[Memorandum of Meeting: Ellington Field Air Guard Station, Texas, July 25, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Ellington Field Air Guard Station, Texas, July 25, 2005]

Attachments to July 25, 2005 Memorandum of Meeting with representatives from Ellington Field Task Force consisting of 8 point papers prepared for the 2005 BRAC Commission.
Date: July 25, 2005
Creator: Ellington Field Task Force
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Ellington Field Air Guard Station, Texas, July 25, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Ellington Field Air Guard Station, Texas, July 25, 2005]

Memorandum of Meeting with representatives from Ellington Field Task Force. Purpose of meeting was for the community representatives from Ellington Field Task Force to share information with the BRAC Commission representatives regarding their concerns about the proposed realignment of the 147th Fighter Wing Air Guard Station.
Date: July 25, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broaching-Press (open access)

Broaching-Press

Patent for a device used with metal-working machines that provides more efficient finishing.
Date: December 25, 1900
Creator: Baker, Jason A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy. (open access)

Canopy.

Patent for a canopy for beds and sofas to keep out insects.
Date: February 25, 1908
Creator: Swanwick, Harry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clutch and Transmission Mechanism (open access)

Clutch and Transmission Mechanism

Patent for a clutch and transmission mechanism to be used for automobiles. Illustrations included.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Carpenter, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clutch and Transmission Mechanism (open access)

Clutch and Transmission Mechanism

Patent for a clutch and transmission mechanism for automobiles which strengthens the load bearing of the clutch and allows greater flexibility in changing the load.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Carpenter, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester. (open access)

Cotton-Harvester.

Patent for a cotton-harvester meant to pick the ripe cotton but leaves the plants or unripe cotton and to improve the construction of cotton-harvesters.
Date: February 25, 1896
Creator: Pickering, Charles H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Wheel. (open access)

Car Wheel.

Patent for a new and improved car wheel. This design "consists in the combination, with a railroad-car axle having wheel-bearings of equal diameter throughout their whole lengths, of wheels the peripheries of which are provided with central flanges dividing each into two treads, the said wheels adapted to be pressed on the said bearings aforesaid, and to be removed therefrom, reversed, and again pressed thereon whenever the wear of the first tread shall render the same necessary" (lines 12-21).
Date: March 25, 1884
Creator: Melvin, Josiah W. & Clute, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-481 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-481

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Harris County may prohibit a tow truck from having auxiliary stop and tail lamps in or under the factory-mounted light bar, and related question.
Date: March 25, 2002
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LA-15 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LA-15

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification;The Constitutionality of Senate Bill 499 relating to the Crosby Municipal Utility District of Harris County,Texas.
Date: April 25, 1973
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1122 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1122

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Proper method of acquisition by the Highway Department of parcels of land for highway purposes when such land was heretofore by tax sale conveyed to the State upon foreclosure of tax liens held by the State, City of Houston and Houston Independent School District and related questions.
Date: August 25, 1961
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel Buffer (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel Buffer

Patent for an improved construction for a vehicle-wheel buffer which eliminates deterioration of its components found in ordinary type buffer. This invention implements an anti-friction mounting which allows the buffer to rotate freely.
Date: February 25, 1915
Creator: Kettler, Martin F.; M. F. Kettler
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel. (open access)

Resilient Wheel.

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Wheels" (lines 5-6) including specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Martin F. Kettler
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane. (open access)

Aeroplane.

Patent for an improved rotary airplane engine patterned after the Gnome type with extra blades attached to the engine cylinders.
Date: March 25, 1913
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Projectile (open access)

Aerial Projectile

Patent for an aerial projectile for use as an anti-infantry bomb, dropped by planes. Specifically, it is a fragmentation bomb hand dropped from planes that will not only deliver an explosive blast and the subsequent shrapnel, but deliver such a blast as to destroy itself so it cannot be reverse engineered.
Date: September 25, 1918
Creator: Bury, Thomas J. & Bury, Oney
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Operating Budget: 2017 (open access)

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Operating Budget: 2017

Proposed budget for University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 25, 2016
Creator: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bulkhead. (open access)

Bulkhead.

Patent for bulkhead that is "adapted for use as a sea wall or quay wall" (lines 10-11).
Date: March 25, 1919
Creator: Sands, Edward E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Operating Budget: 2012 (open access)

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Operating Budget: 2012

Operating budget containing information on the proposed appropriations and expenditures of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center for fiscal year 2012.
Date: August 25, 2011
Creator: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Operating Budget: 2017 (open access)

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Operating Budget: 2017

Proposed budget for University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 25, 2016
Creator: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lee College Courier, Volume 4, Number 19, September 1995 (open access)

Lee College Courier, Volume 4, Number 19, September 1995

Newsletter of Lee College discussing news, events, and other updates.
Date: September 25, 1995
Creator: Lee College (Baytown, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gasolene-Measuring Device. (open access)

Gasolene-Measuring Device.

Patent for gasoline measuring device for improving service stations for patrons to see the amount of gasoline. Air pressure will transfer gasoline from tank into measuring device. Gasoline measuring device will be quickly delivered to patrons.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: McKallip, Jonathan C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Load-Indicator. (open access)

Load-Indicator.

Patent for a Load-Indicator for tools being used in drilling a well. The indicator gives an accurate measure of the weight upon the drill, allowing operators to adjust the weight accordingly.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Fletcher, Harold W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen Washer and Perforator. (open access)

Well-Screen Washer and Perforator.

Patent for a device that is used to wash a screen set in an oil well and perforate the pipe the screen is attached to.
Date: March 25, 1919
Creator: Wilkirson, Aaron L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Shooting Torpedo. (open access)

Well-Shooting Torpedo.

Patent for "torpedoes of the type used in "shooting" wells, the object being to provide a torpedo which will be especially useful in the removal of casings from wells" (lines 9-13), such as easier removal from dry wells. Also, modifications to the hammer are noted to ensure explosion.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Franklin, Henry L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History