FSA News - Lone Star State Edition: February 2023 (open access)

FSA News - Lone Star State Edition: February 2023

Monthly newsletter from the Texas State Office of the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) discussing news and activities of the FSA, funding opportunities, and other information related to farming and agriculture in Texas.
Date: February 22, 2022
Creator: United States. Farm Service Agency. Texas State Office.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter, Volume 93, Number 1, February 1993 (open access)

Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter, Volume 93, Number 1, February 1993

Newsletter focusing on pecan disease and pest control in Texas, including prevention, identification, treatment, and educational opportunities.
Date: February 22, 1993
Creator: Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bulletin on Texas State Finance: 1993, Number 1 (open access)

Bulletin on Texas State Finance: 1993, Number 1

Periodic bulletin analyzing issues related to Texas legislation. This issue focuses on property values.
Date: February 22, 1993
Creator: Texas Research League
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development of a Welding Process for End Closures on NPR and KER Fuel Element (open access)

Development of a Welding Process for End Closures on NPR and KER Fuel Element

With the development of the zircaloy-2 clad uranium fuel element, it was necessary to develop a method of closing the end of the element after the extruded tubes were cut to the desired length. Regardless of the ultimate design of the closure, a satisfactory zircaloy-2 fusion welding technique had to be worked out. The first fully successful welding was performed with electron beam welding in a vacuum chamber. To make satisfactory welds, the electron beam welding involved time and equipment, plus undue maintenance on the equipment.
Date: February 22, 1960
Creator: Corey, T. B.; DeWitt, D. E. & Nelson, I. V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
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The design criteria are written to supply information for the preparation of a project proposal covering budget item B-2265 for Fiscal Year 1956. The function of in-line instrumentation installed shall be the rapid on-the-spot analysis of process variables for quick presentation to process operators for immediate action in process control. Alarm or safety circuits may be incorporated on the equipment.
Date: February 22, 1956
Creator: Hildreth, N. T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metallurgical Laboratory, Chemical Research - Radiation Chemistry, the Effect of Radiation on Water and Aqueous Solutions of Inorganic Substances (open access)

Metallurgical Laboratory, Chemical Research - Radiation Chemistry, the Effect of Radiation on Water and Aqueous Solutions of Inorganic Substances

Technical report summarizing our knowledge of the chemical effects of ionizing radiation upon water and upon aqueous solutions of inorganic compounds. The types of radiation considered are beta rays, gamma and X rays, and heavy particles, notably neutrons, deuterons, alpha rays and fission recoils.
Date: February 22, 1944
Creator: Allen, A. O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Apparatus For Forcing Fluid From Wells. (open access)

Apparatus For Forcing Fluid From Wells.

Patent for a narrow device to use fluid dynamics to remove certain fluids without loss of others. The apparatus is let down the well until one end is submerged before pressurized with air to seperate fluids and bring oil up to the surface of the well.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Bodungen, Charles G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clutch and Transmission Device (open access)

Clutch and Transmission Device

Patent for new and useful improvements in the development of clutch and transmission devices.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Hubbard, Adra M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bushing Extractor and Inserter (open access)

Bushing Extractor and Inserter

Patent for the creation of a manner in the method of bushing extractors and inserters.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Renfro, Leonardo E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Signal (open access)

Automobile Signal

Patent for the creation of signals to be used in conjunction with automobiles during traffic.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Ziegenbalg, Emil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stool and Table (open access)

Combined Stool and Table

Patent for a combined stool and table that can be folded and is portable for use in cars or at picnics; includes "knife, fork and spoon compartments" (line 25).
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Lewis, Charles E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Machine. (open access)

Well-Drilling Machine.

Patent for an oil well drilling machine, designed to be easy to use and inexpensive to construct.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Bradshaw, Albert Cidney
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler (open access)

Washboiler

Patent for improved Washboilers. The improvements provides a more efficient circulation of water to insure the proper cleaning of fabrics and prevent damage of the fabric.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Patterson, Thomas Allison.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston for Deep Well Pumps (open access)

Piston for Deep Well Pumps

Patent for the development of a new and improved deep well pump used for the pumping of oil.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Humason, Granville A.; Bashara, Sam F. & Barraco, Paul J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Strain Jacket for Telephone Poles (open access)

Strain Jacket for Telephone Poles

Patent for a new and useful improvement in strain jackets for telephone poles.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: McKnight, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen Fastener (open access)

Screen Fastener

Patent for the attachment method for wire screens to a frame to prevent the detachment of the wire screen from the frame.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: McCaffrey, Horace
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe and Like Stem. (open access)

Pipe and Like Stem.

