Feasibility Study of Material-Balance Assessment of Petroleum from the New Albany Shale in the Illinois Basin (open access)

Feasibility Study of Material-Balance Assessment of Petroleum from the New Albany Shale in the Illinois Basin

A report about which intends to determine the feasibility of conducting a material-balance assessment of petroleum within a sedimentary basin.
Date: 1995
Creator: Lewan, M.D.; Comer, J. B.; Hamlton-Smith, T.; Hasenmueller, N. R.; Guthrie, J. M.; Hatch, J. R. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paleomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar Results from the Grant Intrusive Breccia and Comparison to the Permian Downeys Bluff Sill—Evidence for Permian Igneous Activity at Hicks Dome, Southern Illinois Basin (open access)

Paleomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar Results from the Grant Intrusive Breccia and Comparison to the Permian Downeys Bluff Sill—Evidence for Permian Igneous Activity at Hicks Dome, Southern Illinois Basin

A report about applying 40Ar/39Ar dating methods, along with other rock techniques, to determine the age of emplacement and the cooling history of the Grant intrusive breccia at Hicks dome in Illinois.
Date: 1997
Creator: Reynolds, Richard L.; Goldhaber, Martin B. & Snee, Lawrence W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bottle-Stopper. (open access)

Bottle-Stopper.

Patent for "a bottle-stopper which shall not require any wire, cap or clamp for holding it and which shall by reason of its form and of the materials of which it is composed afford a tight joint or seal under all circumstances." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1896
Creator: Davis, Clifton H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check-Punch. (open access)

Check-Punch.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and compact check-punch that can be operated by one hand and doesn't take much power to operate. The machine consists of two movable members, "one of which carries all of the male and the other all of the female dies, said members being so related that when moved relatively to each other in one direction all the male dies move as a single member...and enter the female dies, and when moved in the opposite direction all of said male dies are withdrawn" (lines 12-20).
Date: March 17, 1896
Creator: Woodworth, Charles H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Examining the influence of tolls on commute departure and route choice behavior in the Chicago region (open access)

Examining the influence of tolls on commute departure and route choice behavior in the Chicago region

"The current study contributes toward understanding the influence of congestion pricing on commuter behavior by specifically examining what dimensions of commute travel behavior are affected as a response to congestion pricing."
Date: August 2010
Creator: Paleti, Rajesh; Bhat, Chandra R. & Eluru, Naveen
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals Hearing: April 3, 1998 (open access)

Transcript of Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals Hearing: April 3, 1998

Transcript of a public hearing held by the Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals held April 3, 1998 in Chicago, Illinois. This hearing includes testimony from judges, attorneys, and officials of the Ninth and Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on the possible restructuring of the Ninth Circuit Court. It also includes testimony from William Richman, a Professor of Law, and Peter Jon Simpson on behalf of the Christian Legal Education Association.
Date: April 3, 1998
Creator: United States. Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Illinois (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Illinois

None
Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Upper Mississippi River System: Proposals to Restore an Inland Waterway’s Ecosystem (open access)

Upper Mississippi River System: Proposals to Restore an Inland Waterway’s Ecosystem

This report explains what is meant by restoration, the Corps' restoration plan, and some of the issues in the debate over federal investment in this restoration.
Date: May 12, 2005
Creator: Powers, Kyna & Carter, Nicole T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concrete and Rock Core Tests, Major Rehabilitation of Starved Rock Lock and Dam, Illinois Waterway, Chicago District, Phase II Compliance, Scour Detection: Final Report (open access)

Concrete and Rock Core Tests, Major Rehabilitation of Starved Rock Lock and Dam, Illinois Waterway, Chicago District, Phase II Compliance, Scour Detection: Final Report

Abstract: Drilling for laboratory testing of concrete and foundation rock was carried out for the U. S. Army Engineer District, Chicago, as part of a major rehabilitation program at the Starved Rock Lock and Dam. The structures are on the Illinois Waterway. This report covers the work accomplished during the Phase II program entitled "Compliance and Scour Detection."
Date: April 1980
Creator: Stowe, Richard L. & Pavlov, Barbara A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bridge Across Rock River, Ill, Report (open access)

Bridge Across Rock River, Ill, Report

Report of the Committee on Commerce detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 6131 to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Rock River in Illinois.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Purchase of Land Adjoining Fort Sheridan, Ill., Report (open access)

