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The critical velocity of a body towed by a cable from an airplane

Description: It is sufficient to consider only the equations of motion of the towed body whereas those of the cable may be left out of consideration. The result obtained makes it possible to determine which factors affect the critical velocity and what modifications of the instrument are necessary for extending the upper limit of that velocity.
Date: July 1937
Creator: Koning, C. & DeHaas, T. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Airspeed "Oxford" Training Airplane (British): A Two-Engine Cantilever Monoplane

Description: Circular describing the Airspeed A.S. 10 "Oxford", which is a twin-engine trainer with a variety of equipment, including propellers, landing gear, and other components.Details of the wings, fuselage, the inside, characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: September 1937
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Fairey "Battle" Medium Bomber Airplane (British): An All-Metal Low-Wing Cantilever Monoplane

Description: Circular presenting a description of the Fairey "Battle", which is the first stressed-skin aircraft they have constructed and is also an all-metal low-wing cantilever monoplane. Details of the fuselage, wings, skin, design, flaps, landing gear, characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: November 1937
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Baynes Bee Light Airplane (British): A Two-Seat High-Wing Monoplane

Description: Circular presenting a description of the Baynes Bee, which is a light two-seat high-wing monoplane. Details of its unique qualities, design, components, flying qualities, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: June 1937
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Engineering Report on Oklahoma City Oil Field, Oklahoma

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the engineering and production methods of the Oklahoma City oil wells. Characteristics and properties of the wells, and methods and practices of well engineering are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: January 1937
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn; Rawlins, E. L. & Bopp, C. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual Report of the Explosives Division, Fiscal Year 1936

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the U.S. Explosives Division, and the chemical and physical testing conducted. The properties of the studies conducted during 1936 are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: February 1937
Creator: Huff, Wilbert James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Study of Oxidation of the Oil in Two Air-and Air-Gas-Repressuring Projects

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the oxidation levels caused from different oil recovery processes. Experiments were conducted to determine the effect of air on crude oil, and the degree of oxidation. This report includes tables, and a map.
Date: January 1937
Creator: Johnson, T. W. & Taylor, Sam S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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United States Earthquakes, 1937

Description: Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1937. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1937
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report of the Twenty-Sixth National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1936

Description: Report of the annual conference on weights and measures, hosted by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. It includes conference proceedings, a list of attendees, information about committees and officers, and other reports or commentaries discussed at the meetings.
Date: June 1937
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Burning of Coal and Coke Treated with Small Quantities of Chemicals

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the use of chemicals to enhance the burning of fuels. Methods and results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1937
Creator: Nicholls, Percy; Rice, W. E.; Landry, B. A. & Reid, W. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Contributions to the Data on Theoretical Metallurgy: [Part] 7. The Thermodynamic Properties of Sulphur and its Inorganic Compounds

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies on the thermodynamics of sulphur. As stated in the introduction, "the present bulletin has as its primary purpose the correlation of the thermodynamic properties of elementary sulphur and its inorganic compounds and the presentation, after careful consideration of all available information, of a self-consistent system of thermodynamic relationships for these substances" (p. 1). This report includes tables.
Date: 1937
Creator: Kelley, K. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Curvature on the Transition From Laminar to Turbulent Boundary Layer

Description: Note presenting a discrepancy between the predicted and actual point of transition from laminar to turbulent boundary layer that had been found. This effect may be due to the comparatively small radius of curvature of the upper surface of the wing.
Date: September 1937
Creator: Clauser, Milton & Clauser, Francis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Maximum Forces Applied by Pilots to Wheel-Type Controls

Description: "Measurements were made of the maximum push, pull, and tangential forces that could be applied to airplane wheel-type controls for a wide range of fore-and-aft positions of the wheel. The measurements were conducted with several sizes of wheels and several heights of the center of the wheel above the seat. Various one and two-hand grips with pilots both secure and free were studied for each of the two pilots used in the investigation" (p. 1).
Date: November 1937
Creator: McAvoy, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Performance Characteristics of Venturi Tubes Used in Aircraft for Operating Air-Driven Gyroscopic Instruments

Description: "Wind tunnel and flight tests were made to determine the performance characteristics of two designs of commercially available venturi tubes used in airplanes to operate air-driven gyroscopic instruments. Data obtained at sea level may be used to make approximate predictions of performance at higher altitudes. There is some indication that this may also be done for single venturi tubes" (p. 1).
Date: November 1937
Creator: Sontag, Harcourt & Johnson, Daniel P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bending Tests of Circular Cylinders of Corrugated Aluminum-Alloy Sheet

