An die deutschen frauen!

Instructions to the women of Germany, urging them to provide assistance and support in the war effort. Text is in a medieval-style font.
Date: August 6, 1914
Creator: Auguste Viktoria, Empress, consort of William II, German Emperor, 1858-1921.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relative Worth of Improvements of Fabrics (open access)

Relative Worth of Improvements of Fabrics

Report presents an equation that connects all the major qualities of a fabric, from which the fabric may be rigidly designed with respect to maximum ultimate economy.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: Goodyear Tire And Rubber Company
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Explosives and Miscellaneous Investigations (open access)

Explosives and Miscellaneous Investigations

Report discussing explosives research requested by the U.S. Army and Navy and conducted by the Bureau of Mines.
Date: August 1919
Creator: Manning, Van. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Destroy the Common Barberry (open access)

Destroy the Common Barberry

Discusses the importance of eradicating the common barberry bush in order to prevent the spread of the disease black stem rust to wheat, oats, barley, rye, and wild grasses. Farmers are advised to dig up all common barberry bushes; however, Japanese barberry bushes are harmless and can remain, or farmers may even replace common barberry bushes with Japanese barberry bushes.
Date: August 1919
Creator: E. C. (Elvin Charles) Stakman, 1885-1979
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Stations of the Bureau of Mines (open access)

Experiment Stations of the Bureau of Mines

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the eleven experiment stations established near important mining fields. The work done by the stations are discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1919
Creator: Manning, Van. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Engineering Problems of the Panama Canal in Their Relation to Geology and Topography (open access)

Some Engineering Problems of the Panama Canal in Their Relation to Geology and Topography

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over issues encountered during construction of the Panama Canal. As stated in the introduction, "this report aims to discuss, from the viewpoint of the mining geologist, the bearing of topographic and geologic conditions on certain problems that arose in the construction of the Panama Canal" (p. 7). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1915
Creator: MacDonald, Donald F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on the Use of Low-Grade Fuel in Europe (open access)

Notes on the Use of Low-Grade Fuel in Europe

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of low-grade fuel use in Europe. The results of the studies are presented and discussed. This paper includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: August 1915
Creator: Fernald, R. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds (open access)

Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds

Patent for an apparatus for chilling and whitening lard compounds that produces stiffer lard.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp (open access)

Clamp

Patent for a clamp for well tubes that can be used to remove the tubes for repair.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Maxwell, Thomas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cranking Device (open access)

Cranking Device

Patent for a cranking device. Illustration included.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Christensen, Petter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Washing-Machine (open access)

Boiler Washing-Machine

Patent for a washing machine for clothes that can also be adapted to stoves or gas jets as a boiler. Illustrations included.
Date: August 22, 1911
Creator: Morton, Milo A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a crude oil burner for furnaces and ranges. Illustrations included.
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Reed, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Pump for Internal Combustion Engines (open access)

Automatic Pump for Internal Combustion Engines

Patent for an automatic pump for internal combustion engines. Illustration included.
Date: August 9, 1910
Creator: Smith, Robert W. J.; Anderson, John C. & Rowe, Robert J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a cattle guard to prevent animals from going on railroad tracks by installing plates which grate and rock if an animal steps on them to scare the animals away from the tracks.
Date: August 23, 1910
Creator: Herring, Henry H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Shackle (open access)

Buggy-Shackle

Patent for a buggy shackle which "has a spring actuated coupling pin, and means for holding the pin in uncoupled position while the thills are being attached" (lines 10-13).
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: Perry, Charles Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Brush and Currycomb (open access)

Combined Brush and Currycomb

Patent for a combined brush and currycomb for cleaning horses. Illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Sikes, Rufus N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Piano (open access)

Automatic Piano

Patent for an automatic piano that can play longer and is more compact than previous models.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Stauffer, Floyd F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn with easily removable parts.
Date: August 29, 1911
Creator: Hunter, Archie G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rake and Harrow. (open access)

Combined Rake and Harrow.

Patent for a combined rake and harrow.
Date: August 9, 1910
Creator: Ross, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Device (open access)

Amusement Device

Patent for an amusement device. Illustrations included.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Dougherty, James P. & Beeman, Mark
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cement-Block Mold. (open access)

Cement-Block Mold.

Patent for a cement block molding machine, which can produce many blocks in a short amount of time.
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: Jordan, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch Operating Mechanism (open access)

Automatic Railway-Switch Operating Mechanism

Patent for an automatic railway switch operating mechanism with improved levers and controls.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Hoffmann, Laniel F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Board-Set and Nail-Driver (open access)

Combined Board-Set and Nail-Driver

Patent for a combined board set and nail driver that allows nails to be driven into wall boards without scarring the wood.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Vaughan, Alonzo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Socket and Switch for Electric Lights (open access)

Combined Socket and Switch for Electric Lights

Patent for a combined socket and switch for electric lights that allows different bulbs of a chandelier to be turned on separately.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Bailey, Douglas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History