Purchase of Land Adjoining Fort Sheridan, Ill., Report

Report of the Committee on Military Affairs detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 5665 for the purchase of land to use as a military post in Fort Sheridan, Illinois. It includes recommendations from the Quartermaster-General and the Secretary of War on the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zinc and Lead Deposits of Northwestern Illinois (open access)

Zinc and Lead Deposits of Northwestern Illinois

From introduction: The subject of this paper is the district of the extreme northwestern portion of Illinois, included in the upper Mississippi Valley containing zinc and lead.
Date: 1905
Creator: Bain, Harry Foster
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
What Climate Change Means for Illinois (open access)

What Climate Change Means for Illinois

Fact sheet describing state-specific impacts that global warming will have on the people, ecosystems, and wildlife in Illinois.
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Power Plan, State at a Glance: Illinois (open access)

Clean Power Plan, State at a Glance: Illinois

Document outlining state-specific goals for carbon dioxide emissions and energy efficiency through 2030 for the state of Illinois.
Date: August 3, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pay Secrecy (open access)

Pay Secrecy

This issue brief discusses pay secrecy policies that nearly half of workers nationally reported that they were either contractually forbidden or strongly discouraged from discussing their pay with their colleagues. Includes a listing of state laws that protect employees in discussing pay and compensation.
Date: June 2016
Creator: United States. Department of Labor.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plate Retaining Device (open access)

Plate Retaining Device

Patent for a license plate holder for automobiles.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Stafford, Frederick
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Broom or Brush (open access)

Broom or Brush

Patent for metal brooms or brushes that are "strong and durable, relatively light in weight, and can be inexpensively manufactured" (line 13-15). It is intended for "sweeping snow, mud, slush, and the like" (line 16-17). The patent can also be applied for smaller version of metal brooms or brushes for other purposes.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Airhart, Noah S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bucket Excavator. (open access)

Bucket Excavator.

Patent for "new and useful Improvement in Bucket Excavators, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to excavators of that kind in which a bucked is arranged to travel back and forth upon a runway which is lowered into the ground and which is adapted to determine the cross sectional outline of the ditch or excavation" (lines 5-13).
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Bettis, William I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Road-Light. (open access)

Automobile Road-Light.

Patent for an automobile road-light improvement that causes the lights of a moving vehicle to move in conformity of the vehicle itself. The device is readily attachable to automobiles of standard type.
Date: February 25, 1919
Creator: Tausch, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Airborne Gamma-Ray Spectrometer and Magnetometer Survey, Final Report: Volume 2C. Aurora Quadrangle (Illinois) (open access)

Airborne Gamma-Ray Spectrometer and Magnetometer Survey, Final Report: Volume 2C. Aurora Quadrangle (Illinois)

Volume II of a report, discussing an airborne gamma-ray spectrometer and magnetometer survey of the Aurora Quadrangle
Date: unknown
Creator: High Life Helicopters, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airborne Gamma-Ray Spectrometer and Magnetometer Survey, Final Report: Volume 2C. Decater Quadrangle (Illinois) (open access)

Airborne Gamma-Ray Spectrometer and Magnetometer Survey, Final Report: Volume 2C. Decater Quadrangle (Illinois)

Second volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Decater quadrangle including results of data interpretation, significance factor profile maps, stacked profiles, and histograms.
Date: 1981
Creator: High Life Helicopters, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of trench subsidence and stabilization at Sheffield low-level radioactive waste disposal facility : Sheffield, Illinois, final report, October 15, 1980-March 30, 1981 (open access)

Evaluation of trench subsidence and stabilization at Sheffield low-level radioactive waste disposal facility : Sheffield, Illinois, final report, October 15, 1980-March 30, 1981

"This report presents the results of the evaluation of trench subsidence and possible future stabilization techniques at the Sheffield Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility, Sheffield, Illinois."
Date: May 1981
Creator: Kahle, R. & Rowlands, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Survey: St. Louis National Topographic Map, Illinois/Missouri (open access)

Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Survey: St. Louis National Topographic Map, Illinois/Missouri

The results of analyses of the airborne gamma radiation and total magnetic field survey flown for the region identified as the St. Louis National Topographic Map NJ15-6 are presented in this report.
Date: 1981
Creator: Geodata International
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Survey: Quincy National Topographic Map, Illinois/Missouri (open access)

Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Survey: Quincy National Topographic Map, Illinois/Missouri

The results of analyses of the airborne gamma radiation and total magnetic field survey flown for the region identified as the Quincy National Topographic Map NJ15-3 are presented in this report.
Date: 1981
Creator: Geodata International
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library