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Oral History Interview with H. F. Elliot, January 4, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with H. F. Elliot, January 4, 1972

Interview with H. F. Elliot, a doctor in Aransas County from Ames, Iowa. Elliot discusses his education, the most common illnesses he treats, common diseases in the county, the patients he sees, the capabilities of different hospitals he refers them to, quarantine, hurricanes, the school system, local sports, and his involvement in the Boy Scouts.
Date: January 4, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Elliot, H. F.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hobby] (open access)

[News Script: Hobby]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Lieutenant Governor who invoked broad state powers to deal with problems caused by tropical storm Delia.
Date: September 4, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvements In Ironing-Machines (open access)

Improvements In Ironing-Machines

Patent for new and useful improvements in the ironing machine. Machine has carrying case that is mounted on wheels and allows the iron to move over garments as it straightens out wrinkles.
Date: May 4, 1875
Creator: Perrenot, George F
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caisson-Driver. (open access)

Caisson-Driver.

Patent for an improved machine that sinks caissons into gravel or mud in order to make a foundation for breakwater, jetty, bridge, or similar purpose. It applies continuous and heavy pressure to the caisson during operation, and "is provided with a jet apparatus to force the sand and mud from within the caisson and cause it to settle around the outer portion of the same, thus holding it firmly in place, and which in general enables a caisson foundation to be laid with great facility and in a substantial manner" (lines 20-26).
Date: April 4, 1893
Creator: Perrenot, Theodore F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History