Hotel-Register. (open access)

Hotel-Register.

Patent for a hotel register cabinet for holding registry sheets with a revolving top.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Duncan, Selden
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley (open access)

Trolley

Patent for a trolley that has a secure connection to the trolley line.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Irwin, Walter W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metal Fastener for Envelops, &c. (open access)

Metal Fastener for Envelops, &c.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in metal fasteners for envelops, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Holcombe, Henry Cannon; Maddox, John Wilson & Maddox, Francis Marion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Time-Switch. (open access)

Time-Switch.

Patent for a timer for turning on and off electric lights.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Chappel, James Mack
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone System. (open access)

Telephone System.

Patent for "a novel arrangement of circuits in connection with a pair of telephone-receivers at each subscriber's station, whereby the subscriber can cut out the station, so that the conversation is being carried on between two subscribers cannot be heard by the other subscribers on the same line" (lines 9-17).
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Bennett, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nailless Horseshoe. (open access)

Nailless Horseshoe.

Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in nailless horseshoes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Broers, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustrations included.
Date: July 4, 1905
Creator: Slayton, Charles E. & Zellner, Daniel L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music-Indicator. (open access)

Music-Indicator.

Patent for a music indicator that shows the names of the notes on the piano and how to form various chords and scales to assist the user in learning music.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: MacMaster, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Govering-Machine. (open access)

Govering-Machine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in rag joiners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Vining, Lucinda
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ever-Level Table. (open access)

Ever-Level Table.

Patent for tables designed for trains or ships where it is important for maintaining the table top constantly level. It allows for the top to be held constantly level and for maintaining its position without sudden movement or causing overbalancing.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Etheridge, Thomas H., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sign. (open access)

Sign.

Patent for an illuminated sign that uses prism to reflect the light thus reducing the amount of lights needed to illuminate the sign.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Hoag, Harry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Shelving and Display-Cabinet. (open access)

Rotary Shelving and Display-Cabinet.

Patent for a rotary shelf and display cabinet that has a large amount of display space available in it.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Hawkins, Millard F. & Berry, Joseph C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Embroidering Attachment For Sewing Machines (open access)

Embroidering Attachment For Sewing Machines

Patent for an emboidering attachment for sewing machines. Illustration included.
Date: July 4, 1905
Creator: Johnson, Billie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Headlight. (open access)

Headlight.

Patent for a headlight that turns with a cars body and will not accidentally turn from bumps.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Bell, Robert A. & McKiel, James B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad. (open access)

Railroad.

Patent for a railroad track with guard rails for keeping the trains wheels on the tracks.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Jobe, Seabrome
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Operating Mechanism (open access)

Pump-Operating Mechanism

Patent for a mechanical pump operating mechanism that increases capacity.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Linnartz, Hugo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Desk-Ruler. (open access)

Desk-Ruler.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in desk-rules, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Connett, Matthew F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Cotton-Picker. (open access)

Design for a Cotton-Picker.

Design patent for a cotton-picker that is designed to be fitted over the fingers of the operator.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Richards, Ruben F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Covering-Machine. (open access)

Covering-Machine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in rag joiners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Vining, Lucinda
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Breast. (open access)

Cotton-Gin Breast.

Patent for a cotton gin breast that applies pressure to the cotton roll and prevents it from bulging.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Barnes, Peter Benjamin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program (open access)

Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program

This report discusses Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Act, which was enacted by the 108th Congress as Section 1057 of the FY2004 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 108-136). It includes background of the SAFER Act, appropriations from FY2010-FY2011, reauthorization of the program in the House and Senate, and information about program implementation.
Date: July 4, 2010
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sri Lanka: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Sri Lanka: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides historical, political, and economic background on Sri Lanka and examines U.S.-Sri Lankan relations and policy concerns. Congressional interest in Sri Lanka has focused on renewed and serious violent ethnic conflict in a quarter-century-old civil war, an attendant humanitarian emergency, and efforts to revive a moribund peace process.
Date: July 4, 2009
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan & Vaughn, Bruce
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Microbial Communities in Subsurface Environments: Diversity, Origin and Evolution. Final Project Technical Progress Report (open access)

Microbial Communities in Subsurface Environments: Diversity, Origin and Evolution. Final Project Technical Progress Report

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Date: July 4, 1999
Creator: Nierzwicki-Bauer, S. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Competing degrees of freedom in nuclear structure theory. Final Report for 1999-2002 (open access)

Competing degrees of freedom in nuclear structure theory. Final Report for 1999-2002

The central focus of this research was the interplay between three generic classes of degrees of freedom relevant to nuclear structure theory: single-particle degrees of freedom, collective degrees of freedom, and statistical degrees of freedom, which can be thought of as an incoherent mean field or a thermal bath.
Date: July 4, 2003
Creator: Johnson, Calvin W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library