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Aircraft engines. (open access)

Aircraft engines.

Discusses the principles, classification, description, and construction of internal combustion engines used in military aircraft. Includes instructions for storage of engines.
Date: January 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aircraft mechanics tools. (open access)

Aircraft mechanics tools.

A manual for the beginning airplane mechanic. Discusses the proper use and care of tools.
Date: February 26, 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Suction apparatus : portable, electric. (open access)

Suction apparatus : portable, electric.

Contains information on the operation and maintenance of five types of portable electric suction apparatus used to remove blood and other fluids from body cavities during surgery.
Date: May 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dental X-ray machine (items 6088005, 6088010) (open access)

Dental X-ray machine (items 6088005, 6088010)

Describes the components and maintenance of two types of dental x-ray machines.
Date: January 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inspection and Preventive Maintenance Services for Kitchen Equipment. (open access)

Inspection and Preventive Maintenance Services for Kitchen Equipment.

"This Technical Manual describes the inspections and services necessary to maintain the efficiency and prolong the life of kitchen equipment."
Date: July 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline stoves and burners (open access)

Gasoline stoves and burners

Provides instructions for the operation and maintenance of gasoline stoves and burners used as sources of heat in medical equipment, such as sterilizers, autoclaves, incubators, and a distilling apparatus. Contains descriptions of the major units and their functions.
Date: May 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Roofing : repairs and utilities (open access)

Roofing : repairs and utilities

"This technical manual discusses the principal causes of failures of roofs on Army Buildings, outlines methods of repairing and renovating roofs and flashings, and describes reroofing."
Date: June 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plumbing : repairs and utilities (open access)

Plumbing : repairs and utilities

"This manual prescribes materials and methods used to operate, maintain, and repair plumbing systems in Army buildings. Installation details covering alterations and additions to existing facilities are also discussed."
Date: December 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electrical facilities : generating plants, repairs and utilities (open access)

Electrical facilities : generating plants, repairs and utilities

"This Technical Manual describes the various types of electric generating equipment used on Army posts and discusses its operation, maintenance, and repair."
Date: April 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inspections and Preventive Maintenance Services for Ventilating, Evaporative (Desert) Cooling, and Air-Conditioning Systems (open access)

Inspections and Preventive Maintenance Services for Ventilating, Evaporative (Desert) Cooling, and Air-Conditioning Systems

This technical manual discusses the responsibilities and duties of engineer personnel in routine inspections of cooling and air conditioning systems.
Date: July 2, 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traffic circulation and control. (open access)

Traffic circulation and control.

A manual for military staff responsible for planning and coordinating traffic in war zones, including the movement of "vehicles, animals, foot troops, and civilian refugees."
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Manual of Operations for the S-50 Plant (open access)

Manual of Operations for the S-50 Plant

It is recognized that the S-50 plant operations are far from standardized and therefore any manual will require continual revision to keep it up to date. Even during the period of writing this first edition, many changes occurred and were incorporated in the manual. Such revisions could delay indefinitely the issuance of the manual and it was felt that in its present form it could be useful in the training of new plant personnel. The specific purpose of the process employed by the Ferclave Corporation in the plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is one of secret information and cannot be released here. It can be stated, however, that the plant operation involves the processing of a chemical substance. This substance is not identified in the plant or in the process but is referred to only as 'material'. Its code designation is C-616. The process in general involves the separation of the raw material into constituents with more desirable properties. It is not necessary to know the name of the material nor the exact nature of the process in order to carry out the operations so this information will not be given in this Manual. The problem involved is to transport …
Date: June 1, 1945
Creator: R.T., Overman
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Photomail operation. (open access)

Photomail operation.

Describes procedures for signal photomail (microfilmed mail) service operations. Includes instructions for handling V-mail (personal correspondence) as well as official War Department photomail.
Date: April 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Domestic disturbances (open access)

Domestic disturbances

"This manual presents the principles for the employment of troops during domestic disturbances and the essential substances of the more important laws relating to the employment of military forces in the aid of civil authorities with the applicable War Department policies"
Date: July 30, 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quartermaster Service Company. (open access)

Quartermaster Service Company.

Provides "personnel of the quartermaster service company with condensed information on the organization, operation, and administration of the company."
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Criminal investigation. (open access)

Criminal investigation.

Describes procedures for criminal investigations conducted by military police during wartime. Discusses the purposes and functions of the Security Intelligence Corps (SIC).
Date: April 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military transportation service in theaters of operations. (open access)

Military transportation service in theaters of operations.

A training guide describing "the mission, functions, policies, organization, and operation of the military transportation service in theaters of operations. "
Date: December 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Signal heavy construction battalion. (open access)

Signal heavy construction battalion.

Provides "information concerning the organization, operation, and capabilities of the signal heavy construction battalion to signal and communication officers and enlisted men of these battalions, and to all other interested personnel."
Date: June 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quartermaster depot company, supply. (open access)

Quartermaster depot company, supply.

Discusses the mission of the quartermaster depot company, supply, and how it is organized and operated.
Date: October 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Signal operations in the Corps and Army. (open access)

Signal operations in the Corps and Army.

Outlines briefly "the organization of the corps and army, the organization and operation of assigned signal corps units, and the application of signal corps activities to tactical operations."
Date: January 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Supply, evacuation, and trains, armored units. (open access)

Supply, evacuation, and trains, armored units.

An Army field manual "designed as a supply and evacuation guide for armored units.... Covers supply of armored units, evacuation of personnel, prisoners of war, vehicles, and salvage; rail and water transportation and trains in theater of operations."
Date: April 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of Aircraft Heaters 18: A Design Manual for Exhaust Gas and Air Heat Exchangers (open access)

An Investigation of Aircraft Heaters 18: A Design Manual for Exhaust Gas and Air Heat Exchangers

Report presenting a summary of a series of reports regarding heat exchangers, and in particular, the design of exhaust gas and air heat exchangers. The four parts included are a summary of heat transfer equations, single pass heat exchangers, heater performance in flight, and appendicies with additional aerodynamic information.
Date: August 1945
Creator: Boelter, L. M. K.; Martinelli, R. C.; Romie, F. E. & Morrin, E. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Manual of Fire-Loss Prevention of the Federal Fire Council (open access)

Manual of Fire-Loss Prevention of the Federal Fire Council

From preface: "This issue of the Manual of Fire-Loss Prevention, the first edition of which was published in 1934, includes revisions and additions made in part to cover improvements in the past 10 years in methods of preventing and controlling fires. Such methods remain dependent largely on the elimination of preventable fires and abatement of loss from those that originate, by the use of appropriate designs and materials in building construction and the installation of applicable fire alarm and extinguishing equipment, to the extent justified by the hazard" (p. ii).
Date: 1945
Creator: Federal Fire Council (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Photoelectric Hygrometer (open access)

A Photoelectric Hygrometer

Note presenting an instrument that measures small absolute humidity changes by photoelectric examination of the 9440 angstrom units absorption band of water vapor. The instrument consists of a small source of light which sends its radiation over an air path of less than 1.5 meters to a dispersing system.
Date: May 1945
Creator: Hamermesh, Bernard; Reines, Frederick & Korff, Serge A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library