Lecture on Aerodynamics (open access)

Lecture on Aerodynamics

This lecture deals with four main subjects: methods of studying air resistance, experimental aerodynamics, propellers and stability of airplanes.
Date: September 1923
Creator: Toussaint, A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aviation Spirit - Past, Present, and Future (open access)

Aviation Spirit - Past, Present, and Future

The volatile fuel of the high-speed internal combustion engine has, in the past, consisted almost exclusively of the lighter distillates from crude petroleum. Alternative and supplementary fuels are discussed such as: tetraline, dekalin, alcohol, cyclo-hexenes.
Date: September 1923
Creator: Dunstan, A. E. & Thole, F. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Relations With Air Traffic Companies and Owners of Touring Airplanes (open access)

Government Relations With Air Traffic Companies and Owners of Touring Airplanes

This report presents a recapitulation of air traffic in France and her colonies as well as a discussion of the subsidies provided by the government.
Date: September 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Control of Airplanes at Low Speeds (open access)

Control of Airplanes at Low Speeds

Loss of control over the orientation of an airplane as the incidence approaches and enters the region of stalled flight is a prolific cause of serious accidents. This report discusses methods of landing at slow speeds approaching stall.
Date: September 1923
Creator: Wood, R. McKinnon
System: The UNT Digital Library
An impulse electric motor for driving recording instruments (open access)

An impulse electric motor for driving recording instruments

The chief purpose in undertaking the development of this synchronous motor was the creation of a very small, compact power source, capable of driving the film drums of the recording aircraft instruments designed by the staff of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Date: September 1923
Creator: Joachim, W. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Dr. Schaffran's Propeller Model Tests (open access)

Analysis of Dr. Schaffran's Propeller Model Tests

Note presenting an analysis of the propeller model tests of Dr. Schaffran. Only the thrust is examined. The results indicate that the thrust produced by three-blade and four-blade propellers follows the same laws as with two-blade propellers, and that all conclusions reached from Dr. Durand's tests can be upheld.
Date: September 1923
Creator: Munk, Max M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Time Lag and Interval of Discharge With a Spring Actuated Fuel Injection Pump (open access)

The Time Lag and Interval of Discharge With a Spring Actuated Fuel Injection Pump

Discussed here is research on a spring activated fuel pump for solid or airless injection with small, high speed internal combustion engines. The pump characteristics under investigation were the interval of fuel injection in terms of degrees of crank travel and in absolute time, the lag between the time the injection pump plunger begins its stroke and the appearance of the jet at the orifice, and the manner in which the fuel spray builds up to a maximum when the fuel valve is opened, and then diminishes.
Date: September 1923
Creator: Matthews, Robertson & Gardiner, A. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Change Houses in the Lake Superior Region (open access)

Change Houses in the Lake Superior Region

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over change and wash houses in the Lake Superior area. As stated in the introduction, "this paper, with a few exceptions, presents data acquired in a survey, made by the author, of change houses in the Lake Superior region. All buildings, equipment, and practices were studied with regard for the health and welfare of the miner" (p. 1). This paper includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: September 1923
Creator: Kindall, Cleve Edwin
System: The UNT Digital Library