Description: "Bending tests were made of two circular cylinders of corrugated aluminum-alloy sheet. In each test failure occurred by bending of the corrugations in a plane normal to the skin. It was found, after analysis of the effect of short end bays, that the computed stress on the extreme fiber of a corrugated cylinder is in excess of that for a flat panel of the same basic pattern and panel length tested as a pin-ended column. It is concluded that this increased strength was due to the effects of curva… more
Date: March 1937
Creator: Niles, Alfred S.; Buckwalter, John C. & Reed, Warren D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Heat transfer from cylinders having closely spaced fins

Description: The heat-transfer coefficients have been determined for five steel cylinders having fins 1.22 inches wide and the spacing between the fins ranging from 0.022 to 0.131 inch. The cylinders were tested with and without baffles in a wind tunnel; they were also tested enclosed in jackets with the cooling air supplied by a blower. A maximum heat transfer was reached at a fin space of about 0.45 inch for the cylinders tested with each of the three methods of cooling investigated. The rise in temperatu… more
Date: May 1937
Creator: Biermann, Arnold E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A preliminary study of flame propagation in a spark-ignition engine

Description: "The N.A.C.A. combustion apparatus was altered to operate as a fuel-injection, spark-ignition engine, and a preliminary study was made of the combustion of gasoline-air mixtures at various air-fuel ratios. Air-fuel ratios ranging from 10 to 21.6 were investigated. Records from an optical indicator and films from a high-speed motion-picture camera were the chief sources of data. Schlieren photography was used for an additional study" (p. 1).
Date: June 1937
Creator: Rothrock, A. M. & Spencer, R. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Curvature on the Transition From Laminar to Turbulent Boundary Layer

Description: "In the flow over the upper surface of a wing, a discrepancy between the predicted and actual point of transition from laminar to turbulent boundary layer was found. This effect may be due to the comparatively small radius of curvature of the upper surface of the wing. Tests were undertaken to investigate this effect. As far as the authors know, the present investigation is the first to show that curvature has a pronounced effect on the transition of the boundary layer from the laminar to the t… more
Date: September 1937
Creator: Clauser, Milton & Clauser, Francis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Study of the Factors Affecting the Range of Airplanes

Description: A study was made of the most important factors affecting the range of airplanes. Numerical examples are given showing the effects of different variables on the range of a two-engine airplane. The takeoff problems of long-range airplanes are analyzed.
Date: February 1937
Creator: Biermann, David
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pressure drop across finned cylinders enclosed in a jacket

Description: The pressure drop across finned cylinders in a jacket for a range of air speeds from approximately 13 to 230 miles per hour has been investigated. Tests were made to determine the effect on the pressure drop of changes in fin space, fin width, jacket entrance and exit areas, skirt-approach radius, and the use of fillets and a separator plate at the rear of the cylinder. The pressure drop across the cylinder increased as the fin space decreased, the increase being very rapid at fin spaces smalle… more
Date: November 1937
Creator: Rollin, Vern G. & Ellerbrock, Herman H., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pressure Drop in Tubing in Aircraft Instrument Installations

Description: "The theoretical basis of calculation of pressure drop in tubing is reviewed briefly. The effect of pressure drop in connecting tubing upon the operation and indication of aircraft instruments is discussed. Approximate equations are developed, and charts and tables based upon them are presented for use in designing installations of altimeters, air-speed indicators, rate-of-climb indicators, and air-driven gyroscopic instruments" (p. 1).
Date: February 1937
Creator: Wildhack, W. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spinning Characteristics of Wings 3: A Rectangular and Tapered Clark Y Monoplane Wing with Rounded Tips

Description: An investigation was made to determine the spinning characteristics of Clark Y monoplane wings with different plan forms. A rectangular wing and a wing tapered 5:2, both with rounded tips, were tested on the N.A.C.A. spinning balance in the 5-foot vertical wind tunnel. The aerodynamic characteristics of the models and a prediction of the angles of sideslip for steady spins are given. Also included is an estimate of the yawning moment that must be furnished by the parts of the airplane to balanc… more
Date: September 1937
Creator: Bamber, M. J. & House, R. O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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