrangle, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey (open access)

Scranton Quadrangle, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey

Discussing the evaluation made of the Scranton Quadrangle for environments favorable for uranium
Date: November 1980
Creator: Baillieul, Thomas A.; Indelicato, Gregory J. & Penley, H. Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance for Radioactive Materials in Northeastern United States During 1952 (open access)

Reconnaissance for Radioactive Materials in Northeastern United States During 1952

The following report covers a reconnaissance for radioactive materials that was made in parts of Maine, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. It's primary objective was to examine the iron ore deposits and associated rocks in Adirondack Mountains of New York and the Highlands of New Jersey. Additionally, several deposits known or reported to contain radioactive minerals were examined to delimit their extent. However, most of the deposits examined are not significant as possible sources of radioactive elements and the data pertaining to them are summarized in tables provided.
Date: June 1953
Creator: Klemic, Harry & McKeown, Franics A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance for Radioactive Materials in Northeastern United States During 1952 (open access)

Reconnaissance for Radioactive Materials in Northeastern United States During 1952

Report discussing reconnaissance for radioactive materials in parts of Maine, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania during 1952. From Abstract: "The primary objective was to examine the iron ore deposits and associated rocks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York and the Highlands of New Jersey."
Date: June 1953
Creator: McKeown, Francis A. & Klemic, Harry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Search for Radioactive Intrusive Rocks in New Jersey, New York, and New England (open access)

Search for Radioactive Intrusive Rocks in New Jersey, New York, and New England

Report discussing an investigation of intrusive igneous rocks for radioactivity in New Jersey, New York, and New England during August and September 1951. This was aimed at finding uranium contents of economic significance in these rocks and determining the geological cause for any radioactivity. Results of the investigation are given by region, and a summary is included.
Date: April 1956
Creator: Coats, Robert R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soil Defense in the Northeast (open access)

Soil Defense in the Northeast

This bulletin discusses methods of soil conservation in the northeastern United States that can prevent erosion. Soil conservation practices vary with the type of agriculture being used. In addition to general farming, conservation for dairying, orcharding, market gardening, and single-crop farming are discussed.
Date: 1938
Creator: Rule, Glenn K. (Glenn Kenton), 1893-
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Wheat Jointworm and Its Control (open access)

The Wheat Jointworm and Its Control

Revised edition. "The wheat jointworm is a very small grub which lives in stems of wheat, sucking the juices of the plant and causing a swelling in the stem. The egg from which it hatches is laid in the stem by an insect resembling a small black ant with wings. This insect attacks no other kind of plant. The injury which it does to wheat is very distinct from that caused by the Hessian fly, yet the depredations of these two insects are often confused by farmers. This paper is intended, therefore, to give a brief outline of the life history and the nature of the injury to the plant by the jointworm so that any farmer may readily recognize its work and be able to apply the measures of control herein recommended." -- p. 3-4
Date: 1918
Creator: Phillips, W. J. (William Jeter), 1879-1972
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Wheat Jointworm and Its Control (open access)

The Wheat Jointworm and Its Control

Revised edition. "The wheat jointworm is a very small grub which lives in stems of wheat, feeding on the juices of the plant and causing a slight swelling or distortion of the stem above the joint. The egg from which it hatches is laid in the stem by an insect resembling a small black ant with wings. This insect attacks wheat only. The injury which it causes to wheat is very distinct from that caused by the Hessian fly, yet the effects caused by these two insects are often confused by farmers." -- p. 1-2. This bulletin gives a brief outline of the life cycle and the nature of the injury to the plant by the jointworm so that any farmer may readily recognize its work and be able to apply the measures of control herein recommended.
Date: 1940
Creator: Phillips, W. J. (William Jeter), 1879-1972 & Poos, F. W.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Detail Survey, Reading Prong Area: Volume 1 - Narrative Report (open access)

NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Detail Survey, Reading Prong Area: Volume 1 - Narrative Report

From introduction: "This report summarizes the detailed airborne spectrometer survey performed in 1978 covering northern New Jersey and the adjacent south-eastern portion of New York State. The survey consisted of 191 traverses and 4 tie lines totaling 5,936 line miles."
Date: January 1980
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Detail Survey, Reading Prong Area: Volume 2-D. Magnetic and Ancillary Stacked Profile Data (open access)

NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Detail Survey, Reading Prong Area: Volume 2-D. Magnetic and Ancillary Stacked Profile Data

