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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
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Directions for Sampling Coal for Shipment or Delivery (open access)

Directions for Sampling Coal for Shipment or Delivery

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines with instructions for coal sampling for shipment. As stated in the introduction, "this paper deals with the sampling of coal after it has been mined" (p. 5). This paper includes illustrations.
Date: June 1917
Creator: Pope, George S.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurement and Specification of the Physical Factors Which Determine the Saturation of Certain Tints of Yellow (open access)

Measurement and Specification of the Physical Factors Which Determine the Saturation of Certain Tints of Yellow

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Standards over studies conducted on the specifications of color. The specifications of the color yellow are discussed. This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: June 30, 1917
Creator: Priest, Irwin G. & Peters, Chauncey G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
New Forms of Instruments for Showing the Presence and Amount of Combustible Gas in the Air (open access)

New Forms of Instruments for Showing the Presence and Amount of Combustible Gas in the Air

Scientific paper issued by the Bureau of Standards over the detection of combustible gases in the air. The design and development of new detection equipment is discussed. This paper includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: June 23, 1919
Creator: Weaver, E. R. & Weibel, E. E.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Revision of the American Flying Squirrels (open access)

Revision of the American Flying Squirrels

Habits, voice, nests, breeding, food, economic status, pelage and molt, and descriptions of species and subspecies of the American flying squirrels.
Date: June 13, 1918
Creator: Howell, Arthur H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Revision of the American Harvest Mice: (Genus Reithrodontomys) (open access)

Revision of the American Harvest Mice: (Genus Reithrodontomys)

Discusses history, specimens, habits, economic status, food, and pelages of American harvest mice. Lists locations and provides a key to species and subspecies, and provides species descriptions.
Date: June 5, 1914
Creator: Howell, Arthur H.
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Systematic Account of the Prairie Dogs (open access)

A Systematic Account of the Prairie Dogs

Discusses distribution, habits, economic status, predators, nomenclature, specimens, and pelages of prairie dogs. Describes, lists locations, and provides a key for species and subspecies.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Hollister, N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Ultra-Violet and Visible Transmission of Eye-Protective Glasses (open access)

The Ultra-Violet and Visible Transmission of Eye-Protective Glasses

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Standards over studies conducted on the development of protective eye wear. The methods and equipment used are presented and discussed. This paper includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: June 7, 1919
Creator: Gibson, K. S. & McNicholas, H. J.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library