A Biological Reconnaissance of the Base of the Alaska Peninsula (open access)

A Biological Reconnaissance of the Base of the Alaska Peninsula

General account with outline of route and life zones, and lists of mammals and birds.
Date: November 23, 1904
Creator: Osgood, Wilfred H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Revision of the Skunks of the Genus Spilogale (open access)

Revision of the Skunks of the Genus Spilogale

From introduction: "Revision of skunk genus Spilogale based upon a study of about 380 skins with skulls and 75 additional skulls from the collection of the Biological Survey."
Date: November 24, 1906
Creator: Howell, Arthur H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Methods of Utilizing Western Lignites (open access)

Economic Methods of Utilizing Western Lignites

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over western lignite. The economic use of these lignite deposits is discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1915
Creator: Babcock, E. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extraction and Recovery of Radium, Uranium and Vanadium from Carnotite (open access)

Extraction and Recovery of Radium, Uranium and Vanadium from Carnotite

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing extraction and recovery of different ores from carnotite. Equipment and methods for extraction are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1915
Creator: Parsons, Charles L.; Moore, R. B.; Lind, S. C. & Schaefer, O. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Revision of the Pocket Gophers of the Genus Thomomys (open access)

Revision of the Pocket Gophers of the Genus Thomomys

Describes habits, predators, morphology, sexual variation, pelages, and distribution of pocket gophers. Describes genera and group relations. Describes, lists locations and distribution, and provides a key for species and subspecies.
Date: November 15, 1915
Creator: Bailey, Vernon
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physical and Chemical Properties of Gasolines Sold Throughout the United States During the Calendar Year 1915 (open access)

Physical and Chemical Properties of Gasolines Sold Throughout the United States During the Calendar Year 1915

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the properties of gasoline sold during the year of 1915 in the U.S. The physical and chemical properties of the samples collected are discussed. This paper includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: November 1916
Creator: Rittman, W. F.; Jacobs, W. A. & Dean, E. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technology of Salt Making in the United States (open access)

Technology of Salt Making in the United States

Report discussing technology for the production of salt in the United States and also the more important sources of salt in the United States.
Date: November 1917
Creator: Phalen, W. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electrolysis and its Mitigation (open access)

Electrolysis and its Mitigation

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Standards over studies conducted on electrolysis. As stated in the introduction, "this investigation has included a study of the physical laws governing electrolytic and self-corrosion in soils, an extended investigation of the effects of electric currents on plain and reinforced concrete, and a study of the work of previous investigators relating to the subject of electrolysis and its prevention" (p. 5). This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 25, 1918
Creator: Rosa, Edward B. & McCollum, Burton
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Apparatus for Measuring the Relative Wear of Sole Leathers, and the Results Obtained with Leather from Different Parts of a Hide (open access)

An Apparatus for Measuring the Relative Wear of Sole Leathers, and the Results Obtained with Leather from Different Parts of a Hide

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Standards over studies conducted on the quality of sole leather. As stated in the introduction, "the development of a simple method for quickly determining the durability of sole leather seemed desirable, and this paper discusses a laboratory apparatus designed for this purpose and also presents the results of tests made to date to determine the relative wear of leather from different parts of the hide" (p. 3). This paper includes illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 22, 1919
Creator: Hart, R. W. & Bowker, R. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Air from Burning Buildings (open access)

Analyses of Air from Burning Buildings

This report provides results of analyses and pertinent fata regarding eleven samples taken from the composition of the air in burning buildings.
Date: November 1920
Creator: Katz, S. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Future Timber Supply for Coal Mines: What One Company is Doing (open access)

Future Timber Supply for Coal Mines: What One Company is Doing

Report discussing a case study of a coal company in Western Pennsylvania to show how mining companies might decrease their timber bills.
Date: November 1926
Creator: Tracy, L. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of Sulphite Cellulose Extract as a Tanning Material (open access)

Use of Sulphite Cellulose Extract as a Tanning Material

Report issued by the Bureau of Standards over chemicals used for tanning leather hides. As stated in the introduction: "an investigation was conducted to determine the suitability of sulfite cellulose extracts, derived from the waste liquors discharged from paper pulp mills, for use in tanning hides for the manufacture of leather" (p. 309). This report includes tables, and photographs.
Date: November 1, 1926
Creator: Wallace, E. L. & Bowker, Roy Clement
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Revision of the American Chipmunks: (Genera Tamias and Eutamias) (open access)

Revision of the American Chipmunks: (Genera Tamias and Eutamias)

