The common white wheats. (open access)

The common white wheats.

Describes winter and spring varieties of white wheats and their production in the United States.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Clark, J. Allen (Jacob Allen), b. 1888; Martin, John H. (John Holmes), 1893- & Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Material in Spring Wheat: How to Remove It on the Farm and at the Country Elevator. (open access)

Foreign Material in Spring Wheat: How to Remove It on the Farm and at the Country Elevator.

Describes the foreign material that may be found in harvested wheat. Suggests methods for cleaning the wheat and describes a variety of cleaning machines.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Black, R. H. (Robert Henry), b. 1892 & Haller, C. R. (Charles Roy), 1894-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to grow alfalfa. (open access)

How to grow alfalfa.

Describes the characteristics and benefits of alfalfa, and the proper steps for growing it successfully for seed and hay.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Oakley, R. A. (Russell Arthur) & Westover, H. L. (Harvey Leroy)
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Balloon Fabrics Made of Goldbeater's Skins (open access)

Balloon Fabrics Made of Goldbeater's Skins

Goldbeater's skin, which is the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of an ox, is examined as a balloon fabric and details of how goldbeater's skin is prepared for use are provided. The construction techniques employed by Germany, France, and England are all discussed.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Chollet, L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airplane performance, past and present (open access)

Airplane performance, past and present

Report discussing the progress of airplane performance and measured by speed.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commercial Airplanes and Seaplanes: Thick Wings or Thin Wings - All Metal or Mixed Construction (open access)

Commercial Airplanes and Seaplanes: Thick Wings or Thin Wings - All Metal or Mixed Construction

In this report we will consider, as the dominating characteristic, either the load carried, the speed, the radius of action, the fuel consumption, the activity of transport, or, lastly, the qualities of comfort and safety. The first four factors determine the theoretical efficiency, while the others determine its practical efficiency.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Point
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Depreciation of Aircraft (open access)

Depreciation of Aircraft

Report presenting an examination of the concept that aircraft are essentially fragile and deteriorate rapidly when in service, which the author considers to be a misunderstanding due to the intense conditions occurring during war. Some examples of commercial airplane lines that have been running for several years and some potential deterioration costs that must be considered are provided.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Influence of Design on Cost of Operating Airplanes (open access)

Influence of Design on Cost of Operating Airplanes

The author discusses cost of operating commercial airplanes and endeavors to clear up prevalent misunderstandings. Curves of operating cost for varying duration, speed, reserve horsepower, etc. are developed.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Black, Archibald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Further Information on the Laws of Fluid Resistance (open access)

Further Information on the Laws of Fluid Resistance

Note presenting experiments with cylinders of different shapes and some of the strange phenomena that manifested in connection with the cylinder.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Wieselsberger, C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lime-sulphur concentrate: preparation, uses and designs for plants. (open access)

Lime-sulphur concentrate: preparation, uses and designs for plants.

Provides formulas and suggestions for preparing, storing, and using lime-sulphur concentrate, an insecticide and fungicide for plants.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Siegler, E. H. & Daniels, Ara Marcus, b. 1884
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farmers' Telephone Companies: Organization, Financing and Management. (open access)

Farmers' Telephone Companies: Organization, Financing and Management.

Explains how to organize and finance a rural telephone company.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Spasoff, I. M. (Ida M.) & Beardsley, H. S.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Edwards Underground Water District Annual Report: 1992 (open access)

Edwards Underground Water District Annual Report: 1992

Annual report of the Edwards Underground Water District describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 1922.
Date: December 16, 1922
Creator: Edwards Underground Water District (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill Bit and Sample Taking Device (open access)

Drill Bit and Sample Taking Device

Patent for
Date: December 5, 1922
Creator: Humason, Granville A. & Barraco, Paul J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Excavating Bucket. (open access)

Excavating Bucket.

Patent for an "excavating bucket designed for use in connection with an excavating machine" (lines 10-12).
Date: December 5, 1922
Creator: Dyke, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker. (open access)

Nutcracker.

Patent for nutcracker using lever-activation to increase the leverage while nut cracking, including instructions and illustrations
Date: December 5, 1922
Creator: Pitman, Henry M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Device for Dressing Down Bearings (open access)

Adjustable Device for Dressing Down Bearings

Patent for a tool that dresses down bearings. Railroad engine journals and their corresponding bearings show wear over time. When replacing bearings into such a journal, without adaptation of the bearing there will be an improper fit, resulting in "hot journals" or "hot boxes". This tool adapts a bearing to a proper fit for the journal into which it will be installed.
Date: December 12, 1922
Creator: Mitchell, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History