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- Annual Legislative Report on Market Conditions: 2018
- Annual report documenting "insurance company market shares, profits and losses, loss ratios, complaints, and the rates filed during the [calendar] year" (p. 1).
- Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1935
- Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1936, activities, service reports, finance, honors, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
- Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1941
- Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1941, ideals, service and business reports, activities, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
- Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1975
- Annual report submitted by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America to Congress describing highlights from 1975, activities, membership, finance, public relations, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
- Automobile-Engine Hood and Drain-Trough Therefor.
- Patent for the creation of "an improved automobile hood and particularly drain trough" (lines 12-14) that have been adapted in order to reduce the risk of water leaking into the vehicle's engine.
- Baking Device.
- Patent for a machine that presses dough or other materials into a cup-shaped mold for evenly baked goods.
- Baling Press.
- Patent for a new and improved baling-press. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame or support, the lever-arms, the winch and the ropes connecting the said arms thereto, the follower, the toggle-jointed levers connecting the said follower with the frame, and the rods connecting the joints of the said levers to the lever-arms, with the follower and the fulcrumed levers, having their inner ends connected to the follower and their outer ends connected to [a different] follower whereby the said followers move simultaneously when the winch is turned" (lines 83-94).
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for an improvement to machinery to wind fibrous materials (e.g., cotton) into cylindrical bales that does not use a core or fixed horizontal rollers.
- Boll Weevil Catcher.
- Patent for an insect-catching device with collection receptacles that operates on skids for better maneuverability in fields.
- Canning Apparatus
- Patent for canning apparatus. Illustration included.
- Cheese-Hoop.
- Patent for improvements in cheese hoops by creating a suitable frame work to support a wire gauze or net on the sides and the top of the hoop. This protects the cheese when cutting out a portion of the cheese.
- Clevis
- Patent for clevis. Illustration included.
- Cloth-Bolt Clamp.
- Patent for a clamp "to hold the folds of a bolt of cloth in position and to prevent the same form being unwound except when desired." (Lines 23-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Collapsible Tent.
- Patent for improving collapsible tent rods and corner posts that support the structure, with illustrations.
- Combination Steering Mechanism for Plows.
- Patent for a combination steering mechanism for plows, which allows the plow to move independently (lateral movement only) of the plow frame.
- Contact-Shoe for Automatic Train-Stops.
- Patent for a new contact shoe, used in rail transport, attached to the train car to conduct automatic stops despite possible hazards through the use of magents and electricity, including illustrations .
- Cotton-Picking Nozzle.
- Patent for a new cotton picking nozzle that can be used with a suction device to pick cotton more efficiently, including illustrations.
- Cotton-Thinner.
- Patent for a cotton thinner, which has cutters which can be moved vertically, a rake attachment, and is durable.
- Cultivator-Hopple.
- Patent for "a cultivator hopple that will require very little manual exertion to adjust the cultivator beams between their limiting positions." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
- Dental Bite-Tray.
- Patent for a bite tray usable for an array of mouth sizes. The material provides better comfort in the mouth of the patient, as well as better comfort for the operator.
- Device for Elevating Wagon-Bodies.
- Patent for a pulley system for elevating wagons off the ground and "keeping them suspended under the roof of a barn or other roofed structure while not in use" (lines 19-21), including instructions and illustrations.
- Dry Outhouse
- Patent for the invention of new and useful improvements in dry outhouses. It includes explications and illustrations.
- Economic and Workforce Impacts of Hurricane Katrina, Demographic and Related Changes on National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Space Shuttle Program: Findings and Recommendations
- This report assesses factors that adversely affect the NASA's ability to fly up to sixteen missions between late 2006 and 2010, which include Hurricane Katrina and the aging of the shuttle program workforce. The report also offers findings and recommends strategies for consideration by NASA and its major contractors. (p. 1).
- Electrical Testing Device.
- Patent for "improvements in electrical testing devices, and more specifically to an improved fluxmeter for testing the strength of magnets" (lines 13-15).
- Electrical Testing Device.
