Wheel-Operated Lift Mechanism (open access)

Wheel-Operated Lift Mechanism

Patent for a wheel operated lift mechanism designed for agricultural implements with wheels which can raise the frame of the agricultural implement for easy access to the wheel. This tool is adjustable to raise or lower the frame for easy access to the wheel to disconnect it.
Date: May 17, 1921
Creator: Altgelt, Herman E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint (open access)

Rail-Joint

Patent for improvements in the construction and design of rail-joints.
Date: May 17, 1887
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie. (open access)

Railroad-Tie.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railroad-ties.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Armstrong, Henry T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sheep-Shears (open access)

Sheep-Shears

Patent for sheep shears. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Ascue, Elbert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Holder (open access)

Sash Holder

Patent for a sash holder. Illustration included.
Date: May 17, 1904
Creator: Bailey, Joseph M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grading and Ditching Machine (open access)

Grading and Ditching Machine

Patent for a grading and ditching machine. Illustration included.
Date: May 17, 1904
Creator: Baker, Joseph W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton-Cultivator.

Patent for an improved cultivator used for tillage when the plows are not in the ground. The cultivator can also lighten the heaviness felt by the operator while the plow is being used.
Date: May 17, 1921
Creator: Barnett, James Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Government Access to Phone Calling Activity and Related Records: Legal Authorities (open access)

Government Access to Phone Calling Activity and Related Records: Legal Authorities

This report summarizes statutory authorities regarding access by the Government, for either foreign intelligence or law enforcement purposes, to information related to telephone calling patterns or practices.
Date: May 17, 2006
Creator: Bazan, Elizabeth B.; Stevens, Gina Marie & Yeh, Brian T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

To address the challenges facing the U.S. intelligence community in the 21st century, congressional and executive branch initiatives have sought to improve coordination among the different agencies and to encourage better analysis. In December 2004, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (P.L. 108-458) was signed, providing for a Director of National Intelligence (DNI) with substantial authorities to manage the national intelligence effort. The legislation also established a separate Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Date: May 17, 2011
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abortion and Family Planning-Related Provisions in U.S. Foreign Assistance Law and Policy (open access)

Abortion and Family Planning-Related Provisions in U.S. Foreign Assistance Law and Policy

This report details legislation and policies that restrict or place requirements on U.S. funding of abortion or family planning activities abroad. The level and extent of federal funding for these activities is an ongoing and controversial issue in U.S. foreign assistance and will likely continue to be a point of contention during the 114th Congress.
Date: May 17, 2016
Creator: Blanchfield, Luisa
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
OPEC and Non-OPEC Crude Oil Production Agreement: Compliance Status (open access)

OPEC and Non-OPEC Crude Oil Production Agreement: Compliance Status

This report discusses the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC's) influence on global oil prices through coordinated production decisions that can impact the global oil market supply and demand balance.
Date: May 17, 2017
Creator: Brown, Phillip
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Attachment for Wheel-Cultivators (open access)

Attachment for Wheel-Cultivators

Patent for a new and useful improvement in attachments for wheel cultivators, including description and illustrations.
Date: May 17, 1887
Creator: Brown, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Biologic Effects of Radiation ; Training Program Lecture Notes (open access)

The Biologic Effects of Radiation ; Training Program Lecture Notes

The following report provides data taken from investigations on radiation and the different biologic effects on it.
Date: May 17, 1943
Creator: Cantril, Simeon T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lock (open access)

Lock

Patent for a lock used to secure the openings of grain bags. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Chambless, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Hanger. (open access)

Door Hanger.

Patent for a new and improved hanger for doors and gates. This design consists in "the brackets secured to a door or gate way at intervals apart and having the horizontal supporting arms, the track made of angle-iron and having the horizontal treadway secured to the arms of the brackets, and the upwardly-extending flange at the outer edge of the treadway, and the hangers secured to the door or gate and having their upper portions bent to form an inverted U-shaped yoke or frame, and rollers journaled between the sides of the frame" (lines 80-91).
Date: May 17, 1887
Creator: Charlton, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dairy Provisions of the Enacted 1996 Farm Bill (open access)

Dairy Provisions of the Enacted 1996 Farm Bill

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Date: May 17, 1996
Creator: Chite, Ralph M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Submission of the President's Budget in Transition Years (open access)

Submission of the President's Budget in Transition Years

This report discusses the President's budget at the time of a presidential transition. The transition from one presidential administration to another raises special issues regarding the annual budget submission. Which President—the outgoing President or the incoming one—is required to submit the budget, and how will the transition affect the timing and form of the submission? The purpose of this report is to provide background information that addresses these questions.
Date: May 17, 2012
Creator: Christensen, Michelle D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quadrennial Defense Review 2010: Overview and Implications for National Security Planning (open access)

Quadrennial Defense Review 2010: Overview and Implications for National Security Planning

This report provides an overview of the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), partly with a view toward putting matters the QDR addresses into the context of the ongoing evolution of defense policy, and partly in an effort to identify issues for future QDRs or for a broader review of national security strategy.
Date: May 17, 2010
Creator: Daggett, Stephen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strainer for Oil and Water Wells (open access)

Strainer for Oil and Water Wells

Patent for a strainer for oil and water wells. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Coffins (open access)

Attachment for Coffins

Patent for a coffin attachment which supports the head and shoulders of the body and allows them to be adjusted vertically. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Deering, Uriah H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Photogeologic map of the Kaiparowits Peak-1 quadrangle, Garfield County, Utah

Photogeologic map of the Kaiparowits Peak-1 quadrangle, Garfield County, Utah
Date: May 17, 1955
Creator: Detterman, Janis S.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cotton and Corn Scraper. (open access)

Cotton and Corn Scraper.

Patent for a new and useful cotton and corn scraper.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Dove, Thoms F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polisher or Brush. (open access)

Polisher or Brush.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in polishing brushes.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Dumble, William K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole Head. (open access)

Trolley-Pole Head.

Patent for improvements in trolley-pole heads in which a good contact may established at all time between the wheel and the trolley-wire. Illustration is included.
Date: May 17, 1904
Creator: Dunn, Robert I. E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History