Organic Coolant Reclamation Annual Report : December 15, 1958 through December 14, 1959 (open access)

Organic Coolant Reclamation Annual Report : December 15, 1958 through December 14, 1959

Potential methods have been examined for the reclamation of high boiler arising from the degradation of polyphenol materials in use as reactor coolants and moderators. To define the chemistry of potential reclamation processes, model polyphenol compounds were used. These include biphenyl, o, m and p-terphenyl, and p-quaterphenyl. Emphasis has been on hydrocracking, redistribution (reaction with benzene), and partial reduction. Preliminary study has been made of the application these techniques to high boiler from Santowax-OM used in the OMRE. The three methods show promise but require detailed investigation to minimize carbon formation to locate optimum operating conditions,.
Date: December 23, 1959
Creator: Wineman, Robert J.; Adams, J. S.; Gudzinowicz, Benjamin J. & Scola, D. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 51, Pages 8351-8796, December 23, 2022 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 51, Pages 8351-8796, December 23, 2022

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: December 23, 2022
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steady-State Recirculated Reactor Stability and Operational Characteristics - Water and Metal Temperature Coefficients (open access)

Steady-State Recirculated Reactor Stability and Operational Characteristics - Water and Metal Temperature Coefficients

It is desirable that a reactor exhibit a self-regulating effect. If this were not true any disturbance to the reactor would result in a continual increase in the magnitude of the disturbance and the reactor would be unstable. In this investigation the reactor is considered to have two reactivity feed-backs: metal temperature and water temperature reactivity effects. These two variables through a metal temperature coefficient and water temperature coefficient determine not only the reactor stability but also determine many operational characteristics.
Date: December 23, 1959
Creator: Allen, C. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safety Aspects of Purex Plant Concentrator Operation (open access)

Safety Aspects of Purex Plant Concentrator Operation

A study was made to evaluate the possibility of an explosive reaction occurring in the Hanford Purex Plant concentrators as presently instrumented. Results revealed that the occurrence of an explosive reaction in the Purex Plant concentrators with present instrumentation is very unlikely.
Date: December 23, 1955
Creator: Shefcik, J. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automobile Bed-Rack. (open access)

Automobile Bed-Rack.

Patent for a bed rack (bed roll) located at the rear of a car so that once the car cushions have been placed to form a mattress, the bed roll can be unwound to stretch and cover the cushions providing bedding and covering.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Turner, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Axle Lubricator (open access)

Car Axle Lubricator

Patent for Car Axle Lubricator created with the specific intent of better lubricating the journals and bearings of car axles to prevent overheating with less waste of oil.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Urbieta, Jose M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aircraft Propelling and Manipulating (open access)

Aircraft Propelling and Manipulating

Patent for air craft propelling systems for improvements in control of the aircraft by way of a "universal connection" (Lines 13-14) which makes for easier manipulation of the craft and aids in the prevention of air disasters.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Schelb, Peter J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waterproofing Composition and Process of Making the Same. (open access)

Waterproofing Composition and Process of Making the Same.

Patent for a new and useful improvement to a soluble composition that when applied to fabrics as a fluid, allows for making it waterproof and also fabric preservation.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Mayer, Max B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Attachment. (open access)

Windmill Attachment.

Patent for an attachment for hand or windmill pumps in order to reduce stress of upward and load moving strokes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Bertrand, Rabb A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improving Oils. (open access)

Improving Oils.

Patent for a method of improving the quality of more volatile petroleum oils, such as gasoline and burning oils.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: McAfee, Almer M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traffic-Signal. (open access)

Traffic-Signal.

Patent for a traffic signal that provides a way for automobiles to notify other vehicles that the operator is about to make a turn or bring his vehicle a stop, with illustrations.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Tillery, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap (open access)

Trap

Patent for a bird-catching trap that has an entrance that is always open but prevents exit; also includes a device that keeps the bait visible but never attainable
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Mayse, Henry F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Storage-Rack. (open access)

Storage-Rack.

Patent for a mounted storage rack for automobiles that can be folded onto the running board. The rack may be shortened or lengthened for running boards of different lengths, or to provide a storage space of a given length.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Turner, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foundation and Housing for Railway or Other Signal Apparatus (open access)

Foundation and Housing for Railway or Other Signal Apparatus

Patent for improved design of railway signaling devices by combining two housing units into one unit that can be buried in the ground. The buried box will then be the foundation for the signal apparatus.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Campbell, John Logan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring-Drill. (open access)

Rotary Boring-Drill.

Patent for a rotary boring drill that will "provide a cutting surface for the cutter" (lines 20-21) for drilling wells, particularly "roller cutters of the cone type used in drilling rock of other hard formation." (lines 13-15)
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal Apparatus. (open access)

Signal Apparatus.

Patent for new and useful improvements to the Signal Apparatus of motor vehicles.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Wetter, Ralph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Instrument. (open access)

Dental Instrument.

Patent for an improved dental instrument with a pointer and plunger combination to precisely locate the opening of the root canal and fill it effectively. The simple construction with few parts efficiently produces a compact tool with low production costs.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Payne, David H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preliminary report on geologic reconnaissance in Ralston Creek-Golden Gate Canyon areas, Jefferson County, Colorado (open access)

Preliminary report on geologic reconnaissance in Ralston Creek-Golden Gate Canyon areas, Jefferson County, Colorado

Determining the major structural features of the area, and the relation between the uranium mineralization along Golden Gate canyon and that of Ralston Creek.
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Riley, Thomas H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Preventable Disease News, Volume 49, Number 51, December 23, 1989 (open access)

Texas Preventable Disease News, Volume 49, Number 51, December 23, 1989

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: December 23, 1989
Creator: Texas. Bureau of Disease Control and Epidemiology.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1095 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1095

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of a notary public to withhold or redact certain information from copies of entries in a notary public record book (RQ-1209-GA).
Date: December 23, 2014
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1096 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1096

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether municipalities must meet the population requirement in section 43.121 of the Local Government Code to annex property under section 43.129 (RQ-1210-GA).
Date: December 23, 2014
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lacasa Area, Ranger District North-Central Texas (open access)

The Lacasa Area, Ranger District North-Central Texas

This document reports the economic geology of the Lacasa area, Ranger district in North-Central Texas, with fieldwork done in April and May of 1919.
Date: December 23, 1921
Creator: Ross, Clarence S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending December 19, 1987 (open access)

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending December 19, 1987

Weekly report of the Texas Agricultural Statistics Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending November 14 to the week ending December 19, during 1986 and 1987 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date: December 23, 1987
Creator: Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Disease Prevention News, Volume 62, Number 26, December 2002 (open access)

Texas Disease Prevention News, Volume 62, Number 26, December 2002

Newsletter of the Texas Department of Health discussing the news, activities, and events of the organization and other information related to health in Texas. This issue includes the annual index for 2002.
Date: December 23, 2002
Creator: Texas. Department of Health.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History