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Condensed Data on the Aircraft Engines of the World

Description: This compilation of the outstanding characteristics of the available aircraft engines of the world was prepared as a compact ready reference for desk use. It does not pretend to be anything but a skeleton outline of the characteristics of engines reported in the technical press as being in either the experimental, development, or production stage. At present progress is quite rapid and by the time this compilation is disseminated new models may have superseded those listed, or changes may have … more
Date: April 1929
Creator: Fliedner, C. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corrosion Embrittlement of Duralumin. V: Results of Weather-Exposure Tests

Description: In a series of weather exposure tests of sheet duralumin, upon which accelerated corrosion tests in the laboratory by the wet-and-dry corrosion method in a sodium chloride solution has already been carried out, a close parallelism between the results of the two kinds of tests was found to exist. The exposure tests showed that the lack of permanence of sheet duralumin is largely, if not entirely, due to corrosion. A corrosion attack of an intercrystalline nature is very largely responsible for t… more
Date: February 1929
Creator: Rawdon, Henry S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corrosion Embrittlement of Duralumin. VI: The Effect of Corrosion Accompanied by Stress on the Tensile Properties of Sheet Duralumin

Description: The effect of corrosion on the tensile properties of duralumin while stressed is shown in graphical form. According to the test results, duralumin sheet, coated with aluminum, maintains its initial properties unimpaired for corrosion periods as long as 60 days with an applied tensile stress as high as 20,000 lb/sq.in., which is approximately one-half the stress corresponding to the yield point as defined here. In these tests, that material which had been heat-treated by being quenched in cold w… more
Date: May 1929
Creator: Rawdon, Henry S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wind Tunnel Pressure Distribution Tests on a Series of Biplane Wing Models Part I: Effects of Changes in Stagger and Gap

Description: This report is on the changes in forces on each wing of a biplane cellule when either the stagger or the gap is varied. Since each test was carried up to a 90 degree angle of attack, the results may be used in the study of stalled flight and of spinning as well as in the structural design of biplane wings.
Date: July 1929
Creator: Knight, Montgomery & Noyes, Richard W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some effects of air flow on the penetration and distribution of oil sprays

Description: Tests were made to determine the effects of air flow on the characteristics of fuel sprays from fuel injection valves. Curves and photographs are presented showing the airflow throughout the chamber and the effects of the air flow on the fuel spray characteristics. It was found that the moving air had little effect on the spray penetration except with the 0.006 inch orifice. The moving air did, however, affect the oil particles on the outside of the spray cone. After spray cut-off, the air flow… more
Date: December 1929
Creator: Rothrock, A. M. & Beardsley, E. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Use of Wheel Brakes on Airplanes

Description: The results of tests to determine the effect of wheel brakes on the landing run of an airplane under conditions of load and at various wind velocities are presented.
Date: July 1929
Creator: Carroll, Thomas & DeFrance, Smith J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wind tunnel pressure distribution tests on a series of biplane wing models Part III: effects of charges in various combinations of stagger, gap, sweepback, and decalage

Description: A concept for the calculation of the vortex lift of sharp-edge delta wings is presented and compared with experimental data. The concept is based on an analogy between the vortex lift and the leading-edge suction associated with the potential flow about the leading edge. This concept, when combined with potential-flow theory modified to include the nonlinearities associated with the exact boundary condition and the loss of the lift component of the leading-edge suction, provides excellent predi… more
Date: December 1929
Creator: Knight, Montgomery & Noyes, Richard W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sphere Drag Tests in the Variable Density Wind Tunnel

Description: The air forces on a twenty-centimeter sphere were measured after it had been rebuilt as an open throat type. The results from tests made at widely different densities and airspeeds and also on a smaller sphere are given. The conclusions are that approximately the same drag coefficient is obtained at a given value of the Reynolds number irrespective of what combination of the variables is used to obtain that value and that the turbulence of the air stream at the test section, as measured by the … more
Date: August 1929
Creator: Jacobs, Eastman N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Formation of Ice Upon Airplanes in Flight

Description: This report describes the atmospheric conditions under which ice is formed upon the exposed parts of airplanes in flight. It identifies the formation found under different conditions, and describes some studies of preventative means.
Date: August 1929
Creator: Carroll, Thomas & McAvoy, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some Experiments on Autorotation of an Airfoil

Description: "These experiments show that the rate of auto rotation of a monoplane airfoil is reduced by sweepback, ceasing entirely when the sweepback is 30 degrees. In addition a very serious increase in rate and range of auto rotation with yaw is shown" (p. 1).
Date: September 1929
Creator: Ober, Shatswell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1928

