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Natural Gas Manual for the Home (open access)

Natural Gas Manual for the Home

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing a manual written for individuals who use natural gas in the home. As stated in the introduction, "its purpose is to tell about the supply, production, and distribution of natural gas, so that the necessity for preventing waste will be better understood" (p. 1). This report includes a map, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1922
Creator: Cattell, R. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Manual Training Building For Stamford High School, Stamford, Texas: Elevation Renderings

Elevation renderings for a school building. Sections include west elevation, east elevation, and north & south elevation. They feature wall edge lines, measurements, labels, and windows.
Date: August 15, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Manual Training Building For Stamford High School, Stamford, Texas: Floor Plan

Floor plan for a school building. It features wall edge lines, door orientation lines, measurements, and room names. Other sections include 3" detail of exterior doors, 3" detail of blackboard, details of bulletin board, door schedule, window schedule, and 3" detail of steel windows.
Date: August 15, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Manual Training Building For Stamford High School, Stamford, Texas: Foundation Plan

Foundation plan for a school building. It features wall edge lines, measurements, radiator connections, and labels.
Date: August 25, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Manual Training Building For Stamford High School, Stamford, Texas: Floor Plan

Floor plan for a school building. It features wall edge lines, measurements, room names, and a mechanical schedule.
Date: 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

Manual Training Building For Stamford High School, Stamford, Texas: Footing & Foundation Plan

Footing and foundation plan for a school building. It features wall edge lines, measurements, labels, and column placement. Other sections include general notes, detail of roof construction, beam sections, footing schedule, and detail of roof construction trusses.
Date: August 15, 1928
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manual of Testing Methods for Oil Shale and Shale Oil (open access)

Manual of Testing Methods for Oil Shale and Shale Oil

From Introduction: "This paper is presented, therefore, as a manual of apparatus and methods that the bureau has developed for work on oil shale and found satisfactory for routine tests and for research. Explanation and discussion of the principles underlying the methods of testing are included wherever necessary for a clearer understanding."
Date: 1926
Creator: Karrick, Lewis C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The "Universal Propeller": Built by Paragon Engineers, Inc., Baltimore, MD. (open access)

The "Universal Propeller": Built by Paragon Engineers, Inc., Baltimore, MD.

At the request of the N.A.C.A. the "Universal Propeller" was operated and explained by the inventor, Mr. Spencer Heath, for the purpose of demonstrating the following features of design: 1) Elimination of continuously running gears, collars or bearings in the pitch control mechanism; 2) The use of engine power in place of manual labor in changing blade angle; 3) The absence of any structural limitation to the range of blade angles available and the possibility of limiting the blade travel between any two predetermined extreme positions; 4) Continuous indication on the instrument board of the blade position; 5) Automatic throttling of the engine while the propeller is passing through the position of neutral pitch.
Date: March 1922
Creator: Bacon, David L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salvage of Material in the Oil Industry (open access)

Salvage of Material in the Oil Industry

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the salvage of necessary equipment for the oil industry. The types of materials that can be salvaged are presented and discussed. This paper includes photographs, and illustrations.
Date: 1929
Creator: Bowie, C. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Introduction to the Helicopter (open access)

An Introduction to the Helicopter

It is the object of this report to review briefly the aerodynamic and construction data already available regarding helicopters and to set forth the difficulties which must be met.
Date: 1925
Creator: Klemin, Alexander
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nomenclature for Aeronautics (open access)

Nomenclature for Aeronautics

"This nomenclature for aeronautics was prepared by a special conference on aeronautical nomenclature by the Executive Committee of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics at a meeting held August 11, 1933. This publication supersedes all previous publications of the committee on this subject. The purpose of the committee in the preparation and publication of this report is to secure uniformity in the official documents of the government and, as far as possible, in technical and other commercial publications" (p. 603).
Date: 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nomenclature for Aeronautics (open access)

Nomenclature for Aeronautics

"This nomenclature for aeronautics was prepared by a special conference on aeronautical nomenclature, composed of representatives of the Army and Navy Air Services, the Air Mail Service, the Bureau of Standards, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and private life. This report supersedes all previous publications of the committee on this subject. It is published with the intention of securing greater uniformity and accuracy in official documents of the government, and, as far as possible, in technical and other commercial publications" (p. 619).
Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nomenclature for Aeronautics (open access)