- Patent for an electrical device with an improved circuit arrangement in combination with various devices all assembled in compact arrangement on a board which enables to easily locate faults in various electrical apparatus or parts. This electric device is capable of use by anyone who isn't skilled as an electrician.
- Emergency-Spindle for Automobiles
- Patent for an emergency wheel spindle used to towing a vehicle upon damage to the front or rear axle. The spindle may attach irrespective to any brake drum or rods that may be present on the vehicle.
- Fence-Post
- Patent for "improvements in fence-posts, telegraph-poles, and the like."(lines 11-12) These improvements include wings what mount into slots at the base of the posts to anchor them firmly into the ground. Including instructions and illustrations.
- Focus Report, Volume 76, Number 11, April 1999
- Report on the legality of requiring parental involvement in a minor's abortion decision.
- Game Apparatus.
- Patent for a game device, designed for any number of players and in a bowling alley setting or similar. Included are illustrations of the device and instructions for building the device and how to play the game.
- Gang-Plow
- Patent for Plowing
- Harvester
- Patent for device used with a harvester to head stalks of corn using an adjustable cutting mechanism.
- Heating Attachment for Lamps.
- Patent for a heating attachment for lamps, which captures the heat from the lamp and allows its use for heating the room or for warming up small items such as tea.
- Heating System.
- Patent for a heating system using a grate placed in an open fireplace.
- Hulling-Machine
- Patent for hulling nuts of all sizes including peanuts. A hopper feeds the nuts in to rollers and the shells fall out the bottom while the nuts go down a chute to be collected.
- Improvement in Air-Cooling Apparatus.
- Patent for "the construction and arrangement of a refrigerator for the purpose of cooling and maintaining a low and dry temperature, for preserving fresh meats and vegetables, and for cooling rooms for any purpose." (Lines 10-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Car-Couplings.
- Patent for an improved train car-coupling, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Hat-Ventilators.
- Patent for improvement in mode of ventilating hats, bonnets, and or caps by “providing the inside of the head-coverings, at the point of contact with the head, with a liuing or an elastic spiral formed into a cushion, through which the air can freely circulate around the whole head.” (Lines 28-32) Illustration is included.
- Inductance Device for Wireless Electrical Signaling
- Patent for device to "receive messages transmitted in the form of dots, dashes or spoken words through space" (lines 16-17)
- Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, March 30, 2011
- Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the forty-fourth day of the Regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, March 30, 2011 [Continued]
- Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the 43rd day of the regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Leather-Strap-Finishing Machine.
- Patent for a leather strap finishing machine for use in harness making.
- Level.
- Patent for improvements to levels to provide more reliable and accurate information. It is also stronger and more durable and is produced at a lower cost.
- Pneumatic Rail-Brake.
- Patent for a pneumatic rail brake, which operates automatically to prevent derailment.
- Process of and Apparatus for Separating and Grading Seeds.
- Patent for an agricultural apparatus that separates and grades seed (such as grains) as well as accelerates the seed pressurizing process. The apparatus assists and accelerates the cultivation process.
- Pump.
- Patent for a "pump for effectively pumping oil or quicksand from wells troubled with quicksand." (Lines 8-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Railway-Crossing
- Patent for crossings for railway tracks and particularly to means for closing the cut in the rails made for the flanges of the wheels, and the object is to provide sliding members which can be easily operated to close the slot or cut in the crossing rails for the flanges of the wheels so that a continuous tread will be formed for every wheel that passes over the crossing and to provide a mechanism for the tracks.
- Resilient Wheel.
- Patent for a more shock-absorbent wheel that incorporates yielding spokes; includes instructions and illustrations.
- Roller Compress
- Patent for roller compress. This is an "improved roller-compress,especially adapted for forming cylindrical bales from cotton-bat by winding the same in successive layers upon itself" (p. 1, lines 8-11), including instructions and illustrations.
- Safety Railroad-Switch
- Patent for a safety railroad-switch which is meant to prevent vertical displacement.
- Sanitary Drinking-Cup.
- Patent for a sanitary V-shaped drinking cup made out of suitable material (i.e., leather, rubber, paper, or paraffin cloth). It is collapsible to provide easy transport and storage and can be opened up by simply pressing on opposite sides.