Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds (open access)

Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds

Patent for an apparatus for chilling and whitening lard compounds that produces stiffer lard.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Linter (open access)

Cotton-Seed Linter

Patent for an improvement "to prevent the accumulation of lint within the lint-chambers; to provide for the automatic discharge of the lint from the saw-teeth; to provide for a thorough agitation of the seed within the seed-reviews, and, finally, to provide for the delivery of the stripped seed from the machine" (lines 12-19).
Date: August 5, 1890
Creator: O'Brien, Edward J.
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
Gas Masks for Gases Met in Fighting Fires (open access)

Gas Masks for Gases Met in Fighting Fires

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the development of gas masks designed for fighting fires. The characteristics of the different types of masks in development are presented. This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1921
Creator: Fieldner, Arno Carl; Katz, Sidney H. & Kinney, Selwyne P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The HASL Bone Program 1961-1964 (open access)

The HASL Bone Program 1961-1964

Report documenting the measuring of strontium-90 levels contained in the bones of children and adults of various age brackets across the United States.
Date: August 16, 1965
Creator: Rivera, Joseph & Harley, John H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library