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Protection of mesquite cordwood and posts from borers.
Describes the value of the mesquite tree, and the threat of the borer to it. Also describes the life cycle of the borer.
Date:
May 1921
Creator:
Craighead, Frank C. (Frank Cooper), 1890-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rice as food.
Describes the international importance of rice; provides various dishes, recipes, tips, and cooking methods, all revolving around rice as a main foodstuff.
Date:
May 1921
Creator:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of Home Economics.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
British Certificates of Airworthiness
This report details the rules and regulations for obtaining a British airworthiness certificate. Aircraft loading and construction are especially important.
Date:
May 1921
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Airplane Superchargers
Discussed here are the principles and operation of aircraft engine superchargers used to maintain and increase engine power as aircraft encounter decreases in the density of air as altitude rises. Details are given on the design and operation of the centrifugal compressors. A method is given for calculating the amount of power needed to drive a compressor. The effects of the use of a compressor on fuel system operation and design are discussed. Several specific superchargers that were in operation are described.
Date:
May 1921
Creator:
Noack, W. G.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
On a New Type of Wind Tunnel
Discussed here is a new type of wind tunnel, its advantages, the difficulties attendant upon its use, and the special methods required for its operation. The main difference between the new type of wind tunnel and the ones now in operation is the use of a different fluid. The idea is to diminish the effect of viscosity.
Date:
May 1921
Creator:
Munk, Max
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Adjustable Flat Die.
Patent for improved adjustable flat dies which provide different sizes of cutting dies to the cutting device.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Wright, John G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Storage-Tank Liquid-Dispensing Device.
Patent for an air storage tank liquid dispending device which is convenient and economically better to pull liquid from wells, buried tanks, etc.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Posa, Emit M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Maize-Header.
Patent for simple and efficient maize header which is easy to operate by positioning it in a way that it needs minimum effort to operate.
Date:
May 17, 1921
Creator:
Jordan, Andrew P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Cultivator-Fender.
Patent for an improvement to cultivator-fenders that prevents rocks and other debris from being throws about while plowing.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Calk, Alonzo E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Opener
Patent for a can opener specifically shoe polish boxes. It is used as an opener that will not require the use of rivets, openings in the material, or any other means whereby air may enter the can.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Searcy, Peter B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air and Gas Relief Valve for Oil-Distributing Systems.
Patent for an air and gas relief valve for oil piping systems that improves upon the need for pumps to get rid of the accumulation of air and gas before pumping oil, with illustrations.
Date:
May 24, 1921
Creator:
Mobley, Henry Grady
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Dental X-Ray Films.
Patent for dental X-Ray holders that securely hold the film in place and categorize the X-Rays into series that comprise views of the whole mouth.
Date:
May 17, 1921
Creator:
Martin, James Madison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rolling Fender
Patent for improvements in rolling fenders. The invention can be attached to an earth working device, such as a cultivator, to prevent clods of dirt being thrown and crushing small plants. Multiple discs will crush the clods and prevent the dirt from sticking to the rolling fender.
Date:
May 3, 1921
Creator:
Wright, Joseph Hansel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plastic Base for Poles.
Patent for a plastic base for poles which aims to lengthen the life of the average pole and enable the use of poles of shorter lengths.
Date:
May 17, 1921
Creator:
Hoyle, Millard F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Friction-Grab for Fishing-Tools.
Patent for friction grabs for fishing tools in well drilling operations that can be "easily adjusted for different sized holes or wells and which will be automatically adjusted and the grabs automatically closed on the object to be removed" (lines 14-17).
Date:
May 24, 1921
Creator:
Dickson, Lawrence E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide-Holder.
Patent for an insecticide holder having improved and "novel means for discharging the insecticide" (lines 10-11).
Date:
May 3, 1921
Creator:
Irwin, Herbert G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gradometer.
Patent for a gradometer "which will accurately indicate under the most varying and unstable conditions the inclination and declination at which any moving body is traveling" (lines 10-13). The gradometer is "particularly adapted for use on motor vehicles" (lines 15-16).
Date:
May 17, 1921
Creator:
Hall, Sidney Wilson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap.
Patent for Animal Trap especially adapted for the extermination of mice and similar rodents.
Date:
1920-09-5
Creator:
Fredrick, Willaim.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Coupling.
Patent for a coupling to be used by military vehicles, unique in its "simplicity, rapidity in attachment and detachment, strength and durability" (lines 19-21).
Date:
May 24, 1921
Creator:
Speece, Russell. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sample-Taking Device.
Patent for a sample-taking device to be used in well-drilling processes, which is unique in its simple construction, low manufacturing costs, and ease of use.
Date:
May 24, 1921
Creator:
Christian, Walton G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guide for Drive-Chains.
Patent for a mechanism designed to prevent a guide chain from being displaced from the wheel(s) of its parent machine.
Date:
May 17, 1921
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid-Conditioning Apparatus.
Patent for an air conditioning apparatus that provides "new and improved means for moistening and cooling air," including the "collection and accumulation" of the cooling fluid (lines 10-12).
Date:
May 31, 1921
Creator:
Lindauer, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History