Oil-Converting Apparatus. (open access)

Oil-Converting Apparatus.

Patent for an apparatus that can be built at moderate cost, which will enable a high rate of commercially efficient work to reduce "the specific gravity of various grades of hyrdo-carbon oils, especially those of a semi-refined character" (lines 22 - 24).
Date: October 28, 1919
Creator: Adams, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Geologic and hydrologic research at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center, West Valley, New York: final report (open access)

Geologic and hydrologic research at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center, West Valley, New York: final report

"This report is the last in a series by the New York State Geological Survey on studies funded by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The report covers five important aspects of the geology and hydrology of the Western New York Nuclear Service Center, near West Valley, New York: geomorphology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, surface water, and radionuclide analyses. We reviewed past research on these subjects and present new data obtained in the final phase of NYSGS research at the site. Also presented are up-to-date summaries of the present knowledge of geomorphology and stratigraphy."
Date: June 1984
Creator: Albanese, J. R.; Anderson, S. L.; Fakundiny, Robert H.; Potter, S. M.; Rogers, W. B. & Whitbeck, L. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Considerations for Monitoring Water Quality of the Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York (open access)

Considerations for Monitoring Water Quality of the Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York

This report evaluates six public water-supple systems in Schenectady County to create a recommendation of how to monitor these sites. It contains maps and tables.
Date: January 1981
Creator: Allen, Ronald V. & Waller, Roger M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Process of Saturating Oils (open access)

Process of Saturating Oils

Patent for the process of saturating oils. This is a continuation of the treating and improving petroleum hydrocarbons application serial number 792615 filed 1913-09-30.
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: Almer McDuffie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flow Routing in the Susquehanna River Basin: Part III -- Routing Reservoir Releases in the Tioga and Chemung Rivers System, Pennsylvania and New York (open access)

Flow Routing in the Susquehanna River Basin: Part III -- Routing Reservoir Releases in the Tioga and Chemung Rivers System, Pennsylvania and New York

From abstract: Channel-routing models were used to route hypothetical releases from reservoirs in the upper Tioga River basin, Pennsylvania. These releases were routed northward down the Tioga River to Lindley, Erwins, and Corning, New York; combined with flows routed down the Cohocton River from Campbell to Corning, New York; and then routed southeastward down the Chemung River from Corning to Chemung, New York. The models used to route the flows of Cohocton and Chemung Rivers accounted for bank-storage discharge and streamflow depletion by well pumpage. In general, 17 years of concurrent streamflow data were available for model calibration and verification.
Date: July 1979
Creator: Ambruster, Jeffrey T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Process of Desulfurizing Oil or Distillate (open access)

Process of Desulfurizing Oil or Distillate

Patent for a process of desulfurizing oil or distillate.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Amend, Otto P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Geohydrology of the Meadowbrook Artificial-Recharge Site at East Meadow, Nassau County, New York (open access)

Geohydrology of the Meadowbrook Artificial-Recharge Site at East Meadow, Nassau County, New York

Purpose and scope: The Meadowbrook artificial-recharge project, a cooperative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Nassau County Department of Public Works (NCDPW) since 1975, is intended to demonstrate the feasibility of using reclaimed wastewater to replenish and improve the quality of Long Island's ground water. This report presents the results of geologic, hydrologic, and hydrochemical studies that were done at the Meadowbrook artificial-recharge site to define conditions prevailing before the start of recharge operations.
Date: 1983
Creator: Aronson, David A.; Lindner, Juli B. & Katz, Brian G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mine Pumping Plants: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania (open access)

Mine Pumping Plants: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania

From Summary: "To obtain a reliable picture of the anthracite-mine-water problem and to solve that problem, it is necessary to have factual data on the volume and the quality and character of mine water handled by pumping plants in the anthracite region, as well as kinds of pumps utilized and problems concerning their operation. The main conclusion that be drawn from an investigation of drainage practices in the anthracite region is that, although efficient pumping layouts, tunnels for draining active mines, and large-scale surface-drainage facilities for keeping water out of mines are in use, the anthracite industry still is threatened with curtailment, to a major degree, and premature extinction because of the encroachment of water, unless remedial action is undertaken in the vary near future by all interests concerned."
Date: 1953
Creator: Ash, S. H. (Simon Harry), b. 1889; Hower, C. S.; Kennedy, D. O. & Lesser, W. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farmers' Reading Courses (open access)

