15 Mile Road/Edison Corridor Sewer Tunnel Failure Study, Detroit Area, Michigan (open access)

15 Mile Road/Edison Corridor Sewer Tunnel Failure Study, Detroit Area, Michigan

Partial abstract: "The study consisted of field and laboratory investigations, construction evaluation, and geotechnical and structural analyses to determine the cause(s) of distress and failure of a 2600-ft section of 12-ft 9-in. diameter concrete-lined sanitary sewer tunnel in the Detroit, Mich., area. [...] The report includes summaries of all pertinent construction records, results of all pertinent past and current field and laboratory tests on construction and geotechnical materials, and detailed geotechnical and structural analyses based on observed conditions and measured parameters."
Date: January 1981
Creator: Albert, Dick; Hoff, George C.; Lorence, Brian; Mitchell, Gerald B.; Mlakar, Paul F.; Murphy, William L. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas Coals (open access)

Analyses of Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas Coals

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing the lignite and bituminous coal fields of Michigan, Texas, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Analyses of the varying regional coal fields are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1948
Creator: Andrews, David A. & Huddle, John W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extrusion at Revere Copper and Brass Inc., March 1, 1949 (open access)

Extrusion at Revere Copper and Brass Inc., March 1, 1949

The following report discusses the process of several sections of beryllium where 3.018" squares 40" in length can be machined, and six sound 8.0" diameter billets and three trial billets containing casting defects can be extruded.
Date: 1949
Creator: Arnold, Samuel V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant (open access)

Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant

Report describing the Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant, its fast breeder reactor, and heat transport systems.
Date: March 1960
Creator: Atomic Power Development Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pipe-Vent. (open access)

Pipe-Vent.

Patent for a certain new and useful pipe vent, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 29, 1899
Creator: Austin, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farmers' Reading Courses (open access)

Farmers' Reading Courses

Report discussing the main features of the farmers' reading courses that have become popular in several states through agricultural colleges and experiment stations. The reading courses are designed to provide farmers with a systematic approach to their work through the study of a scientifically sound and accessible textbook curriculum.
Date: 1900
Creator: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Magnetic Base Stations in Lake Superior Iron Districts (open access)

Magnetic Base Stations in Lake Superior Iron Districts

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the magnetic base stations located in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The report evaluates the usefulness of the stations for calibration of certain instruments. This report contains tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: September 1951
Creator: Bath, Gordon D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beef Production in the Corn Belt (open access)

Beef Production in the Corn Belt

This bulletin discusses beef production in the Corn Belt of the United States with special regard to feed preparation, cattle selection, and methods for fattening cattle.
Date: 1921
Creator: Black, W. H. (William Henry), 1888-1949
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer (open access)

The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer

This report discusses the roundheaded apple-tree borer, an insect in the eastern and midwestern United States that, in its larval stage, destroys the bark and wood of apple trees. Several methods of control are discussed, including worming, paints and washes, and sprays.Apple-tree borers.
Date: 1915
Creator: Brooks, Fred E.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Profitable Tenant Dairy Farm (open access)

A Profitable Tenant Dairy Farm

Report explaining how to successfully operate a tenant dairy farm by example of a 120-acre farm in southern Michigan. The farm discussed was owned by Mr. J. N. Neal and managed by Mr. Charles J. Angevine.Topics under consideration include operations contracts, cropping systems, buildings, employees, manure, equipment, and finances.
Date: 1907
Creator: Carrier, Lyman
Object Type: Pamphlet
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
Tie for Wire Fencing. (open access)

Tie for Wire Fencing.

Patent for tie for woven fencing that holds the vertical and horizontal wires firmly together and uses less wire in the tie, thereby making the ties more cost effective.
Date: February 19, 1907
Creator: Collar, Charles T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Microscopic Structure and Concentratability of the Important Iron Ores of the United States (open access)

Microscopic Structure and Concentratability of the Important Iron Ores of the United States

Outline of Problem: "This paper covers a survey of 19 ores collected from seven of the more important iron-ore districts of the United States and is a contribution by the ore-dressing section of the United States Bureau of Mines to general research program on iron and steel being conducted by the Bureau."
Date: 1936
Creator: Cooke, S. R. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mining Methods and Practice in the Michigan Copper Mines (open access)

Mining Methods and Practice in the Michigan Copper Mines

From Introduction: "The mining methods described and discussed in this report have been considered historically-that is, from early to present practice. The data for this report were collected during 1927."
Date: 1929
Creator: Crane, W. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rock Bursts in the Lake Superior Copper Mines, Keweenaw Point, Michigan (open access)

