100-Ton Test : Measurement of the Velocity of Sound (open access)

100-Ton Test : Measurement of the Velocity of Sound

Abstract: The velocity of sound at the time of 100-ton shot at Trinity was measured to be 1116.1 ft/sec. Values of blast pressure computed from the excess velocity are given, but are not considered as reliable.
Date: June 15, 1945
Creator: Barschall, H. H. & Martin, G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 1350 F stress-rupture properties of two wrought alloys and three cast alloys (open access)

The 1350 F stress-rupture properties of two wrought alloys and three cast alloys

From Summary: "These properties compare favorably with those of the strongest similar alloys previously investigated. However, compared with a 60Cr-25Fe-15Mo alloy, the three cobalt-chronium-nickel cast alloys are inferior. A correlation of NACA and OSRD (Project NRC-8) data is presented, showing the variation of rupture strengths with temperature in the range of 1350^o to 2000^o for alloys."
Date: November 1947
Creator: Reynolds, E. E.; Freeman, J. W. & White, A. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

About Face!: Soldier Shows "Blueprint Special"

"About Face!" was the first in a series of Soldier Shows "Blueprint Specials" created by the Special Services Division of the Army Service Forces during World War II to provide soldiers stationed overseas with all the resources they need to stage an original, full-length, Broadway-style revue for their fellow soldiers. Each "Blueprint Special" includes a libretto, set and costume designs, conductor's score, and individual vocal and instrumental parts, as well as detailed instructions for staging the show effectively. Costumes and sets can be constructed from local scrap materials, the sketches that compose the libretto can be omitted or added to according to local needs and time constraints, and the big band style musical accompaniment can be reduced or expanded to accommodate whatever players are available. Each show features one scene where any number of specialty acts can be inserted to showcase local talent.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Headquarters, Army Service Forces. Special Services Division, ASF.
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abrasive Blasting for Cleaning Parts (open access)

Abrasive Blasting for Cleaning Parts

Abstract: A demonstration on August 22, 1945, showed that Alpha or Beta M or K parts, including insulators, can be well cleaned with a pressure-feed abrasive blaster. The abrasive is a slurry of alumina and water mixed with high velocity air in a special feed nozzle. The slurry is continuously recycled.
Date: September 1945
Creator: McWherter, Jack R. & Yerazunis, Stephen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Absorption of Fluorine and Uranium Hexafluoride by Sodium Carbonate Solutions (open access)

The Absorption of Fluorine and Uranium Hexafluoride by Sodium Carbonate Solutions

From introduction: Complete removal of fluorine iron waste gases also containing uranium hexaflouride was the object of researches described in this chapter.
Date: 1946
Creator: Joris, George G. & Compton, Charles D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstract of All Original Grants and Locations Comprising Texas Land Titles to August 31, 1945 (open access)

Abstract of All Original Grants and Locations Comprising Texas Land Titles to August 31, 1945

Supplement updating the list of Texas land grants and patents as of 1945, outlining information documenting acreages, grantees and patentees, patent dates, abstract numbers, and other relevant data, organized by county.
Date: 1945
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abstract of All Original Grants and Locations Comprising Texas Land Titles to August 31, 1947 (open access)

Abstract of All Original Grants and Locations Comprising Texas Land Titles to August 31, 1947

Supplement updating the list of Texas land grants and patents as of 1947, outlining information documenting acreages, grantees and patentees, patent dates, abstract numbers, and other relevant data, organized by county.
Date: 1947
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abstract of All Original Grants and Locations Comprising Texas Land Titles to August 31, 1949 (open access)

Abstract of All Original Grants and Locations Comprising Texas Land Titles to August 31, 1949

Supplement updating the list of Texas land grants and patents as of 1949, outlining information documenting acreages, grantees and patentees, patent dates, abstract numbers, and other relevant data, organized by county.
Date: 1949
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accelerations and bottom pressures measured on a B-24D airplane in a ditching test (open access)

Accelerations and bottom pressures measured on a B-24D airplane in a ditching test

From Introduction: "This report presents only that portion of the data from the first ditching which was to be used roughly establish the accelerations experienced by the pilot and the amount of water pressure to which the fuselage structure was subjected during the ditching."
Date: November 1944
Creator: Steiner, Margaret F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accident Experience: Iron-Ore Mines, Lake Superior District, 1940-43 (open access)

Accident Experience: Iron-Ore Mines, Lake Superior District, 1940-43

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the iron-ore mining accident experience in the Lake Superior District. Frequency and severity rates of accidents between 1940 and 1943 are presented. This report includes tables.
Date: May 1945
Creator: Cash, Frank E. & Larsen, Reuben D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Accumulation of Radioactivity as Shown by a Limnological Study of the Columbia River in the Vicinity of Hanford Works : Preliminary Report (open access)