Brief summary of the geographic distribution, life history, and subgenera of genera Tamias and Eutamias.
Date: November 1929
Creator: Howell, Arthur H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accelerated Laboratory Test for Determination of Slacking Characteristics of Coal (open access)

Accelerated Laboratory Test for Determination of Slacking Characteristics of Coal

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on laboratory testing developed to measure the slacking of coals. Testing methods and results are presented. This report includes tables and graphs.
Date: November 1930
Creator: Fieldner, Arno Carl; Selvig, W. A. & Frederic, W. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accident Experience and Cost of Accidents in Washington Coal Mines (open access)

Accident Experience and Cost of Accidents in Washington Coal Mines

Report containing tables detailing cost of mining accidents in Washington state in comparison with other states.
Date: November 1931
Creator: Ash, S. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Crude Oils From Some Fields of Southern Louisiana (open access)

Analyses of Crude Oils From Some Fields of Southern Louisiana

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the studies of crude oil samples collected from southern Louisiana. The properties of each sample are analyzed. This report includes tables.
Date: November 1934
Creator: Kraemer, A. J. & Garton, E. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bureau of Mines Multiple-Diaphragm Recording Subsurface-Pressure Gage (open access)

Bureau of Mines Multiple-Diaphragm Recording Subsurface-Pressure Gage

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the measuring of temperature and pressure in oil and gas wells. Descriptions of the instrumentation developed and used for these measurements are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, and illustrations.
Date: November 1935
Creator: Berwald, W. B.; Buss, H. A. & Reistle, C. E., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Petroleum Engineering Report, Big Spring Field and Other Fields in West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico (open access)

Petroleum Engineering Report, Big Spring Field and Other Fields in West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over petroleum engineering studies conducted in Texas and New Mexico. The results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1936
Creator: Carpenter, Charles B. & Hill, Harry Blackburn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of Research and Technologic Work on Coal: Fiscal Year 1941 (open access)

Annual Report of Research and Technologic Work on Coal: Fiscal Year 1941

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the annual report over the research and technology of coal during 1941. As stated in the foreword, "these investigations increase our fund of exact knowledge on the properties and composition of American coals and lead to better methods in mining, preparing, storing, and utilizing coal" (p. 4). This report includes tables, illustrations, photographs, and a map.
Date: November 1941
Creator: Fieldner, Arno Carl & Schmidt, L. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of the Mining Division, Fiscal Year 1941 (open access)

Annual Report of the Mining Division, Fiscal Year 1941

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the annual study of the work done by the Mining Division. Investigations, operations, and projects completed during the fiscal year are discussed. This report includes tables, and photographs.
Date: November 1941
Creator: Jackson, Charles F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Nonmetals Division: Fiscal Year 1942 (open access)

Report of the Nonmetals Division: Fiscal Year 1942

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the operations of the Nonmetals Division during 1942. The work done by the division is discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1942
Creator: Ralston, Oliver C. & Stern, A. George
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coke from Low-Ash Appalachian Coals for Carbon Electrodes in Aluminum Industry with a Chapter on Comparison of Results Obtained by Trent Process for Cleaning Coal with Those by Float-and-Sink Methods (open access)

Coke from Low-Ash Appalachian Coals for Carbon Electrodes in Aluminum Industry with a Chapter on Comparison of Results Obtained by Trent Process for Cleaning Coal with Those by Float-and-Sink Methods

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on testing conducted on coking coal samples for carbon electrode use in aluminum production. The testing methods, and results are presented. This report includes tables.
Date: November 1943
Creator: Selvig, W. A.; Ode, W. H.; Gibson, F. H. & Davis, Joseph D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Desulfurization on the Lead Susceptibility of Distillates From Some Crude Oils From Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma (open access)

Effects of Desulfurization on the Lead Susceptibility of Distillates From Some Crude Oils From Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on experiments conducted regarding the desulfurization of distillates from crude oil. Characteristics and desulfurization processes are presented. This report includes tables, and a chart.
Date: November 1943
Creator: Guthrie, Boyd & Simmons, M. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of Water Flooding of Oil Sands in Oklahoma (open access)

History of Water Flooding of Oil Sands in Oklahoma

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the oil production from water injection methods. As noted in the introduction, "it is the purpose of this report to present data such as volume of oil produced monthly, volume of water injected monthly, spacing of wells, number of injection wells and oil wells, and other such pertinent information" (p. 5). This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: November 1943
Creator: Taliaferro, David Benjamin & Logan, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library