Rock Bursts in the Lake Superior Copper Mines, Keweenaw Point, Michigan

From Introduction: "The effect of rock pressure may be general and continuous disintegration and reduction in size of pillars of ore and rock left for the support of the workings, resulting in the collapse of hanging wall and the closing of stopes, drifts, and shafts, or the action may be sudden and violent and aside from seriously affecting the workings may present a real hazard to the operation of mines. The object in the preparation of this report is to add to the accumulated information and from the facts presented to make suggestions for protective measures to be taken when possible."
Date: 1929
Creator: Crane, W. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Subsidence and Ground Movement in the Copper and Iron Mines of the Upper Peninsula, Michigan (open access)

Subsidence and Ground Movement in the Copper and Iron Mines of the Upper Peninsula, Michigan

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the ground movement and support failure of Michigan mines. Factors involved in surface subsidence in the mines are discussed. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1929
Creator: Crane, Walter R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimating Generalized Flood Skew Coefficients for Michigan (open access)

Estimating Generalized Flood Skew Coefficients for Michigan

From purpose and scope: The purpose of this report is to compare and evaluate four methods of estimating flood-frequency skew coefficients for Michigan. These methods are based on use of (1) the generalized skew map of the United States, (2) maps showing lines of equal mean skew of Michigan, (3) mean regional station skews, and (4) skew-prediction equations.
Date: 1983
Creator: Croskey, Hope M. & Holtschlag, D. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Common White Grubs (open access)

Common White Grubs

"The present publication is merely intended to give a brief summary of the life history and habits of [common white grubs], as now understood, together with the best known means of controlling them." -- p. 2.
Date: 1913
Creator: Davis, John J. (John June), 1885-1965
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abnormal grain growth in nickel-base heat-resistant alloys (open access)

Abnormal grain growth in nickel-base heat-resistant alloys

From Introduction: "The data included in this report for Nimonic 80A alloy, for instance, represent experiments carried out to help clarify a production problem of grain-size control in an alloy which has been extensively used. The general procedure of the investigation was to carry out controlled laboratory experiments on samples of bar stock to find conditions of heating and hot-working which resulted in abnormal grain growth."
Date: December 1957
Creator: Decker, R. F.; Rush, A. I.; Dano, A. G. & Freeman, J. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cutting Mechanism for Harvesters or Mowers. (open access)

Cutting Mechanism for Harvesters or Mowers.

Patent for a new and useful cutting mechanism for harvesters or mowers. This design is to "provide a ball-bearing for the cutter-bar which shall support the same so that it will not have a sliding contact with its support" (line 18 - 22).
Date: January 18, 1898
Creator: Douglass, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pitman - Coupling. (open access)

Pitman - Coupling.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in "pitman connections for mowing-machines an harvester"(line 10 - 11).
Date: March 15, 1898
Creator: Douglass, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweet Clover on Corn Belt Farms (open access)

Sweet Clover on Corn Belt Farms

"Sweet clover is now grown successfully on many farms in the corn belt, both in rotation and as a catch crop to be plowed under. It has proved excellent for hay and pasture, and is unequaled by any other legume for soil improvement. Sweet clover may be used to good advantage for silage, and on some farms, with proper management, it is a profitable seed crop. Mixed with bluegrass, it makes a pasture of nearly double the carrying capacity of bluegrass alone. The object of this bulletin is to present details of management and of the more important farm practices followed on some of the successful corn-belt farms on which sweet clover is grown as one of the principal crops of the rotation. Cropping systems are outlined for farms of different types, and special attention is called to the three essentials of success in growing the crop -- lime, inoculation, and scarified seed." -- p. 2
Date: 1919
Creator: Drake, J. A. & Rundles, J. C.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Detroit Quadrangle, Michigan (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Detroit Quadrangle, Michigan

Final report analyzing aerial gamma ray and magnetic data in the Detroit quadrangle, including a detailed geologic summary, interpretation report, reduced scale copies of all maps and profiles, histograms, and statistical tables for the quadrangle.
Date: July 1981
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Manitowoc and Traverse City Quadrangles, Wisconsin/Michigan (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Manitowoc and Traverse City Quadrangles, Wisconsin/Michigan

Final report analyzing aerial gamma ray and magnetic data in the Manitowoc and Traverse City quadrangles, including a detailed geologic summary, interpretation report, reduced scale copies of all maps and profiles, histograms, and statistical tables for the quadrangle.
Date: July 1981
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library