Description: From introduction: The district discussed in this report embraces the entire northern peninsula of Michigan and the parts of northern Wisconsin and northeastern Minnesota that were covered by a re-advance of the Superior lobe of the Labrador ice sheet late in the Wisconsin stage of glaciation.
Date: 1929
Creator: Mendenhall, W. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal-Mine Ventilation Factors

Description: Report discussing results from investigations of coal mining ventilation and discussing problems of ventilation in coal mining.
Date: 1929
Creator: Greenwald, H. P. & McElroy, G. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bibliography of Petroleum and Allied Substances, 1922 and 1923

Description: From Introduction: "This bulletin is the seventh in this series of petroleum bibliographies published by the Bureau of Mines, Bulletins 149, 165, 180, 189, 216, and 220 being complications for the years 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919-20, and 1921, respectively. In this bulletin the same general plan of classification of references has been followed, but several additions have been made."
Date: 1929
Creator: Britton, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tests of Strength of Roof Supports Used in Anthracite Mines of Pennsylvania

Description: From Introduction: "The report that follows gives the results to determine the comprehensive strength of artificial roof supports of various kinds used in the mining of anthracite in Pennsylvania."
Date: 1929
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ochers and Mineral Pigments of the Pacific Northwest : Occurrence, Possible Methods of Preparation, and Testing of Ochers, Siennas, and Colored Clays

Description: From Introduction: "A review is given of the nomenclature, sources, imports, statistics, common methods of preparation, and testing of mineral pigments. A description of the Deer Park-Spokane colored-clay district and the laboratory methods of preparation of these colored clays, ochers, and siennas follows. The following report is merely preliminary in nature, only three months during the summer of 1927 being devoted to the laboratory investigation."
Date: 1929
Creator: Wilson, Hewitt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Inspection and Testing of Mine-Type Electrical Equipment for Permissibility

Description: From Introduction: "This publication, therefore, proposes to discuss the theory upon which tests of equipment in explosive atmospheres are based and to consider inspection and other matters pertaining to complete investigations of machines under Schedules 2B and 15."
Date: 1929
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mining Methods and Practice in the Michigan Copper Mines

Description: From Introduction: "The mining methods described and discussed in this report have been considered historically-that is, from early to present practice. The data for this report were collected during 1927."
Date: 1929
Creator: Crane, W. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Methods, Costs, and Safety in Stripping and Mining Coal, Copper Ore, Iron Ore, Bauxite, and Pebble Phosphate

Description: From Extent of Open-Pit Mining and Purpose of this Publication: "Various methods and machines are employed, and costs are low; in fact, costs have to be low because coal and ores command a low price on the market. These factors, together with queries on methods and costs of stripping and the increase in open-pit mining, have justified investigation by the Bureau of Mines for this form of mining and publication of the results in this report."
Date: 1929
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oxides in Pig Iron: Their Origin and Action in the Steel-Making Process

Description: From Introduction: "In summarizing the evidence in the literature it is apparent that there is general agreement among furnace men on the existence of so-called "bad-iron." It is also evident that the existence of dissolved or occluded gases is not an explanation. The presence of suspended oxides has been proved, and at least one plausible explanation for their formation has been given."
Date: 1929
Creator: Herty, C. H., Jr. & Gaines, J. M., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Rock Bursts in the Lake Superior Copper Mines, Keweenaw Point, Michigan

Description: From Introduction: "The effect of rock pressure may be general and continuous disintegration and reduction in size of pillars of ore and rock left for the support of the workings, resulting in the collapse of hanging wall and the closing of stopes, drifts, and shafts, or the action may be sudden and violent and aside from seriously affecting the workings may present a real hazard to the operation of mines. The object in the preparation of this report is to add to the accumulated information and… more
Date: 1929
Creator: Crane, W. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1927

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines covering accidents that happened in metal mines located in the United States including statistics for injuries, fatalities, kinds and causes of accidents, and operational data, such as number of mine workers and shifts worked.
Date: 1929
Creator: Adams, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Drilling and Blasting in Metal-Mine Drifts and Crosscuts

Description: From Introduction: "This report shows the results obtained and conclusions drawn from observing the blasting of 108 rounds at 13 mines in six different States. Kinds of rock drills, drill steel, and forms of drill bits are not considered."
Date: 1929
Creator: Gardner, E. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bauxite: Float-and-Sink Fractionations and Flotation Experiments

Description: From Introduction: "This report presents the results of an investigation of the physical properties and characteristics of bauxite, with special reference to the possibility of applying commercial methods of concentration to low-grade bauxite."
Date: 1929
Creator: Gandrud, B. W. & De Vaney, Fred D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Permissible Storage - Battery Locomotives and Power Trucks

Description: From Introduction: "The purpose of this paper is therefore to give essential data in regard to the construction of approved storage-battery locomotives and power trucks."
Date: 1929
Creator: Ilsley, L. C.; Gleim, E. J. & Brunot, H. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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