City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement (open access)

City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement

From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date: 1912
Creator: Flagg, Samuel B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The European Corn Borer: A Menace to the Country's Corn Crop (open access)

The European Corn Borer: A Menace to the Country's Corn Crop

"The European corn borer probably is the most injurious plant pest that has yet been introduced into this country. It is now known to be present in an area of about 320 square miles near Boston, Massachusetts. Unless repressed and restricted it may be spread throughout the country and cause serious and widespread losses to the corn crop.... To suppress this pest burn or otherwise destroy during the fall, winter, or spring all cornstalks, corn stubble, crop remnants, and stalks of garden plants, weeds, or wild grasses within the infested areas likely to harbor the overwintering borers." -- p. 2. In addition to control measures, this bulletin also explains how to identify injuries caused by the corn borer and discusses its life cycle and habits.
Date: 1919
Creator: Caffrey, D. J.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coin Controlled Machine (open access)

Coin Controlled Machine

Patent for a coin controlled machine. This invention is designed to accept coins of proper values and operation is dependent on predetermined portion of the im pressed surface of the coin. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Scheble, Eugene S. & Rast, Felix Q.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shark Deterrent and Incidental Capture Workshop April 10-11, 2008 (open access)

Shark Deterrent and Incidental Capture Workshop April 10-11, 2008

From executive summary: This report summarizes findings reported by scientists at a Shark Deterrent and Incidental Capture Workshop cosponsored by the Consortium of Wildlife Bycatch Reduction, the New England Aquarium, and NOAA PIFSC...this report is meant to evaluate methods to monitor and reduce shark bycatch.
Date: November 2008
Creator: Swimmer, Yonat; Wang, John H. & McNaughton, Lianne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survey and Examination of Continuous Water-Way from Boston, Mass., to Wilmington, N.C., Report (open access)

Survey and Examination of Continuous Water-Way from Boston, Mass., to Wilmington, N.C., Report

Report of the Committee on Commerce detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate resolution 75 authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to make a survey and examination for a continuous waterway from Boston, Massachusetts to Wilmington, North Carolina. It includes a report from the War Department on the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library