Guard-Rail Clamp. (open access)

Guard-Rail Clamp.

Patent for guard rail clamps to securely clasp guard rails with the main rail with features such as spikes and braces.
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Akers, Harry R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate (open access)

Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate

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Date: March 12, 2010
Creator: Beth, Richard S.; Heitshusen, Valerie & Palmer, Betsy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Status, Trends, and Projections (open access)

Global Climate Change: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Status, Trends, and Projections

This report discusses greenhouse gas emissions and baselines in the U.S. and various aspects of future projections.
Date: March 12, 2002
Creator: Blodgett, John E. & Parker, Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Study of Low Frequency Molecular Motions in HF, KHF2, KH2F3 and NaH2F3 (open access)

Study of Low Frequency Molecular Motions in HF, KHF2, KH2F3 and NaH2F3

The spectra of KHF2, KH2F3, NaH2F3, liquid and solid HF were measured between 1200 and 30 cm-1 by the inelastic scattering of "cold neutrons" (0.005e.v.). The spectrum of KHF2 is in agreement with previous infrared measurements and shows a peak at 147 mV corresponding to a deformation frequency v2 of the F-H-F group and a broad peak at 13 mV due to a libration of this group. The observed spectra for KH2F3, NaH2F3 solid and liquid HF were compared with that for KHF2 considering the known results that the F-F distance increases, the position of the H atom between the two fluorines becomes more asymmetrical, and the strength of the hydrogen bond decreases in going from the HF2- ion to H2F3- ion to HF. In this comparison the known structure of the H2F3- ion is considered as being intermediate between that of HF2- and the zig-zag hydrogen bonded chains in solid HF. As a result, the lines observed at 112 mV and 67 mV in the H2F3- spectra and in HF respectively are associated with the deformation frequency v2 of the H-F-H group in these compounds. In addition the spectra of H2F3- ions show a peak at a 15 mV …
Date: March 12, 1963
Creator: Boutin, Henri & Safford, G. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1957 (open access)

Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1957

Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1957, activities, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: March 12, 1958
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wildfire Damages to Homes and Resources: Understanding Causes and Reducing Losses (open access)

Wildfire Damages to Homes and Resources: Understanding Causes and Reducing Losses

Wildfires are getting more severe, with more acres and houses burned and more people at risk. This results from excess biomass in the forests, due to past logging and grazing and a century of fire suppression, combined with an expanding wild land-urban interface-more people and houses in and near the forests-and climate change, exacerbating drought and insect and disease problems. This report looks at the causes of wildfires, and the pros and cons of their treatment.
Date: March 12, 2012
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Four Short Articles on Genetics of Maize (open access)

Four Short Articles on Genetics of Maize

Studies carried on since 1956 indicate that the prosaic breeding procedure of sibbing among the most perennial segregates in the hybrid of 4n maize x 4n perennial teosinte quickly restores perennialism to 50% maize tetraploids through increasing the expression of the rhizomatous habit under selection pressure. Similarly, only two generations of selection at the 75% maize level have resulted in a progressive recovery of the perennial expressive. A high degree of maize-likeness therefore appears to be compatible with the perennial expression at the 4n level.
Date: March 12, 1963
Creator: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Facilities for Schenectady Pile (open access)

Experimental Facilities for Schenectady Pile

The following report describes the use of two experimental facilities used to evaluate the Schenectady Pile. The facilities are divided into nuclear physics and chemistry experiments, and testing of pile components and materials under pile conditions. This document discusses the experiments taken place in these facilities to evaluate the pile.
Date: March 12, 1948
Creator: Brooks, Harvey
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Machine For Developing Photographic Plates (open access)

Machine For Developing Photographic Plates

Patent for a machine for developing photographic plates. Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Brown, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 108th Congress (open access)

Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 108th Congress

This report discusses policy and legislation regarding fish and marine mammals. These animals are important resources in open ocean and nearshore coastal areas. Commercial and sport fishing are jointly managed by the federal government and individual states. Many laws and regulations guide the management of these resources by federal agencies.
Date: March 12, 2004
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wire Stretching and Twisting Apparatus. (open access)

Wire Stretching and Twisting Apparatus.

Patent for a wire fence building multi-tool that includes wire stretching and twisting arms, sharpened ends for driving holes into fence posts, and a claw for removing staples from the posts.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Bunton, Samuel E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chimney-Cowl (open access)

Chimney-Cowl

Patent for low cost chimney cowl improvements to insure proper draft and prevent fires.
Date: March 12, 1918
Creator: Burch, Robert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
End Cap, Tie, and Seal for Cylindrical Cotton-Bales. (open access)

End Cap, Tie, and Seal for Cylindrical Cotton-Bales.

