Solubility and Diffusion Constants for Gases (open access)

Solubility and Diffusion Constants for Gases

The solubility constants are presented for He , Kr , Xe , O2 , N2 , and air in H20 . Inter-diffusion constants for gases and the diffusion of gases in water are given.
Date: April 9, 1945
Creator: Schlegel, Richard
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 15, Pages 2271-2510, April 09, 2021 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 15, Pages 2271-2510, April 09, 2021

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: April 9, 2021
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combine Dimmer and Adjuster for Headlights (open access)

Combine Dimmer and Adjuster for Headlights

This patent is for the improvement of illumination and more particularly relates to a combined dimmer and adjuster for headlights. The primary aim is for the improvement of dimmers on the lamps of a motor vehicle so that the dimmers might be adjusted together with respect to the lamps so that various positions of vertical and horizontal adjustment are possible and if necessary, the removal of the cover of the lamps.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Averitt, Robert W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device (open access)

Advertising Device

Patent for an advertising device meant to sit on a desk as a ruler. This device is designed to make the images on its surface appear to be suspended in air when it is lifted. It can be manufactured cheaply and is intended to be distributed for free as both a ruler and advertisement.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Glisson, Amos Adolphus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clod-Crusher (open access)

Clod-Crusher

This patent is for a clod crusher. The purpose of this patent is to make clod crushing more effective and efficient through the action of the cutting members and not by the weight of apparatus alone.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Weems, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Extracting Device (open access)

Automobile Extracting Device

Patent for an Automobile Extracting Device, which may be readily carried in compact form in one of the storage compartments of a motor vehicle, including illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Morrow, Thomas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy Projectile (open access)

Toy Projectile

Patent for toy arrows and similar projectiles "which may be safely shot or projected by children without danger of the arrow injuring any object or hurting the child" (lines 12-15). Additionally it can be used to kill flies without smashing them.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Pewther, Judson C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Can. (open access)

Oil-Can.

Patent for an oil can that provides a squirt through which oil is ejected with considerable force, illustration included.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Ellis, Water Lloyd
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Pillow. (open access)

Pneumatic Pillow.

Patent for improvements to pneumatic pillows, specifically the ventilator within the pillow.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Kelly, Ida
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Pin Point Protector (open access)

Hat-Pin Point Protector

This patent is for the device that is to be used for protecting the point of the hat pin, and the invention aims to improve the operative connection between the compartmental members which shield and grip the point of the pin.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Koch, Charles Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Apparatus for Heating Stills, Boilers, and the Like. (open access)

Electrical Apparatus for Heating Stills, Boilers, and the Like.

Patent for "Improvements in Electrical Apparatus for Heating Stills, Boilers, and the like" (lines 6-8) that uses electricity and includes "a heating element which is not affected by repeated changes in temperature, which is adapted to present a heating surface of large area, which may be raised to a high temperature with a low current, and which is many times more economical in use than metal coils possessing less heat radiating powers" (lines 21-28) including illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Lorenz, Charles O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston-Head (open access)

Piston-Head

This patent relates to piston heads particularly designed for use in connection with a hydrocarbon engine. The purpose of this invention is to provide a novel form of a ball and socket connection between the piston rod and the piston head. The said connection is designed to be durable in construction , cheap to manufacture and easily applied.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Collier, William Reid
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Valve (open access)

Flush-Valve

Patent for a valve for a general flush tank.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Cahill, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Harvester (open access)

Peanut Harvester

Patent for "new and improved peanut harvester (lines 5-7)."
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Keith, Walter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Starting Device for Internal-Combustion Motors (open access)

Safety Starting Device for Internal-Combustion Motors

Patent for the improved "Safety Starting Device for Internal-Combustion Motors (line 6-8)."
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Todd, James T. A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for cultivator with illustrations and certain improvements on the invention.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Whisenant, David A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatically-Operated Gate and Door (open access)

Automatically-Operated Gate and Door

Patent for improvements on automatically opened doors and gates for vehicular passing. The improvements will allow the automatic opening of gates and doors without human attention or interference.
Date: April 9, 1921
Creator: Brown, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Salt Wash-Bluff contact at King Tut Mesa and its importance to structure mapping (open access)

The Salt Wash-Bluff contact at King Tut Mesa and its importance to structure mapping

Discussing the importance to mapping of the Salt-Bluff contacts at King tut Mesa
Date: April 9, 1952
Creator: Masters, John A. & Clinton, N. James
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
From Isolation to Participation: A History of Disability in Texas, 1835-1999 (open access)

From Isolation to Participation: A History of Disability in Texas, 1835-1999

Text explaining and showcasing disabilities throughout the years in Texas, aiming to bring awareness and diversity. It includes a timeline of relevant events and highlights important figures in Texas history.
Date: April 9, 1999
Creator: Texas Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Turkey Poults: For Week Ending April 4, 1981 (open access)

Texas Turkey Poults: For Week Ending April 4, 1981

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on turkey poult numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending March 7 to the week ending April 4, during 1980 and 1981 for turkey eggs set and poults hatched.
Date: April 9, 1981
Creator: Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Preventable Disease News, Volume 48, Number 14, April 9, 1988 (open access)

Texas Preventable Disease News, Volume 48, Number 14, April 9, 1988

Newsletter of the Texas Bureau of Disease Control and Epidemiology discussing the news, activities, and events of the organization and other information related to health in Texas.
Date: April 9, 1988
Creator: Texas. Bureau of Disease Control and Epidemiology.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comecon and Soviet Economic Integration of Eastern Europe (open access)

Comecon and Soviet Economic Integration of Eastern Europe

This report is categorized into four category:(I) Attempted Soviet Economic Integration, (II) Economic Factory in Integration, (III) Renewed Pressures for Integration and (IV) Some Consideration.
Date: April 9, 1969
Creator: Whelan, Joseph G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending April 5,1986 (open access)

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending April 5,1986

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending March 1 to the week ending April 5, during 1985 and 1986 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date: April 9, 1986
Creator: Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Parks & Wildlife News, April 9,1993 (open access)

Texas Parks & Wildlife News, April 9,1993

Weekly newsletter discussing natural resources, parks, hunting and fishing, and other information related to the outdoors in Texas.
Date: April 9, 1993
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History