An Archaeological Survey of Proposed Water Pipeline Route Improvements and Deep Well Location for the Cross Country Water Supply Corporation (open access)

An Archaeological Survey of Proposed Water Pipeline Route Improvements and Deep Well Location for the Cross Country Water Supply Corporation

Archaeological survey results of proposed water pipeline improvements for the Cross County Water Supply Corporation in McLennen and Bosque County, Texas.
Date: August 6, 2007
Creator: AR Consultants
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nanotechnology-Based System for Damage-Resistant Concrete Pavements (open access)

Nanotechnology-Based System for Damage-Resistant Concrete Pavements

This report's focus was to explore the use of nanotechnology-based nanofilaments, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanofibers (CNFs), as reinforcement for improving the mechanical properties of Portland cement paste and creating multifunctional and sensing concrete. (p. 1).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder. (open access)

Copy Holder.

Patent for a new and improved copy-holder. This design "is [for] an improved copy-holder intended especially for holding deeds when being transcribed to the records, and seeks to provide a simple, inexpensive construction by which the deed may be held and to and from which the deed or other paper may be adjusted without difficulty, such construction serving also to mark or indicate the particular line of the paper being copied" (lines 7-15).
Date: August 2, 1887
Creator: Adair, Irvine James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator.

Patent for improvements in cotton cultivators.
Date: August 13, 1867
Creator: Adams, Jesse
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Compressor for Deep Well Pumps. (open access)

Air Compressor for Deep Well Pumps.

Patent for a new and improved air-compressor. This design "relates to improvements in air-compressing mechanism for the purpose of pumping for forcing from deep wells and performing similar work; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of a larger and smaller air-cylinder, and the combination therewith of mechanism to force the air from the larger into the smaller cylinder to increase the air-pressure in the latter" (lines 22-30).
Date: August 2, 1887
Creator: Adams, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Set (open access)

Saw-Set

Patent for a saw set. Illustrations included.
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Adams, Theodore C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a new and useful car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Adams, William Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter (open access)

Seed-Planter

Patent for a seed planter that has a revolving set of cups that are filled with seed and then planted as the seed planter crosses a field.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Adams, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for T-Stands (open access)

Attachment for T-Stands

Patent for improvement of T stands, which includes a vertical rod that makes attachment and removal easier.
Date: August 2, 1921
Creator: Adamson, John Selden
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing Signal (open access)

Railway-Crossing Signal

Patent for improvements in Railway-Crossing Signals that provide both a visual and audible signal to be given at the crossing when a train is approaching.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Adleta, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 6, Number 8, August 1975 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 6, Number 8, August 1975

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: August 1975
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 7, Number 8, August 1976 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 7, Number 8, August 1976

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: August 1976
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 8, Number 7, August 1977 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 8, Number 7, August 1977

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 9, Number 8, August 1978 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 9, Number 8, August 1978

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: August 1978
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 10, Number 7, August 1979 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 10, Number 7, August 1979

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 11, Number 8, August 1980 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 11, Number 8, August 1980

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 12, Number 8, August 1981 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 12, Number 8, August 1981

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: August 1981
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 13, Number 8, August 1982 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 13, Number 8, August 1982

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: August 1982
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 14, Number 8, August 1983 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 14, Number 8, August 1983

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 15, Number 4, August 1984 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 15, Number 4, August 1984

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: August 1984
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 16, Number 5, August/September 1985 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 16, Number 5, August/September 1985

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: August 1985
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
ACTVE News, Volume 18, Number 4, August/September 1987 (open access)

ACTVE News, Volume 18, Number 4, August/September 1987

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.
Date: August 1987
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 6, Number 5, August/September 1999 (open access)

TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 6, Number 5, August/September 1999

Monthly bulletin issued to address topics related to law enforcement. This issue discusses "Family Violence Units" addressing the documented history of family violence and how to address it.
Date: August 1999
Creator: Ahmad, Janice & Mullings, Janet L.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede. (open access)

Velocipede.

Patent for a new and improved velocipede. This design "has relation to that class of velocipedes in which the rider is suspended within a large wheel impelled by a frictional contact between the inner periphery of the same and the driving wheel" (lines 8-12). With this design, "by the increased size of wheel, not only is speed gained, but the same may be propelled with greater ease over rough or smooth roads and with greater comfort to the rider, in that the jolt is less, and yet at the same time all the benefits arising from this class of exercise are obtained" (lines 27-34).
Date: August 5, 1890
Creator: Akers, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History