UNT Libraries Government Documents Department - 56 Matching Results

Search Results

Improvement in Preserving Meat, &c.

Patent for a method of preserving meat, vegetables, and other foods in an air-tight container using hydrogen gas and displaced water.

Date: April 2, 1872

Creator: Gillespie, William A.

Item Type: Patent

Hampton Roads and Approaches

Map illustrating the site of the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack during the Civil War including part of Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads harbor, and the surrounding areas. Cities, forts, railroads, and batteries are noted on the map and some depths are shaded. This map accompanies the War of the Rebellion papers which include documentation of the action between the ships which took place March 8-9, 1862. Scale 1:211,200 (5 statute miles per 1.5 inches)

Date: 1898

Creator: United States. War Department.

Item Type: Map

Location: None

Map of Nansemond River and Vicinity

Map illustrating the region surrounding Suffolk, Virginia. Cities, forts, railroads, swamps, and military forces are indicated. This map accompanies the War of the Rebellion papers which include documentation of the Union North Atlantic Blockading Squadron aiding the defense of Suffolk. Scale 1:101,376 (1 statute mile per 5/8 inch)

Date: 1899

Creator: United States. War Department.

Item Type: Map

Location: None

Combined Trunk And Dressing-Case.

Patent for a new and useful combined trunk and dressing case. This design is to "provide a simple and efficient device of the character specified having a large amount of space for receiving different articles of wearing-apparel and for inclosing various kinds of toilet appliances" (line 9 - 14).

Date: August 8, 1899

Creator: Carraway, Esther P. H.

Item Type: Patent

Valved Coupling for Train-Pipes.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in valved couplings for train pipes, including instructions and illustrations..

Date: August 22, 1899

Creator: Williams, Win D.

Item Type: Patent

Ball-Caster.

Patent for a new and useful ball caster, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: November 14, 1899

Creator: Carraway, Esther P. H.

Item Type: Patent

Map of the James River from Chaffin's Bluff to City Point

Map illustrating the Union and Confederate army lines west of the James River in Virginia. Rivers, swamps, cities, forts, and railroads are shown.

Date: 1900

Creator: United States. War Department.

Item Type: Map

Location: None

Rotary Reciprocating Engine.

Patent for a rotary reciprocating engine that is smaller, has more horse-power, and has less friction than previous models.

Date: May 8, 1900

Creator: Williams, Win D.

Item Type: Patent

Rotary Reciprocating Engine

Patent for this invention has relation to the type of engines combining rotary and reciprocating movements in one structure, the purpose being to combine the working elements in such relation as to convert maximum percentage of force into available form for the performance of work.

Date: January 22, 1901

Creator: Williams, Win D.

Item Type: Patent

Holder for Paper Bags and Other Articles

Patent for a holder for paper bags and other articles. Illustration included.

Date: July 14, 1908

Creator: Laird, Edwin C. & Bedinger, Singleton B.

Item Type: Patent

Ship's-Bottom Paint

Patent for a paint specially made to protect the exterior of a ship, especially below the waterline.

Date: October 3, 1916

Creator: Brackin, Henry G.

Item Type: Patent

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending December 22, 1984

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending November 17 to the week ending December 22, during 1983 and 1984 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.

Date: December 27, 1984