[Memorandum of Meeting: Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, June 9, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, June 9, 2005]

Memorandum of meeting with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)-Texas regarding Dyess AFB and other Texas bases.
Date: June 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Running-Gears for Wagons (open access)

Improvement in Running-Gears for Wagons

Patent for an improvement on running-gears for wagons.
Date: September 9, 1879
Creator: Gibson, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ariel Navigation (open access)

Ariel Navigation

Patent for an airplane which will maintain its balance in the air and can be easily maneuvered up and down and around in the air.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Nichols, Jack Lloyd
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a bailing press. Illustrations included.
Date: October 9, 1906
Creator: Peschel, Otto J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land Bedder And Cultivator. (open access)

Land Bedder And Cultivator.

Patent for a new and useful land bedder and cultivator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 9, 1898
Creator: Parker, Middleton N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Valve. (open access)

Engine-Valve.

Patent for an engine valve for air brake systems on trains, which governs the pressure of air released and keeps it steady.
Date: August 9, 1910
Creator: Dillander, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Hanging Apparatus. (open access)

Curtain-Hanging Apparatus.

Patent for an apparatus to hang curtains in pairs, designed in a way so that the curtains "may be simultaneously moved in opposite directions to open and close the same" and "to provide improved means for adjustably connecting each curtain to the supporting-pole, and also to provide improved means for hanging the pole" (lines 13-19), including illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Cloud, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Protector. (open access)

Knee-Protector.

Patent for a durable, sleeve-like knee protector which contours the knee for comfort and allows for easy application and removal. Includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: December 9, 1913
Creator: McCall, Dougald Bell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History