Farmers' Reading Courses

Report discussing the main features of the farmers' reading courses that have become popular in several states through agricultural colleges and experiment stations. The reading courses are designed to provide farmers with a systematic approach to their work through the study of a scientifically sound and accessible textbook curriculum.
Date: 1900
Creator: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scranton Quadrangle, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey (open access)

Scranton Quadrangle, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey

Discussing the evaluation made of the Scranton Quadrangle for environments favorable for uranium
Date: November 1980
Creator: Baillieul, Thomas A.; Indelicato, Gregory J. & Penley, H. Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metallurgical Coke (open access)

Metallurgical Coke

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies on metallurgical coke. As stated in the introduction, "in this paper the attempt is made to summarize the history of coke making in the United States, to indicate the development of different methods and the modern types of ovens, and to point out the composition and physical properties of the metallurgical cokes produced in this country" (p. 5). This paper includes tables, illustrations, photographs, and a map.
Date: September 1913
Creator: Belden, A. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sanitary Engineering Aspects of Long-Range Fallout from Nuclear Detonations (open access)

Sanitary Engineering Aspects of Long-Range Fallout from Nuclear Detonations

From abstract: Results of a study of the sanitary engineering aspects of fallout from nuclear weapons are reported. Data were obtained from: a. Weekly surface water samples from 22 stations on streams and reservoirs in Eastern Massachusetts, collected from March, 1952 to July, 1953, and assayed for radioactivity. b. Weekly rain samples from March to July, 1953. c. Stream mud and soil samples collected before and after a large fallout. d. Results of fallout activity measurements by others based on samples from Massachusetts and the vicinity of Rochester, New York. Plots are presented showing the relations of the radiological data to the timing of detonations and the daily precipitation and showing daily deposition of activity and concentration in runoff. Runoff coefficients for fallout radioactivity are calculated.
Date: 1955
Creator: Bell, Carlos G., Jr.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flow Routing in the Susquehanna River Basin: Part II - Low-Flow Frequency Characteristics of the Susquehanna River Between Waverly, New York and Sunbury, Pennsylvania (open access)

Flow Routing in the Susquehanna River Basin: Part II - Low-Flow Frequency Characteristics of the Susquehanna River Between Waverly, New York and Sunbury, Pennsylvania

From introduction: The primary objective of this study, second in the series, is the development, calibration, and verification of flow-routing models for the Susquehanna River from Waverly, New York, to Sunbury, Pennsylvania. These models will permit SRBC to estimate the effects of water-resource developments upstream from Waverly at six locations on the Susquehanna River. They were also used to simulate for existing conditions at two ungaged sites.
Date: June 1979
Creator: Bingham, Donald L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jack. (open access)

Jack.

Patent for a jack for lifting heavy loads on railroads, which has an automatic steady movement of the load up and down without adjusting the jack settings.
Date: August 6, 1907
Creator: Blake, David Alexander & Blake, Charles William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Propeller (open access)

Propeller

Patent for a boat propeller that does not create a vacuum behind it and is more efficient than other propellers.
Date: July 23, 1912
Creator: Blake, David H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aquatic Disposal Field Investigations, Eatons Neck Disposal Site, Long Island Sound: Appendix A (open access)

Aquatic Disposal Field Investigations, Eatons Neck Disposal Site, Long Island Sound: Appendix A

Appendix containing navigation calculations and the the design specifications for buoys to be used in experimental observations at Eatons Neck. It accompanies a report on the investigation of the hydraulic regime and the physical characteristics of bottom sedimentation as part of a study to investigate the effects of disposal sites on organisms and the quality of surrounding water.
Date: September 1977
Creator: Bokuniewicz, Henry J.; Dowling, Michael; Gebert, Jeffrey A.; Gordon, Robert; Kaminsky, Peter; Pilbeam, Carol et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aquatic Disposal Field Investigations, Eatons Neck Disposal Site, Long Island Sound: Appendix A (open access)

Aquatic Disposal Field Investigations, Eatons Neck Disposal Site, Long Island Sound: Appendix A

This report follows the study of the sedimentary and hydraulic processes in Long Island Sound near Green Ledge, Connecticut, and Eaton's Neck, New York with the intention of investigating was to evaluate the effects of aquatic disposal of dredged material on organisms and water quality, including the significance of physical, chemical, and biological factors that influence the rate of disposal site recolonization by benthic animals.
Date: September 1977
Creator: Bokuniewicz, Henry J.; Dowling, Michael; Gebert, Jeffrey A.; Gordon, Robert; Kaminsky, Peter; Pilbeam, Carol et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aquatic Disposal Field Investigations, Eatons Neck Disposal Site, Long Island Sound: Appendix B (open access)

