The Paleotology and Paleoecology of the Biostrome Fauna of the Edwards Formation of Texas (open access)

The Paleotology and Paleoecology of the Biostrome Fauna of the Edwards Formation of Texas

The objective of the report is to review the general geology of the Edwards and to further evaluate certain ecologic and Paleontologic data accumulated during the earlier study.
Date: 1957
Creator: Mathews, William H., III
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poe's Political Satire (open access)

Poe's Political Satire

Paper examining Edgar Allen Poe's political satire and "speculat[ing] on whether Poe attempted political satire before 1839" (p. 81).
Date: 1957
Creator: Whipple, William
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Predicting V-L Equilibrium Data... (open access)

Predicting V-L Equilibrium Data...

Report about a new hypothesis permitting the graphical determination of vapor-liquid equilibrium under isothermal conditions.
Date: 1957
Creator: Yang, H. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The National Oil Industry of Mexico: 1938-55 (open access)

The National Oil Industry of Mexico: 1938-55

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Date: June 1957
Creator: Rippy, Merrill
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire Ants, Heptachlor, and Fish Kill (open access)

Fire Ants, Heptachlor, and Fish Kill

Report on the plan to kill fire ants in Texas using a specific poison and that poison's effect on fish in the area.
Date: 1958
Creator: Boudreaux, Jack; Strawn, Kirk & Callas, Gerald
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Histories and Densities of Benzene-Acetic Acid Solutions Up to Their Normal Boiling Points (open access)

Histories and Densities of Benzene-Acetic Acid Solutions Up to Their Normal Boiling Points

Report on the physical properties of various binary liquid systems, including data for investigation, and to provide measurements of the viscosity and density of benzene-acetic acid solutions.
Date: 1958
Creator: Howard, K. S.; Hammond, L. W.; McAllister, R. A. & Pike, F. P.
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marine Ecology as an Aid in Teaching Invertebrate Paleontology (open access)

Marine Ecology as an Aid in Teaching Invertebrate Paleontology

Report detailing the potential of marine ecology as a teaching aid, including suggestions for class trips, habitat studies, and more.
Date: 1958~
Creator: Matthews, William H., III
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surface Tension of Acetone-water Solutions Up to their Normal Boiling Points (open access)

Surface Tension of Acetone-water Solutions Up to their Normal Boiling Points

"[The purpose] of this investigation was to provide accurate surface-tension data up to the boiling point for use in distillation-efficiency correlations" (p. 325).
Date: 1958~
Creator: Howard, Katherine S. & McAllister, R. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Viscosities and Densities of Methanol-Toluene Solutions up to their Normal Boiling Points (open access)

Viscosities and Densities of Methanol-Toluene Solutions up to their Normal Boiling Points

Report on an experiment to determine the boiling point values of methanol-toluene solutions, with a focus on the viscosity and density of the solution. Includes tables and findings.
Date: January 2, 1958
Creator: Hammond, L. W.; Howard, Katherine S. & McAllister, R. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life History of the Pigmy Seahorse, Hippocampus aosterae Jordan and Gilbert, at Cedar Key, Florida (open access)

Life History of the Pigmy Seahorse, Hippocampus aosterae Jordan and Gilbert, at Cedar Key, Florida

Report detailing the history and biological aspects of the pygmy seahorse, including its sex ratio, breeding season, growth patterns, and more.
Date: February 1, 1958
Creator: Strawn, Kirk
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pulsations in Sieve-tray and Bubble-cap Distillation Towers (open access)

Pulsations in Sieve-tray and Bubble-cap Distillation Towers

Report on the periodic pulsation of the frothing mass of liquid and vapor on a sieve tray and a bubble-cap tray, with an equation to help explain this process.
Date: September 1958
Creator: McAllister, R. A. & Plank, C. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electro-Magnetic Induction Damping of Vibratory Motion (open access)

Electro-Magnetic Induction Damping of Vibratory Motion

Paper discussing the use of damping to reduce metal fatigue in aircraft.
Date: October 2, 1958
Creator: Cherry, Lloyd B.
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Late Quaternary Geology of Sabine Lake and Vicinity, Texas and Louisiana (open access)

Late Quaternary Geology of Sabine Lake and Vicinity, Texas and Louisiana

Report on fossil and geological findings in the Sabine Lake and vicinity, including surface geology maps, substrata maps, a geologic history of the area, analyses of the environments and sediments, and more.
Date: 1959
Creator: Kane, Henry E.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Perforated-plate Performance (open access)

Perforated-plate Performance

Scientific report on the performance of perforated-plates.
Date: 1959~
Creator: McAllister, R. A.; McGinnis, P. H., Jr. & Plank, C. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Programming the Analog Computer (open access)

Programming the Analog Computer

The report is about programming the d-c analog computer to solve engineering issues and includes topics such as linear first-order and second-order differential equations, changing independent variables and partial differential equations.
Date: 1959~
Creator: Yang, H. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drumlins and Related Streamline Features in the Warwick-Tokio Area, North Dakota (open access)

Drumlins and Related Streamline Features in the Warwick-Tokio Area, North Dakota

Report discussing the northeast-trending drumlins and related streamline features of late Pleistocene age found in the Warwick-Tokio area of the Devils Lake region of North Dakota.
Date: 1959-04~
Creator: Aronow, Saul
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History