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RADIATION HAZARDS FROM THE USE OP DENTAL X-RAY UNITS

Description: It is well known that for many years x-rays have been used in the dental profession as a potent diagnostic tool. Deprived of this means of exploration, the dentist and patient alike would be at a great disadvantage. In spite of the necessity of x-rays in the dental field, little has been done, however, to protect the patient and the dentist from unnecessary exposure. X-rays cannot immediately be felt or seen, and therein lies the hazard attending their use. What cannot be sensed is often ignore… more
Date: November 26, 1952
Creator: Nolan, W. E. & Patterson, H. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary investigation of a rectangular supersonic scoop inlet with swept sides designed for low drag at a Mach number of 2.7

Description: Report presenting an investigation of a swept, rectangular, supersonic scoop inlet designed to have low external drag at the design Mach number of 2.7. The inlet was tested with two simulated fuselages with circular and rectangular cross sections. Results regarding shadow photographs, pressure recovery, wedge effects, drag, boundary-layer control, Mach number distribution in diffuser, wedge loads, aspect-ratio effects, and applicability of results are provided.
Date: November 26, 1952
Creator: Comenzo, Raymond J. & Mackley, Ernest A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effective Downwash Characteristics at Transonic Speeds of a 6-Percent-Thick Wing With 47 Degrees of Sweepback in Combination With a Cylindrical Body as Determined From Force Measurements of a Horizontal Tail

Description: Memorandum presenting the effective downwash characteristics of a wing-body configuration and the body alone determined from lift measurements of a horizontal tail located 0.333 and 0.479 wing semispan above the body center line. The wing had a sweepback angle of 47 degrees, an aspect ratio of 3.5, a taper ratio of 0.2, and a thickness ratio of 0.06.
Date: November 26, 1952
Creator: Coppolino, Domenic A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Dallas visitors]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 26, 1952
Duration: 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Shriner circus]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 26, 1952
Duration: 57 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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