This report is the fourth in a series of maps analyzing the Reading Prong Area. The data presented in this report focuses on the magnetic and ancillary stacked profiles.
Date: January 1980
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Detail Survey, Reading Prong Area: Volume 2-E. Magnetic and Ancillary Stacked Profile Data (open access)

NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Detail Survey, Reading Prong Area: Volume 2-E. Magnetic and Ancillary Stacked Profile Data

This report is the fifth in a series of collections of maps studying the Reading Prong Area. These maps focus on the magnetic and ancillary stacked profile data.
Date: January 1980
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Detail Survey, Reading Prong Area: Volume 2-A. Maps (open access)

NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Detail Survey, Reading Prong Area: Volume 2-A. Maps

This report is a collection of maps recording the gamma-ray and magnetic detail data in the Reading Prong Area.
Date: January 1980
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Detail Survey, Reading Prong Area: Volume 2-B. Radiometric Multiple-Parameter Stacked Profiles (open access)

NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Detail Survey, Reading Prong Area: Volume 2-B. Radiometric Multiple-Parameter Stacked Profiles

This report contains radiometric multiple-parameter stacked profile data for the Reading Prong Area.
Date: January 1980
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Detail Survey, Reading Prong Area: Volume 2-C. Radiometric Multiple-Parameter Stacked Profiles (open access)

NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Detail Survey, Reading Prong Area: Volume 2-C. Radiometric Multiple-Parameter Stacked Profiles

This report is the third part in a series of collections of radiometric multiple-parameter stacked profile maps for the Reading Prong Area.
Date: January 1980
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appraisal of Water Resources in the Hackensack River Basin, New Jersey (open access)

Appraisal of Water Resources in the Hackensack River Basin, New Jersey

From introduction: The purpose of the study was to assemble data on the occurrence, movement, availability and chemical quality of ground water in the Hackensack River basin in Bergen and Hudson Counties, New Jersey; to evaluate and interpret the data; and to make the results available to the public.
Date: June 1976
Creator: Carswell, L. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scranton Quadrangle, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey: Appendix C: Uranium-Occurrence Report (open access)

Scranton Quadrangle, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey: Appendix C: Uranium-Occurrence Report

Discussing occurrences of uranium in the Scranton Quadrangle
Date: November 1980
Creator: Penley, H. Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

OK, USA: A Musical Guide Book to the States: Soldier Shows "Blueprint Special"

The last of the U.S. Army Soldier Shows "Blueprint Specials" to be published, "OK, USA" is a musical revue on the theme of U.S. soldiers returning to the United States and finding it finding it as foreign and exotic as any country overseas because they have been away and living under extreme circumstances for so long. Like the other "Blueprint Specials," this show includes a complete script (multiple copies this time); a conductor's score and complete set of instrumental parts; a sample program; set and costume designs; and detailed instructions for producing the show using whatever materials are at hand. Unlike the other "Blueprint Specials," it includes no information on the librettists, songwriters, and other staff who worked on the show.
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer (open access)

The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer

This report discusses the roundheaded apple-tree borer, an insect in the eastern and midwestern United States that, in its larval stage, destroys the bark and wood of apple trees. Several methods of control are discussed, including worming, paints and washes, and sprays.Apple-tree borers.
Date: 1915
Creator: Brooks, Fred E.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to Attract Birds in Northeastern United States (open access)

How to Attract Birds in Northeastern United States

"The means of increasing the number of birds about our homes are few and simple. They comprise adequate protection and the provision of suitable nesting places, food, and water.... This bulletin [recommends] practicable methods of attracting birds about homes [in the northeastern United States]. Especial attention will be given to the value of fruit-bearing shrubs and trees." -- title page. Protection for birds, winter feeding, water supplies, and nesting boxes and birdhouses are also discussed.
Date: 1914
Creator: McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Control of the Chestnut Bark Disease (open access)

The Control of the Chestnut Bark Disease

Report discussing the spread of the chestnut bark disease, including its causes, symptoms, modes of transmission, financial consequences, and the possible methods of controlling it.
Date: 1911
Creator: Metcalf, Haven, 1875-1940 & Collins, J. Franklin (James Franklin), b. 1863
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States (open access)

The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States

Report discussing best practices for growing winter wheat in the eastern United States. Topics discussed include soils adapted to wheat cultivation, fertilizers, seed selection and preparation, and crop rotation.
Date: 1914
Creator: Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library