Atmospheric Contamination Associated with Inert-Gas-Shielded, Consumable Electrode Welding (open access)

Atmospheric Contamination Associated with Inert-Gas-Shielded, Consumable Electrode Welding

Apparent excessive concentrations of atmospheric contamination which were reported to be associated with an inert-gas-shielded consumable electrode arc wielding operation were studied to evaluate the potential health hazards. A study was made of the concentrations of metal fume and gaseous products of the operation as well as the spectrum of ultraviolet radiation. Recommendations for necessary controls were made.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Adley, F. E. & Gill, W. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Treasury Securities and the U.S. Sovereign Credit Default Swap Market (open access)

Treasury Securities and the U.S. Sovereign Credit Default Swap Market

This report explains how the sovereign credit default swap (CDS) market works and how such CDS price trends may illuminate fiscal stresses facing sovereign governments. Although CDS prices may be imperfect measures of the federal government's fiscal condition, some investors may try to glean information from those price trends. CDS prices have been playing an important role in the European government debt markets and could potentially affect U.S debt markets in the future. European policymakers have debated certain restrictions on types of sovereign CDS trading, and such calls for reform may be of interest to U.S. lawmakers.
Date: July 25, 2011
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew & Miller, Rena S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in acetylene gas generators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1899
Creator: Bateman, Talbot O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sliding-Door Mechanism. (open access)

Sliding-Door Mechanism.

Patent for a new sliding door mechanism that allows for doors to be opened and shut by a foot-operated pedal without the use of one's hands, including illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Beardon, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sheep-Shears. (open access)

Sheep-Shears.

Patent for sheep shears that have a knife that goes in a circular motion and keeps dirt out of the inner parts of the shears.
Date: July 25, 1911
Creator: Bechtol, William Scott
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Energy Policy: 113th Congress Issues (open access)

Energy Policy: 113th Congress Issues

Report that discusses the energy policy in the United States, which is focused on three major goals: assuring a secure supply of energy, keeping energy costs low, and protecting the environment.
Date: July 25, 2013
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safety-Trap. (open access)

Safety-Trap.

Patent for class of steam valve safety traps to prevent the interference of heavy particles with the flow of steam ensuring efficient working of the machine.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Bird, David R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Genocide Convention (open access)

Genocide Convention

The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide has been a matter of pending business before the Senate since its transmittal to that body in 1949. On May 21, 1985, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee recommended that the Senate give its advice and consent to ratification of the Convention subject to eight conditions: two reservations, five understandings, and one declaration. This report examines the differing opinions on whether and under what conditions the Senate should approve ratification of the Genocide Convention.
Date: July 25, 1985
Creator: Bite, Vita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combination Lock Joint or Device. (open access)

Combination Lock Joint or Device.

Patent for a combination lock joint or device for sectional poles that prevents bending of the pole and allows for sections of the pole to be easily taken on or off.
Date: July 25, 1911
Creator: Carleton, Ernest William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The President's Budget: Overview of Structure and Timing of Submission to Congress (open access)

The President's Budget: Overview of Structure and Timing of Submission to Congress

Report that contains a brief overview of the origins, deadlines, and typical content of the President's budget.
Date: July 25, 2013
Creator: Christensen, Michelle D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thill-Coupling. (open access)

Thill-Coupling.

Patent for a strong, durable, and simple thill coupling that does not need a spring connection in order to maintain a flexible connection between the thill and axle.
Date: July 25, 1893
Creator: Cobb, Woodson D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Feeders and Cleaners for Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton Feeders and Cleaners for Cotton-Gins.