Aquatic Disposal Field Investigations, Eatons Neck Disposal Site, Long Island Sound: Appendix B

Appendix containing black and white reflection-profile photos. It accompanies a report on the investigation of the hydraulic regime and the physical characteristics of bottom sedimentation as part of a study to investigate the effects of disposal sites on organisms and the quality of surrounding water.
Date: September 1977
Creator: Bokuniewicz, Henry J.; Dowling, Michael; Gebert, Jeffrey A.; Gordon, Robert; Kaminsky, Peter; Pilbeam, Carol et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aquatic Disposal Field Investigations, Eatons Neck Disposal Site, Long Island Sound: Appendix C (open access)

Aquatic Disposal Field Investigations, Eatons Neck Disposal Site, Long Island Sound: Appendix C

Appendix containing test results of core and grab sample data from Eatons Neck. It accompanies a report on the investigation of the hydraulic regime and the physical characteristics of bottom sedimentation as part of a study to investigate the effects of disposal sites on organisms and the quality of surrounding water.
Date: September 1977
Creator: Bokuniewicz, Henry J.; Dowling, Michael; Gebert, Jeffrey A.; Gordon, Robert; Kaminsky, Peter; Pilbeam, Carol et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aquatic Disposal Field Investigations, Eatons Neck Disposal Site, Long Island Sound: Appendix D (open access)

Aquatic Disposal Field Investigations, Eatons Neck Disposal Site, Long Island Sound: Appendix D

Appendix containing profile camera photos to accompany a report on the investigation of the hydraulic regime and the physical characteristics of bottom sedimentation as part of a study to investigate the effects of disposal sites on organisms and the quality of surrounding water.
Date: September 1977
Creator: Bokuniewicz, Henry J.; Dowling, Michael; Gebert, Jeffrey A.; Gordon, Robert; Kaminsky, Peter; Pilbeam, Carol et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aquatic Disposal Field Investigations, Eatons Neck Disposal Site, Long Island Sound: Appendix E (open access)

Aquatic Disposal Field Investigations, Eatons Neck Disposal Site, Long Island Sound: Appendix E

Appendix containing black and white photos of flora and fauna at the bottom of Eatons Neck site to accompany a report on the investigation of the hydraulic regime and the physical characteristics of bottom sedimentation as part of a study to investigate the effects of disposal sites on organisms and the quality of surrounding water.
Date: September 1977
Creator: Bokuniewicz, Henry J.; Dowling, Michael; Gebert, Jeffrey A.; Gordon, Robert; Kaminsky, Peter; Pilbeam, Carol et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of the Fallout Protection Afforded by Brookhaven National Laboratory Medical Research Center (open access)

Evaluation of the Fallout Protection Afforded by Brookhaven National Laboratory Medical Research Center

Report regarding an experimental study to determine how much protection the Medical Research Center at Brookhaven National Laboratory provided against nuclear fallout. Fallout was simulated by pumping a sealed source of Co60 through tubing.
Date: February 1961
Creator: Borella, H.; Burson, Z. & Jacovitch, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine (open access)

Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine

Patent for a coin-operated vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Boucher, Horace E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Geologic Structure and Occurrence of Gas in Part of Southwestern New York: Part 1. Structure and Gas Possibilities of the Oriskany Sandstone in Steuben, Yates, and Parts of the Adjacent Counties (open access)

Geologic Structure and Occurrence of Gas in Part of Southwestern New York: Part 1. Structure and Gas Possibilities of the Oriskany Sandstone in Steuben, Yates, and Parts of the Adjacent Counties

From introduction: Since the discovery of the Wayne-Dundee gas field in 1930 and the more recent discovery of large quantities of gas in the Oriskany sandstone about 2 miles north of the village of Greenwood the search for similar favorable structural features has been greatly stimulated in the Finger Lakes region and southwestward to the Pennsylvania line. To aid those interested in the area to gain a clearer understanding of the regional structure and its relation to the subsurface structure, parties in charge of the senior author were assigned during the field seasons of 1934 and 1935 to make a geologic study of Steuben County and parts of the adjacent counties.
Date: 1938
Creator: Bradley, Wilmot H. & Pepper, J. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library