Patent for an end cap, tie, and seal for cylindrical cotton-bales. The cap has a flat end with cylindrical edges and a draw wire in its hem. It extends nearly to the ends of the bale, and the edges go over the ends of the bale.
Date: March 12, 1895
Creator: Campbell, Louis Wilbur
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles. (open access)

Improvement in Buckles.

Patent for an improved, multi-piece harness-buckle that is attachable without the need of sewing, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date: March 12, 1878
Creator: Carnes, William J., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating System for Vehicles. (open access)

Ventilating System for Vehicles.

Patent for a ventilation system for closed moving vehicles that is run off of the motion of the vehicle from the roadway surface or a motor and has air pipes for taking out stale air and bringing in fresh air.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Carroll, Samuel C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tritium : [bibliography] (open access)

Tritium : [bibliography]

The following memorandum is a selective bibliography of books, periodical articles, and technical reports relating to tritium with special reference to urine analysis of tritium and metabolic experiments.
Date: March 12, 1957
Creator: Cason, Maggie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trace Carrier. (open access)

Trace Carrier.

Patent for a new and improved trace carrier. This design "consists in a frame having an oblong slot . . . for the passage of the back-band, and which has the trace-hook formed as a portion of it, in combination with a pivoted triangular-shaped bar or bars, which are loosely connected to the frame, and which close in the oblong opening . . . to clamp or hold the back-band . . . to provide a buckle and back-band hook which can be attached to either a cloth or leather back-band by frictional contact . . . prevent[ing] the necessity of . . . forming tongues upon the buckles" (lines 14-30).
Date: March 12, 1889
Creator: Clark, Alexander E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Help America Vote Act and Election Administration: Overview and Issues (open access)

The Help America Vote Act and Election Administration: Overview and Issues

This report discusses the Help America Vote Act (HAVA; P.L. 107-252) enacted in 2002. It provides background information about HAVA and its provisions, the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), funding for the agency and for state programs to improve elections, and a number of enduring election administration issues.
Date: March 12, 2014
Creator: Coleman, Kevin J. & Fischer, Eric A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Infrastructure Funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (open access)

Water Infrastructure Funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

This report identifies funding for water infrastructure programs and projects contained in the legislation, including amounts in the House- and Senate-passed versions that preceded the conference agreement. Among the purposes identified in the legislation are preservation and creation of jobs and promotion of U.S. economic recovery, and investment in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits.
Date: March 12, 2009
Creator: Copeland, Claudia & Carter, Nicole T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guns, Excise Taxes, and Wildlife Restoration (open access)

Guns, Excise Taxes, and Wildlife Restoration

As a result of the recent debate over guns, gun rights, and gun-related violence, there has been a marked increase in sales of many weapons as well as ammunition. Through an excise tax on firearms and ammunition, such sales have a marked beneficial effect on funding for state wildlife programs through the Wildlife Restoration Program (also known as Pittman-Robertson or P-R). This report examines these taxes, their allocation, and their use. It also examines the effects of sequestration of this account, pursuant to the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA, P.L. 112-25).
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne & Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Obstetrical Supporter (open access)

Obstetrical Supporter

Patent for a obstetrical supporter. This invention is used as a harness consisting of stirrups. Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Crume, Francis Marion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cushioned Tire (open access)

Cushioned Tire

Patent for a cushioned tire. This invention is for tires for vehicle-wheels " to obiate the collapsing of the tire by puncturing thereof, as in pneumatic tires" (line 11-12). Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Curtis, Zenas Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Neck-Yoke or Tongue Attachment (open access)

Neck-Yoke or Tongue Attachment

Patent for a neck-yoke or tongue attachment. It is adapted for use with any "type of breast-bar, neck-yoke, or tongue and pole equipped vehicles" (lines 12-14).
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Davis, James B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cybersecurity: Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (S. 2111)—A Legal Analysis (open access)

Cybersecurity: Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (S. 2111)—A Legal Analysis

The Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (S. 2111) would enhance the criminal penalties for the cyber crimes outlawed in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Those offenses include espionage, hacking, fraud, destruction, password trafficking, and extortion committed against computers and computer networks. S. 2111 contains some of the enhancements approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee when it reported the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (S. 1151), S.Rept. 112-91 (2011).
Date: March 12, 2012
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library