AF - Base Input - Air Force - Lackland Air Force Base - TX (open access)

AF - Base Input - Air Force - Lackland Air Force Base - TX

Unit Manpower Document AFNEWS
Date: July 21, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
A20 - Base Visit Trip Report - Army - Red River Army Depot - TX (open access)

A20 - Base Visit Trip Report - Army - Red River Army Depot - TX

Red River Army Depot -- located 18 miles west of Texarkana, Texas, in the northeast corner of Texas -- is one of our nation's largest defense depots in terms of people and workload with a combined population of almost 2,822 employees including tenants. The workforce on the Red River complex is drawn from throughout the Four States region -- Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
Date: July 21, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter from Congressman John R. Carter to Chairman Anthony J. Principi dtd 20 July 2005 (open access)

Letter from Congressman John R. Carter to Chairman Anthony J. Principi dtd 20 July 2005

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Congressman John R. Carter to Chairman Anthony J. Principi regarding slides for the Central Texas/ Fort Hood presentation.
Date: July 21, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter from Congressman Chet Edwards to Chairman Principi dtd 18 July 2005 (open access)

Letter from Congressman Chet Edwards to Chairman Principi dtd 18 July 2005

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Congressman Chet Edwards to Chairman Principi regarding some points about DoD recommendations for Fort Hood, Texas.
Date: July 21, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 31, Number 29, Pages 5715-5872, July 21, 2006 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 31, Number 29, Pages 5715-5872, July 21, 2006

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: July 21, 2006
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 25, Number 29, Pages 6861-7056, July 21, 2000 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 25, Number 29, Pages 6861-7056, July 21, 2000

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: July 21, 2000
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Washing-Machines.

Patent for a new improvement to washing machines.
Date: July 21, 1874
Creator: Mitchell, Daniel Chasteen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.

Patent for the improvement in cotton-bale ties, with description and illustrations.
Date: July 21, 1874
Creator: Cooper, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Producing Ammoniacal Gas. (open access)

Apparatus for Producing Ammoniacal Gas.

Patent for a new and improved refrigerator and ice machine. This design "consists in an improved construction, whereby the gas is relieved of its moisture before entering the condenser, a better apparatus is obtained, and repairs are facilitated and cheapened" (lines 12-16).
Date: July 21, 1885
Creator: Lee, Charles B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake. (open access)

Car-Brake.

Patent for improvement to train brakes by using a car brake apparatus.
Date: July 21, 1885
Creator: Sledge, Clarence Linden
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake. (open access)

Car Brake.

Patent for a new and improved brake for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination, with the brake, of an angle-lever on the end part of the car, a draw-head on the car, a lever pivoted on the same, a rod connecting the said lever with the angle-lever, a toothed locking-bar on the standard, and a pin on the lever on the standard" (lines 10-16).
Date: July 21, 1885
Creator: Daudelin, Joseph M.T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Motor. (open access)

Air Motor.

Patent for a new and improved air-motor. This design is of an "air-motor, consisting of an engine, single-acting air-pump, air-receiver, and the double-acting exhaust-pump, with the valves and connections . . . [and] the levers and segments" (lines 81-87).
Date: July 21, 1885
Creator: Koniakowsky, Alois M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Atomizer. (open access)

Atomizer.

Patent for improvements in atomizers or instruments for distributing powders or liquids in which it provided “provision for closing the exit-passage and preserve the strength of the medicated powders or fluid and permit of the carrying of the same within the body of the device without danger of spilling.” (Lines 17-21) The rubber bulb is detachable and is used as a powder-box or as a bottle for fluid. Illustration is included.
Date: July 21, 1891
Creator: Robinson, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Button. (open access)

Button.

Patent for a button that can fit in any buttonhole. It is "a bar having a button or know affixed thereto and having key-hole-slots, of a button attached to an arm having a tongue and a contracted offset portion adjacent thereto and between the same and the button carried thereby, the said tongue being of a thickness substantially the same as the width of the slot" (lines 55-62).
Date: July 21, 1896
Creator: Burroughs, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking Joints for Railway-Rail Joints. (open access)

Locking Joints for Railway-Rail Joints.

Patent for a locking device for railway-rail joints. It improves how the meeting rail ends are fastened, and prevents accidental disconnection. It is "a locking fish-plate having keyhole bolt-slots, the narrow portion of the slots having inclined sides, the inclination diminishing gradually toward the end, and double-headed bolts, one of the heads being tapered, whereby the bolt is subjected to a double wedging action" (lines 56-61). A face-plate is perforated and receives the tapered heads and securing-rivets.
Date: July 21, 1896
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Furnace. (open access)

Portable Furnace.

Patent for a furnace adapted for camping and general outdoor use. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 21, 1896
Creator: Underwood, William T. & Underwood, Leroy C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Check. (open access)

Horse-Check.

Patent for an automatic that prevents horses from starting off when left unattended. It detects when the vehicle begins moving and pulls back on the reins.
Date: July 21, 1896
Creator: Lee, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a rotary gate that has latch-posts and spring-latches at its ends. The spring-latches are designed to employ the latches. "Levers fulcrumed on the top of the gate and connected with each other, connecting-rods connecting said levers with the spring-latches, and vibratory braces rising from the sides of the gate and secured to said levers" (lines 33-37).
Date: July 21, 1896
Creator: Holder, Elisha G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Attachment. (open access)

Saw Attachment.

Patent for a handsaw attachment that gauges the depth to which one wishes to cut. It is a bar with an extended foot and clamping devices for attaching the device to the top and handle of the saw.
Date: July 21, 1896
Creator: Gowdan, Richard H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rocking-Chair Fan. (open access)

Rocking-Chair Fan.

Patent for a rocking chair fan that spins when the operator begins rocking in the chair. It easily adjusts to any model of rocking chair and is noiseless.
Date: July 21, 1896
Creator: Martyr, Leonard W. & Martyr, Ernest E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Stay. (open access)

Fence-Stay.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive fence-stay that "may be readily applied in a secure manner to horizontal fence-wires" (lines 12-13). The posts are sheets of metal, and metal T-shaped tongues hold the wires in place.
Date: July 21, 1896
Creator: Munger, Ennis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pulverizer and cultivator. (open access)

Pulverizer and cultivator.

Patent for improvement of pulverizer and cultivator, which according to the inventors, "pulverizes the soil in an improved manner, and with less expenditure in power in draft, and so that the land can be plowed close up to plants growing in rows, but which are not regularly in line with one another".
Date: July 21, 1885
Creator: Chambers, John R.; Chambers, Silas; Chambers, Asa & Davis, William Jefferson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Press. (open access)

Mattress-Press.

Patent for a new and useful mattress-press by deriving from presses that have the “toggle-joint” characteristic, in which mattresses can be made. Illustration is included.
Date: July 21, 1891
Creator: Ridley, Eugene Chilton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 20, Number 54, Pages 5321-5443, July 21, 1995 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 20, Number 54, Pages 5321-5443, July 21, 1995

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: July 21, 1995
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History