Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology: 1999 (open access)

Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology: 1999

Compilation of proceedings presented at the nineteenth annual symposium discussing sea turtle conservation and biology.
Date: September 2000
Creator: Kalb, Heather & Wibbels, Thane
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brackish Groundwater in the Gulf Coast Acquirer, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas (open access)

Brackish Groundwater in the Gulf Coast Acquirer, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Report examining the brackish groundwater in the Gulf Coast Aquifer with the goal of desalinating the water for public use.
Date: September 2014
Creator: Meyer, John E.; Croskrey, Andrea; Wise, Matthew R. & Kalaswad, Sanjeev
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Lower South Texas, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Lower South Texas, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Lower South Texas area.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence and Quality of Groundwater in the Vicinity of Brownsville, Texas (open access)

Occurrence and Quality of Groundwater in the Vicinity of Brownsville, Texas

Report on the quality and availability of ground water in Brownsville. Three potential water sources were found in the area for the city to use.
Date: September 1983
Creator: Preston, Richard D.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spike-Extractors. (open access)

Improvement in Spike-Extractors.

Patent for "an improvement in the class of nail-extractors in which a gripe or grapple formed of pendent springs or hinged jaws is employed." (lines 7-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 29, 1874
Creator: Devine, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Elevator. (open access)

Water-Elevator.

Patent for a water elevator that is composed of a band with buckets attached that goes around the structure in a circle delivering water.
Date: September 5, 1911
Creator: Thompson, James W. & Hathaway, James F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primer for Cannon. (open access)

Primer for Cannon.

Patent for a new and improved primer for cannons. This design corrects the loosening of primers in their vent-holes by way of "a spring combined with the priming tube, which spring expands to the size of the vent" (para. 3). This eliminates blowouts and premature breakage.
Date: September 14, 1880
Creator: Rodman, John Black
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protecting Shores. (open access)

Protecting Shores.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in protections for river banks and coast washing, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 27, 1898
Creator: Brooks, Samuel W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syringe. (open access)

Syringe.

Patent for a syringe that will inject or throw liquid and is piston-operated. "In its special organization the device is particularly adapted for males and treatment of diseases to which they are heir, and is light, neat, and compact, so as to be easily carried in the pocket" (lines 18-22).
Date: September 3, 1895
Creator: Putegnat, Joseph L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History