Radio-Frequency Resistance and Inductance of Coils Used in Broadcast Reception (open access)

Radio-Frequency Resistance and Inductance of Coils Used in Broadcast Reception

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Standards over radio-frequency resistance in radio reception. As stated in the introduction, "the purpose of this paper is to present data on the radio-frequency resistance and inductance of coils within the range of frequencies used in radiotelephone broadcasting" (p. 651). This paper includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: October 22, 1925
Creator: Hund, August & De Groot, H. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water-pressure distribution on seaplane float (open access)

Water-pressure distribution on seaplane float

The investigation presented in this report was conducted for the purpose of determining the distribution and magnitude of water pressures likely to be experienced on seaplane hulls in service. It consisted of the development and construction of apparatus for recording water pressures lasting one one-hundredth second or longer and of flight tests to determine the water pressures on a UO-1 seaplane float under various conditions of taxiing, taking off, and landing. The apparatus developed was found to operate with satisfactory accuracy and is suitable for flight tests on other seaplanes. The tests on the UO-1 showed that maximum pressures of about 6.5 pounds per square inch occur at the step for the full width of the float bottom. Proceeding forward from the step the maximum pressures decrease in magnitude uniformly toward the bow, and the region of highest pressures narrows toward the keel. Immediately abaft the step the maximum pressures are very small, but increase in magnitude toward the stern and there once reached a value of about 5 pounds per square inch. (author).
Date: December 22, 1927
Creator: Thompson, F. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1927 (open access)

Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1927

Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1927, activities, ideals, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: May 22, 1928
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
System: The Portal to Texas History