Nomenclature for Aeronautics

"This nomenclature for aeronautics was prepared by a Special Conference on Aeronautical Nomenclature by the executive committee of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics at a meeting held on August 19, 1924, at which meeting Dr. Joseph S. Ames was appointed chairman of the conference. The conference was composed of representatives of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and specially appointed representatives officially designated by the Army Air Service, the Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy Department, the Bureau of Standards, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of the committee in the preparation and publication of this report is to secure uniformity in the official documents of the government and, as far as possible, in technical and other commercial publications" (p. 193).
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Establishment of Aviation Schools (open access)

Establishment of Aviation Schools

Report presenting a discussion of the creation of a suitable aviation school and some of the characteristics that should be considered in terms of hiring personnel, creating a curriculum, and obtaining equipment.
Date: November 1921
Creator: Kempe, Erich
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
High Altitude Flying (open access)

High Altitude Flying

This note investigates the effect of high altitude or low atmospheric pressure upon the operation of an engine and the effect of the low pressure and lack of oxygen and of the very low temperatures upon the pilot and upon the performance of the airplane itself.
Date: May 1924
Creator: King, Paul B. & Carroll, Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Variable Pitch Propellers (open access)

Variable Pitch Propellers

It is proposed in this report to explain the Gloster Hele-Shaw Beacham variable pitch propeller. It is a variable pitch propeller, which has been theorized to greatly improve the performance of an airplane or airship. An explanation of the way the propeller works and some of the physics behind propeller operation are provided.
Date: April 1928
Creator: Milner, H. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wind Tunnel Balances (open access)

Wind Tunnel Balances

Report embodies a description of the balance designed and constructed for the use of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics at Langley Field, and also deals with the theory of sensitivity of balances and with the errors to which wind tunnel balances of various types are subject.
Date: 1920
Creator: Warner, Edward P. & Norton, F. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiments in the Use of Back Pressures on Oil Wells (open access)

Experiments in the Use of Back Pressures on Oil Wells

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over experiments conducted on the back pressure of oil wells. The results of the experiments are presented and discussed. This paper includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: September 1924
Creator: Swigart, T. E. & Bopp, C. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Control Problems on Large Airplanes (open access)

Control Problems on Large Airplanes

The development of more efficient control surfaces requiring less force to operate are presented. Some of the control surfaces explored include the De Havilland gear, Flettner rudder, and some other possible control methods.
Date: July 1923
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Steam Power Plants in Aircraft (open access)

Steam Power Plants in Aircraft

"The employment of steam power plants in aircraft has been frequently proposed. Arguments pro and con have appeared in many journals. It is the purpose of this paper to make a brief analysis of the proposal from the broad general viewpoint of aircraft power plants. Any such analysis may be general or detailed" (p. 1).
Date: June 1926
Creator: Wilson, E. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Manual for Oil and Gas Operations [Part 1] (open access)

Manual for Oil and Gas Operations [Part 1]

Part one of a bulletin from the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing oil and gas field waste prevention, and policies on field operation. According to the introduction, "Part I of this manual points out types of oil and gas wastes and suggest, in detail or by reference, the most practical and effective methods in current practice for stopping these wastes. Throughout Part I the department's operating policy is given, with interpretations of the 'Operating Regulations' for enforcing every practical measure of conservation" (p. 1).
Date: 1923
Creator: Swigart, T. E. & Beecher, C. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of stresses in German airplanes (open access)

Analysis of stresses in German airplanes

This report contains an account of the origin of the views and fundamental principles underlying the construction of German airplanes during the war. The report contains a detailed discussion of the aerodynamic principles and their use in determining the strength of airplanes, the analysis of the strength qualities of materials and in the construction, the calculated strength of air flows and a description of tests made in determining the strength of airplanes.
Date: 1922
Creator: Hoff, Wilhelm
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbureting Conditions Characteristics of Aircraft Engines (open access)

Carbureting Conditions Characteristics of Aircraft Engines

Tests were conducted at the altitude laboratory erected at the Bureau of Standards for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to determine the changes in engine performance with changes in atmospheric temperature and pressure at various levels above the earth's surface, with special reference to (a) the variables affecting the functioning of the carburetor and (b) the changes in performance resulting from variables in the carburetor itself. This report constitutes a concise statement of the difficulties to be encountered in this branch of carburetion.
Date: 1920
Creator: Tice, Percival S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engine performance and the determination of absolute ceiling (open access)

Engine performance and the determination of absolute ceiling

From Summary: "This report contains a brief study of the variation of engine power with temperature and pressure. The variation of propeller efficiency in standard atmosphere is obtained from the general efficiency curve which is developed in NACA report no. 168. The variation of both power available and power required are then determined and curves plotted, so that the absolute ceiling may be read directly from any known sea-level value of the ratio of power available to power required."
Date: January 1924
Creator: Diehl, Walter S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library