Patent for "devices for feeding seed-cotton to cotton-gins, and also, for cleaning the same preparatory to ginning; and it consists of a hopper having wires extending from side to side over a revolving toothed cylinder and a concave thrasher, and being made to reciprocate on a track by pinions on the ends of the thrasher-cylinder, working in double rack-bars, one in each side of the hopper, so contrived that the pinions run them over one way and under the other, making a simple and cheap mode of obtaining the motion." (Lines 6-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1876
Creator: Colquitt, George F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resolution 36-05 (open access)

Resolution 36-05

Resolution from the council of the village of Bulter, Ohio, to the BRAC regarding the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield, Ohio. The resolution notes several reasons why the council supports the repeal of BRAC's recommendation for the wing's closure, from economic considerations to community pride and security.
Date: July 25, 2005
Creator: Council of the Village of Butler, Ohio
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Detaching Horses (open access)

Improvement in Detaching Horses

Patent for improvements for a device used to detach a horse or horses from a vehicle. Included illustration shows 3 elevation views of the detacher.
Date: July 25, 1876
Creator: Craig, John Kerr
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shielding on a 27,300 SHP Boiling Water Reactor Marine Propulsion System (open access)

Shielding on a 27,300 SHP Boiling Water Reactor Marine Propulsion System

This report summarizes the radiation and shielding analysis for a 30,000 SHP natural circulation boiling water reactor for ship propulsion. The reactor is proposed for installation in a 60,000 DWT, 18 knot tanker of the T-7 class.
Date: July 25, 1959
Creator: Craig, W. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Overview and Comparison of Senate Proposals to Extend the “Bush Tax Cuts”: S. 3412 and S. 3413 (open access)

An Overview and Comparison of Senate Proposals to Extend the “Bush Tax Cuts”: S. 3412 and S. 3413

This report provides an overview of the Bush tax cuts, followed by brief summaries of the Reid and Hatch proposals, respectively. Revenue loss estimates of certain provisions of these bills are also included, as well as a brief summary of H.R. 8. In addition, detailed summary tables comparing the Reid and Hatch proposals—to each other and to current law—are provided. Finally, this report concludes with a brief overview of the current policy debate surrounding the partial or full extension of the Bush tax cuts.
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Reform at the Department of Energy: Policy Issues and Organizational Alternatives (open access)

Intelligence Reform at the Department of Energy: Policy Issues and Organizational Alternatives

This report analyzes the temporary consolidations of the separate counterintelligence (CI) offices at the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Security Administration (NSA) into a single CI office under DOE control the first authorized by Congress at Department of Energy request; the second initiated by DOE — and examines the impact of each on the effectiveness of the Department's CI program.
Date: July 25, 2008
Creator: Cumming, Alfred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flow of Business: Typical Day on the Senate Floor (open access)

Flow of Business: Typical Day on the Senate Floor

This report discusses procedures and business that usually occur every session day, and notes certain business items that may occur less frequently. Several authorities govern the daily chamber work of the Senate: the standing rules, the "standing orders," unanimous consent agreements, precedent, and tradition. Because these authorities have different influence at certain times, no Senate session day is truly typical.
Date: July 25, 2005
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Escapement for Watches (open access)

Escapement for Watches

Patent for escapement for watches that allows connecting pieces to adjust more easily, this includes fixed jewels, palettes, levers, etc.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: De Long, Charles E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner. (open access)

Oil Burner.

Patent for a new oil burner which is designed to burn oil for fuel has a flared nozzle and can be cheaply made and repaired.
Date: July 25, 1922
Creator: Decuir, Joseph O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeder. (open access)

Seeder.

Patent for a new and useful seeder attachment for plows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1899
Creator: Dodds, Edward J. & Jackson, Tomas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
China-U.S. Relations: Chronology of Developments During the Clinton Administration (open access)

China-U.S. Relations: Chronology of Developments During the Clinton Administration

This report chronicles major developments in U.S. - China relations during the Clinton Administration, and in the 103rd through the 106th Congresses, from late 1992 to 1999.
Date: July 25, 2000
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry; Johnson, Deborah & Nugent, Patricia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Ellington Field Air Guard Station, Texas, July 25, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Ellington Field Air Guard Station, Texas, July 25, 2005]

Attachments to July 25, 2005 Memorandum of Meeting with representatives from Ellington Field Task Force consisting of 8 point papers prepared for the 2005 BRAC Commission.
Date: July 25, 2005
Creator: Ellington Field Task Force
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Detention of U.S. Persons as Enemy Belligerents (open access)

Detention of U.S. Persons as Enemy Belligerents

Report that provides a background to the detention of enemy belligerents, followed by a brief introduction to the law of war pertinent to the detention of different categories of individuals.
Date: July 25, 2013
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library