Region View, Number 3.2, Summer 1996 (open access)

Region View, Number 3.2, Summer 1996

Quarterly newsletter of the Houston-Galveston Area Council discussing census data, demographics, land use, and other information about the gulf region of Texas.
Date: Summer 1996
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council. Data Services Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional View, Fall 1994 (open access)

Regional View, Fall 1994

Quarterly newsletter of the Houston-Galveston Area Council discussing census data, demographics, land use, and other information about the gulf region of Texas.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council. Data Services Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional View, Spring 1995 (open access)

Regional View, Spring 1995

Quarterly newsletter of the Houston-Galveston Area Council discussing census data, demographics, land use, and other information about the gulf region of Texas.
Date: Spring 1995
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council. Data Services Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional View, Summer 1995 (open access)

Regional View, Summer 1995

Quarterly newsletter of the Houston-Galveston Area Council discussing census data, demographics, land use, and other information about the gulf region of Texas.
Date: Summer 1995
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council. Data Services Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region View, Number 2.3, Winter 1995 (open access)

Region View, Number 2.3, Winter 1995

Quarterly newsletter of the Houston-Galveston Area Council discussing census data, demographics, land use, and other information about the gulf region of Texas.
Date: Winter 1995
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council. Data Services Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region View, Issue 3.1, Spring 1996 (open access)

Region View, Issue 3.1, Spring 1996

Quarterly newsletter of the Houston-Galveston Area Council discussing census data, demographics, land use, and other information about the gulf region of Texas.
Date: Spring 1996
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council. Data Services Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional View, Summer 1994 (open access)

Regional View, Summer 1994

Quarterly newsletter of the Houston-Galveston Area Council discussing census data, demographics, land use, and other information about the gulf region of Texas.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council. Data Services Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plates 1-3: Aeroradioactivity Map (ARMS-II), Galveston Area, Texas

Maps of four quadrants in the Galveston area surveyed as part of a radiological survey, outlining "Radioactivity levels in hundreds of counts per second normalized to 500 ft above ground." Scale 1:250,000.
Date: 1963
Creator: Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Fountain-Valve for Locomotives (open access)

Automatic Fountain-Valve for Locomotives

This patent relates to new and useful improvements in an automatic fountain valve for locomotives. The purpose of the invention is to provide a valve that will automatically close in the case of the locomotive overturning. This valve will cut off the escaping or steam from broken pipes and prevent the scalding of engine-men who may be trapped in the cab.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Yeamans, Eugence N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Mining Sulfur. (open access)

Process of Mining Sulfur.

Patent for innovations in the underground fusion or Frasch process of mining sulfur, "which comprises conducting an appropriate fusing medium [such as hot water] into the formation containing the sulfur deposit and thereby melting the sulfur" (lines 91-95). Central to the innovations is the use of a compressed gas to "eliminate or largely reduce heat losses in porous rock and exhausted sulfur regions at the higher levels of the mine where the presence of the hot water is of no benefit so far as melting sulfur is concerned" (lines 55-60).
Date: December 27, 1921
Creator: Drachenberg, August Toby
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Turbine-Motor (open access)

Turbine-Motor

Patent for improvements in the construction and use of turbine motors.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Smithey, Walter Duke
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Making Lunch-Rolls. (open access)

Machine for Making Lunch-Rolls.

Patent for a machine that makes lunch rolls. By using the machine, people (particularly street vendors) can make hamburger rolls similar to the Mexican hot tamale.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Wiseman, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tank Furnace (open access)

Tank Furnace

Patent for a tank-furnace for the purpose of an easier way to heat water. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Yaeger, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Core. (open access)

Tire-Core.

Patent for a tire core with interlocking sections that can be removed easily from built tires to reuse, including illustrations.
Date: December 21, 1920
Creator: Gillette, Walter S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ignition System for Internal-Combustion Engines. (open access)

Ignition System for Internal-Combustion Engines.

Patent for Ignition System for Internal-Combustion Engines. "This invention relates to ignition systems for internal combustion engines and comprehends the provision of a dual ignition system for multiple cylinder engines with which either battery or magneto current may be used and having only two coils, one with a vibrator for the magneto current and one without a vibrator for the battery current." (line - 2)
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Richards, Harvey B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treatment of Mined Sulfur. (open access)

Treatment of Mined Sulfur.

Patent for a method to improve the free burning properties of mined sulfur by carbonizing the oil and eliminating carbon.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Bacon, Raymond Foss, 1880-1954.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treatment of Mined Sulfur. (open access)

Treatment of Mined Sulfur.

Patent for heating sulfur under appropriate conditions in order to carbonized oil contained within, allowing stationary sulfur to burn without difficulty or interference from carbon.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Bacon, Raymond Foss, 1880-1954.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Generating and Storing Power. (open access)

Means for Generating and Storing Power.

Patent for a wind-driven power generator utilizing a wind mill style construction.
Date: June 8, 1917
Creator: Smithey, Walter D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comparison of Two Sampling Methods for Estimating Zooplankton Densities in Fish Culture Ponds (open access)

Comparison of Two Sampling Methods for Estimating Zooplankton Densities in Fish Culture Ponds

Report discussing results of a study comparing selected zooplankton population densities estimated by pooling samples - from five locations in saltwater fish culture ponds with one sample collected from a single pond location.
Date: January 1986
Creator: Colura, Robert L. & Matlock, Gary C.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land-Surface Subsidence in the Texas Coastal Region (open access)

Land-Surface Subsidence in the Texas Coastal Region

Report on the land-surface subsidence in the Texas coastal region published in agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey. Includes information on the geography and topography of 5 different subregions of the Texas coastand maps of the different areas.
Date: November 1982
Creator: Ratzlaff, Karl W.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stocking as a Management Tool For a Red Drum Fishery, A Preliminary Evaluation (open access)

Stocking as a Management Tool For a Red Drum Fishery, A Preliminary Evaluation

Report of a study conducted in St. Charles Bay and Aransas Bay to determine if stocked fish could potentially enhance native populations of red drum fishes in these waters.
Date: 1986
Creator: Matlock, Gary C.; Kemp, Robert J., Jr. & Heffernan, Thomas J.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4727, Chapter 498 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4727, Chapter 498

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of the portion of State Highway 35 in Matagorda County as the D. R. "Tom" Uher Memorial Highway.
Date: June 7, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3460, Chapter 1295 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3460, Chapter 1295

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ballot-Voting Machine (open access)

Ballot-Voting Machine

Patent for a ballot box that counts the number of votes in the box.
Date: February 17, 1914
Creator: Brown, Flora & Senez, Arthur
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History