Practical Air Navigation (open access)

Practical Air Navigation

This book was designed to use as a text on air navigation on private ground course of the Civilian Pilot Training Program, and is the fourth edition of the publication "Practical Air Navigation and the Use of Aeronautical Charts of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey" by Thoburn C. Lyon.
Date: September 1940
Creator: Lyon, Thoburn C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Autunite Deposit in the Rosamond Hills, Kern County, California (open access)

An Autunite Deposit in the Rosamond Hills, Kern County, California

From introduction: An autunite deposit in the SW 1/4 sec. 25, T. 10 N., R. 13 W. San Bernardino meridian, was visited by F. M. Chace on May 6 and 15, 1950. The deposit is about 100 yards west of a north-south country road and is at an altitude of approximately 2,775 feet. The autunite-bearing tuffaceous sandstone strikes N. 35-40 W. and dips 20 -25 SW. It has been traced about 40 feet along the strike at the base of the outcrop and for about 20 feet up the dip. Insufficient work was done to give an accurate idea of the size of the deposit or to determine if other autunite-bearing beds are present.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Chace, F. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stemming in Metal Mines. Progress Report 2 (open access)

Stemming in Metal Mines. Progress Report 2

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the progress made in metal-mine stemming. Different types of stemming methods and testing procedures are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Johnson, John A.; Agnew, Wing G. & Mosier, McHenry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1937 (open access)

Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1937

Report compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Mines including statistics on fatal and non-fatal accidents in coal mines located in the United States as well as data regarding the various operations (e.g., number of miners employed and average production). The information is organized into tables for comparison and the text draws some overall conclusions in the summary.
Date: 1940
Creator: Adams, William W.; Geyer, L. E. & Parry, M. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of Area Between Green and Colorado Rivers, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah (open access)

Geology of Area Between Green and Colorado Rivers, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah

From Abstract: "The area described in this report comprises about 900 square miles of arid land lying between the Green and Colorado Rivers south of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad and southwest of the Salt Valley anticline. The rocks that crop out or that have been encountered in wells drilled in the are all sedimentary and range in age from Pennsylvania ti Upper Cretaceous. Mesizoic strata are especially well represented."
Date: 1940
Creator: McKnight, Edwin Thor
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of the Kettleman Hills Oil Field, California: Stratigraphy, Paleontology, and Structure (open access)

Geology of the Kettleman Hills Oil Field, California: Stratigraphy, Paleontology, and Structure

From Introduction: The field work that furnished the basis for this report was begun in 1930 and was continued at intervals until 1934. The anticlinal character of the Kettleman Hills is apparent to even the casual observer, but the many structural complications due to an intricate network of minor faults, at least in North Dome and Middle Dome, are much less obvious. Though it is improbable that these faults have any relation to the occurrence of oil, an attempt was made to map them, not only to represent the structure adequately but also because the stratigraphy could not be understood if they were neglected. Faunal zones were particularly useful in mapping. On the other hand, some lithologic units proved to be more persistent than had been expected. The two sets of features-fossils and lithology-served as checks on each other.
Date: 1940
Creator: Woodring, W. P.; Stewart, Ralph & Richards, R. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Industries Survey of the United States, California: Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties, Mother Lode District (South). Mines of the Southern Mother Lode Region, Part 2 -- Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties (open access)

Mineral Industries Survey of the United States, California: Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties, Mother Lode District (South). Mines of the Southern Mother Lode Region, Part 2 -- Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over mining operations in the southern Mother Lode Region of California. A review of this area is presented, and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1940
Creator: Julihn, C. E. & Horton, F. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Twenty-Ninth National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1939 (open access)

Report of the Twenty-Ninth National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1939

Report of the annual conference on weights and measures, hosted by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. It includes conference proceedings, a list of attendees, information about committees and officers, and other reports or commentaries discussed at the meetings.
Date: 1940
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1937 (open access)

Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1937

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over quarry accidents in the U.S. during 1937. The number, type, and location of the accidents are presented and discussed. This report includes tables.
Date: 1940
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Wrenn, Virginia E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1938 (open access)

Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1938

Report published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines which is a compilation of accidents in quarries located in the United States with data regarding the number and kinds of accidents as well as information about the mining operations (e.g., number of men employed, kinds of quarries, amount of work performed, etc.).
Date: 1940
Creator: Adams, William W. & Wrenn, Virginia E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance of Gold-Mining Districts in the Black Hills, South Dakota (open access)

Reconnaissance of Gold-Mining Districts in the Black Hills, South Dakota

From Introduction: "The principal purpose of the survey is to make public information not generally known concerning the gold deposits in the Black Hills. Operating mines, particularly the Homestake, are discussed only briefly."
Date: 1940
Creator: Allsman, Paul T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safety Factors in Construction and Ventilation, Wawona Vehicular Tunnel, Yosemite National Park, California (open access)

Safety Factors in Construction and Ventilation, Wawona Vehicular Tunnel, Yosemite National Park, California

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing the safety and ventilation hazards presented during the construction of the Wawona tunnel in Yosemite National Park. Safety precautions and procedures used during the construction are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1940
Creator: Ash, S. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1936 (open access)

Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1936

From abstract: This report describes four species of Ostreidae from the Upper Cretaceous of the Gulf region. The zones that the species characterize lie either in the upper part of the Austin chalk or in beds of upper Austin age.
Date: 1940
Creator: Loughlin, G. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spirit Leveling in South Carolina: Part 2. Southern South Carolina, 1896-1938 (open access)

Spirit Leveling in South Carolina: Part 2. Southern South Carolina, 1896-1938

From introduction: This bulletin, which is published in two parts, contains the complete results of all spirit leveling done in South Carolina by the Geological Survey of the United States Department of the Interior, including those heretofore published.' The 34th parallel of latitude, passing through Columbia, serves to divide the State into two sections, each of which is represented by one of the parts of the bulletin. Part 1 deals with the section lying north of the 34th parallel, designated as northern South Carolina, and part 2 deals with the section lying south of that parallel, designated as southern South Carolina. In each part descriptions of the points for which figures of elevation have been determined are listed according to the quadrangles in which the points occur, and the quadrangles are arranged in alphabetic order.
Date: 1940
Creator: Staack, J. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Subsurface Geology and Oil and Gas Resources of Osage County, Oklahoma: Part 5. Townships 26 and 27 North Ranges 10 and 11 East (open access)

Subsurface Geology and Oil and Gas Resources of Osage County, Oklahoma: Part 5. Townships 26 and 27 North Ranges 10 and 11 East

This report is part of a series describing the structural features, the character of the oil- and gas-producing beds, and the localities where additional oil and gas may be found in parts of Osage County, Oklahoma. This part discusses the geology and resources in the northeastern part of the county.
Date: 1940
Creator: Kennedy, L. E.; Shamblin, W. E.; Leatherock, Otto & Bass, N. Wood
System: The UNT Digital Library
Subsurface Geology and Oil and Gas Resources of Osage County, Oklahoma: Part 6. Township 28 North, Ranges 10 and 11 East and Township 29 North, Ranges 9 to 11 East (open access)

Subsurface Geology and Oil and Gas Resources of Osage County, Oklahoma: Part 6. Township 28 North, Ranges 10 and 11 East and Township 29 North, Ranges 9 to 11 East

This report is part of a series describing the structural features, the character of the oil- and gas-producing beds, and the localities where additional oil and gas may be found in parts of Osage County, Oklahoma. This part discusses the geology and resources in the northeastern part of the county, along the Oklahoma-Kansas boundary.
Date: 1940
Creator: Goodrich, Harold Beach; Kennedy, L. E. & Leatherock, Otto
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Earthquakes 1940 (open access)

United States Earthquakes 1940

Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1940. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library