The Diesel Engine: Its Fuels and Its Uses (open access)

The Diesel Engine: Its Fuels and Its Uses

Report discussing recent developments in the design and construction of the Diesel engine, the fuels suitable for burning in it, and the uses to which it is particularly adapted.
Date: June 1918
Creator: Haas, Herbert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Petroleum Investigations and Production of Helium (open access)

Petroleum Investigations and Production of Helium

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on petroleum and helium production. The results of the studies are presented and discussed.
Date: June 1919
Creator: Manning, Van. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Petroleum Investigations and Production of Helium (open access)

Petroleum Investigations and Production of Helium

Report discussing petroleum investigations and the production of helium by the Bureau of Mines during World War I.
Date: June 1919
Creator: Manning, Van. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rock Quarrying for Cement Manufacture (open access)

Rock Quarrying for Cement Manufacture

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over rock quarries in the United States. As stated in the introduction, "the bulk of the report deals with quarrying methods and equipment, and gives special attention to drilling and blasting; a chapter on rock mining and one on prospecting are included" (p. 1). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: June 1918
Creator: Bowles, Oliver
System: The UNT Digital Library
War Minerals Nitrogen Fixation and Sodium Cyanide (open access)

War Minerals Nitrogen Fixation and Sodium Cyanide

Report discussing the results of the Bureau of Mines' investigations into questions of priority, transportation, fuel, equipment, construction of highways and roads, labor supply, best practices for mining, and the development of new materials in the production of war minerals. Produced for the War Industries Board, the U.S. Shipping Board, and other government establishments.
Date: June 1918
Creator: Manning, Van. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library