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Serial/Series Title
United States Bureau of Mines Reports
6
Farmers' bulletin (United States. Dept. of Agriculture)
4
Technical paper (United States. Bureau of Mines)
2
Annual Report of Research and Technologic Work on Coal
1
Fiscal Notes
1
Information circular (United States. Bureau of Mines)
1
Mineral technology (United States. Bureau of Mines)
1
States
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Airship
Patent for a dirigible airship for aerial navigation, "to provide the balloon or gas bag with aeroplanes which serve to steady the balloon during the flight of the ship, and to increase the lifting power of the balloon when the ship is under motion, the arrangement being such as to enable said aeroplanes to be converted into a parachute, should the balloon or gas bag become deflated" (lines 20-28).
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
Keller, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pitman - Coupling.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in "pitman connections for mowing-machines an harvester"(line 10 - 11).
Date:
March 15, 1898
Creator:
Douglass, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States
Revised edition. 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:
1917
Creator:
Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sixty-Day and Kherson Oats
Report discussing the results of experiments undertaken to determine the viability of early oats in different regions of the United States since early oats typically thrive only in the Corn Belt and Great Plains regions.
Date:
1910
Creator:
Warburton, C. W. (Clyde William), 1879-1950
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries
From Introduction: "The lack of comparable and accurate statistics of coal-mine accidents in the united States as a whole led the Bureau of Mines in 1911 to undertake the collection of such data. The mining departments of the leading foreign coal-producing countries have long taken cognizance of the importance of statistics. The bureau feels that in presenting the tables embodied in this report it is offering the and comparable statistics of coal-min accidents for the country as a whole that have ever been published."
Date:
1913
Creator:
Horton, Frederick W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses
From Significance and value of Analyses of Coal: "The analyses published in this report cover samples of coal collected in many different parts of the country with unusual care by experiences men, in such manner as to make them representative of extensive beds of coal."
Date:
1913
Creator:
Lord, N. W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples
From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date:
1913
Creator:
Lord, N. W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas Coals
Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing the lignite and bituminous coal fields of Michigan, Texas, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Analyses of the varying regional coal fields are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Andrews, David A. & Huddle, John W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of Research and Technologic Work on Coal: Fiscal Year 1941
Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the annual report over the research and technology of coal during 1941. As stated in the foreword, "these investigations increase our fund of exact knowledge on the properties and composition of American coals and lead to better methods in mining, preparing, storing, and utilizing coal" (p. 4). This report includes tables, illustrations, photographs, and a map.
Date:
November 1941
Creator:
Fieldner, Arno Carl & Schmidt, L. D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gypsum Products: Their Preparation and Uses
Technical report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the different uses of gypsum. The sources and uses of gypsum are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date:
July 1917
Creator:
Stone, Ralph W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fiscal Notes: June/July 2015
Newsletter issued by the Texas Office of the Comptroller discussing news, events, statistics, and other relevant information related to business and the economy.
Date:
June 2015
Creator:
Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laundry Apparatus.
Patent for a laundry apparatus with a detachable head that can be used on any kind of support for roller washers.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
Merritt, Rex C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie for Wire Fencing.
Patent for tie for woven fencing that holds the vertical and horizontal wires firmly together and uses less wire in the tie, thereby making the ties more cost effective.
Date:
February 19, 1907
Creator:
Collar, Charles T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders.
Patent for suspenders that have the minimum number of straps, buckles, and buttons. The suspenders can be easily attached and the wearer can move freely and be comfortable while wearing them.
Date:
November 7, 1893
Creator:
Post, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Vent.
Patent for a certain new and useful pipe vent, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
Austin, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frame-Lifting Device for Disk Plows or Similar Implements.
Patent for "improvements in disk plows and similar implements, and especially to means employed for raising and lowering the frames of said plows in order to regulate the depth of the furrow" (lines 9-13).
Date:
October 30, 1900
Creator:
Hendon, Walter Preston
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Mechanism for Harvesters or Mowers.
Patent for a new and useful cutting mechanism for harvesters or mowers. This design is to "provide a ball-bearing for the cutter-bar which shall support the same so that it will not have a sliding contact with its support" (line 18 - 22).
Date:
January 18, 1898
Creator:
Douglass, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History