Patent for improved smoking equipment stems which prevents saliva from running down the stem. The end of the stem has a new design which extends upwards and then wraps forward and downward, leaving a slot where no saliva can enter.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Crossman, Alvin Amos
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Appendix B-3. Statistical Summary of Hydrochemical Data from Ground and Surface Water Samples, Ekalaka, Montana/North Dakota/South Dakota Quadrangle (open access)

Appendix B-3. Statistical Summary of Hydrochemical Data from Ground and Surface Water Samples, Ekalaka, Montana/North Dakota/South Dakota Quadrangle

Appendix containing a statistical summary of hyrogeochemical data from ground and surface water samples to accompany a report on U.S. uranium resources in the Ekalaka Quadrangle in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Date: February 22, 1980
Creator: Robinson, Keith & Adkisson, Cheryl W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 8, Pages 757-910, February 22, 2019 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 8, Pages 757-910, February 22, 2019

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: February 22, 2019
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heavy ion inertial fusion: interface between target gain, accelerator phase space and reactor beam transport revisited (open access)

Heavy ion inertial fusion: interface between target gain, accelerator phase space and reactor beam transport revisited

Recently revised estimates of target gain have added additional optimistic inputs to the interface between targets, accelerators and fusion chamber beam transport. But it remains valid that neutralization of the beams in the fusion chamber is useful if ion charge state Z > 1 or if > 1 kA per beamlet is to be propagated. Some engineering and economic considerations favor higher currents.
Date: February 22, 1984
Creator: Barletta, W. A.; Fawley, W. M.; Judd, D. L.; Mark, J. W. K. & Yu, S. S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sector 30 collimator radiation (open access)

Sector 30 collimator radiation

The collimators at Sector 30 of the SLAC accelerator are designed to scrape off a significant fraction (e.g., {approximately}20%) of the SLC beam. The electromagnetic cascade shower that develops in the collimator, and in the scraper and waveguide downbeam, leads to very high radiation exposures of TV cameras (and other devices) located nearby. The collimator (point) source accounts for one-third of the dose and is best shielded by extending the radius of the copper scraper. Radiation from the waveguide accounts for the remaining two-thirds of the dose, and is difficult to shield since it is a line source. However, the spectrum from the waveguide is expected to be softer than that from the collimator. This paper discusses shielding of these sources.
Date: February 22, 1990
Creator: Namito, Y. (Ship Research Inst., Tokyo (Japan)); Nelson, W. R. & Benson, E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Program for calculating x-ray powder diffraction interplanar (d) spacings with a Tektronix-31 desk top programmable calculator (open access)

Program for calculating x-ray powder diffraction interplanar (d) spacings with a Tektronix-31 desk top programmable calculator

A Tektronix-31 (Tektronix Inc. Beaverton, Oregon) desk top calculator program, which is used as a backup to the PDP-8/I computer program, is described. The program yields interplanar (d) spacings and (2theta) angle values from measurements made on an x-ray diffraction film of a powdered sample of a crystalline material. Use of the calculator provides accurate computations in a relatively rapid time interval when the PDP-8/I is not functioning because of downtime for repairs, maintenance, etc.
Date: February 22, 1977
Creator: Eckstein, R. R. & Ishida, Y. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Range of investigation of a borehole gravimeter (open access)

Range of investigation of a borehole gravimeter

Concepts of the range of investigation of a borehole gravimeter are reviewed. It is shown that the maximum sensitivity to a mass point at a horizontal distance R from a borehole occurs at a vertical distance Z = R/..sqrt..2. Thus, the angle of maximum sensitivity is about 55/sup 0/ from the vertical. It is also shown that the absolute value of the gravitational effect decreases with increasing R. There are two maxima of the vertical gradient of gravity (at Z = 0 and at Z = ..sqrt../sup 3///sub 2/ R). The minimum distance required between gravimeter stations to obtain a usable measurement can be determined. The slab radius R for which the gravitational effect of a horizontal slab is equal to 45%, 90%, etc., of that of an infinite horizontal slab is a function of the measurement spacing. The closer the measurement spacing, the more information obtained.
Date: February 22, 1977
Creator: Hearst, J. R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Properties of thermally contracting tantalum tungstates. [Ta/sub 22/W/sub 4/O/sub 67/, Ta/sub 2/WO/sub 8/, Ta/sub 16/W/sub 18/O/sub 94/] (open access)

Properties of thermally contracting tantalum tungstates. [Ta/sub 22/W/sub 4/O/sub 67/, Ta/sub 2/WO/sub 8/, Ta/sub 16/W/sub 18/O/sub 94/]

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Date: February 22, 1977
Creator: Holcombe, Jr., C. E.; Smith, D. D.; Richards, H. L. & Lore, J. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library