The Accumulation of Radioactivity as Shown by a Limnological Study of the Columbia River in the Vicinity of Hanford Works : Preliminary Report

The following report provides data collected during an investigation in the Columbia River. The purpose of this investigation was to research the radioactivity present in the bottom-living organisms of the river.
Date: November 12, 1948
Creator: Coopey, R. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Acetate Complexes of Uranyl Ion and the Solubility of Sodium Uranyl Acetate (open access)

The Acetate Complexes of Uranyl Ion and the Solubility of Sodium Uranyl Acetate

The following report provides data based off of the solubility of sodium uranyl acetate that was measured under a variety if conditions.
Date: January 14, 1946
Creator: Connick, R. E. & Wahl, Arthur C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Action Taken on the Spot Contamination in the Separations Plant Areas (open access)

Action Taken on the Spot Contamination in the Separations Plant Areas

The following document analyzes radioactive spot contamination in and around the T and B Plant Areas.
Date: October 30, 1947
Creator: Parker, H. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Activation Cross Sections by Boron Absorption (open access)

Activation Cross Sections by Boron Absorption

The following report studies the neutron activation cross-sections with the insertion of boron absorbers in the energy region 10 to 20,000 ev and the elements within the range.
Date: 1948
Creator: Dancoff, Sidney M., 1913-1951; Kubitschek, H.; Lichtenberger, H. V.; Monk, G. D. & Nobles, R. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acute Histopathological Effects of Single Doses of Slow Neutrons on Mice (open access)

Acute Histopathological Effects of Single Doses of Slow Neutrons on Mice

The following report provides information conducted during histological observations made on the anatomy of female mice who have been exposed to 400 arbitrary units of slow neutrons.
Date: February 5, 1947
Creator: Snider, R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Acute Radiotoxicity of Injected Na²⁴ for Mice and Rats (open access)

The Acute Radiotoxicity of Injected Na²⁴ for Mice and Rats

The following report describes the results from studies based on the toxicity and metabolism of radioactive substances derived from uranium fission. Rats and mice were administered radioactive sodium and reactions and changes were studied.
Date: April 15, 1948
Creator: Finkle, R. D.; Snyder, R. H.; Kisieleski, Walter E.; Teresi, J.; Broido, A. & Tompkins, P. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Addicks Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1949
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adsorbent Clays: Their Distribution, Properties, Production, and Uses (open access)

Adsorbent Clays: Their Distribution, Properties, Production, and Uses

From Abstract: "This bulletin is a summary of present knowledge of the adsorbent or bleaching clays-their distribution, field and laboratory identification, physical and chemical properties, uses, quality, and value. Problems in the drying, treating with acids, and washing are discussed, and methods of testing and rating decolorizing efficiency are described."
Date: 1943
Creator: Nutting, P. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerodynamic Measurements Made During Navy Investigation of Human Tolerance to Wind Blasts (open access)

Aerodynamic Measurements Made During Navy Investigation of Human Tolerance to Wind Blasts

From Summary: "This report presents the aerodynamic measurements made during a Navy investigation conducted in the Langley 8-foot high speed tunnel to determine the actual human tolerance to wind blasts."
Date: March 11, 1947
Creator: Loving, Donald L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Agua Fria Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aguilares Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1940
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air and Gas Injection in the Oil Fields of Illinois (open access)

Air and Gas Injection in the Oil Fields of Illinois

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the gas injection methods in the oil fields of Illinois. The results and properties of the injections are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, illustrations, and maps.
Date: November 1944
Creator: Keithly, C. M. & Jennings, Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air-consumption parameters for automatic mixture control of aircraft engines (open access)

Air-consumption parameters for automatic mixture control of aircraft engines

From Introduction: "The purpose of this analysis was to investigate the use of function of intake-manifold temperature and pressure, exhaust back pressure, and engine speed in place of a ventri as a means of measuring engine air consumption and to determine if this function is suitable for automatic mixture control."
Date: September 1944
Creator: Shames, Sidney J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air-Consumption Parameters for Automatic Mixture Control of Aircraft Engines (open access)

Air-Consumption Parameters for Automatic Mixture Control of Aircraft Engines

From Introduction: "The purpose of this analysis was to investigate the use of a function of intake-manifold pressure, exhaust back pressure, intake manifold temperature, and engine speed in place of a venturi as a means of measuring engine air consumption and to determine if this function is suitable for automatic mixture control."
Date: September 1, 1944
Creator: Shames, Sidney J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library