Second Annual Report: Operation of the Muti-Stage Flash Distillation Plant, San Diego, California (open access)

Second Annual Report: Operation of the Muti-Stage Flash Distillation Plant, San Diego, California

From Introduction: "The Office of Saline Water (OSW) maintains the MSF Module at the San Diego Test Facility, Chula Vista, California, for the purpose of further advancing and developing the state of art of the multistage flash distillation process and thereby reduce the cost of seawater conversion. The MSF Module has been built and operated to obtain engineering design and operating data to serve as a basis for: a. Future process development. b. Improved full scale plant design. Improved full scale plant operating conditions."
Date: March 1971
Creator: Catalytic Construction Company
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Playing-Cards. (open access)

Playing-Cards.

Patent for a card game that aims to teach players the workings of the electoral college. There are 208 cards, divided into four types: "eagle," "star," "banner," "flag," and gathering one of each type gives the player an electoral vote. The cards feature presidential candidates of the mid-1800s.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Noonan, James Harrison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Lamp-Burner. (open access)

Safety Lamp-Burner.

Patent for a safety lamp-burner, which extinguishes itself when the lamp is tipped over.
Date: March 24, 1914
Creator: Witmond, Christopher B. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History