"An altitude-test-chamber investigation was conducted to determine the operational and performance characteristics of a McDonnell afterburner with a fixed-area exhaust nozzle on a J34 engine. At rated engine speed, the altitude limit, as determined by combustion blow-out, occurred as a band of unstable operation of about 6000-foot altitude in width with minimum altitude limits from 31,000 feet at a simulated flight Mach number of 0.40 to about 45,500 feet at a simulated flight Mach number of 1.00. Considerable difficulty was experienced in attempting to establish or maintain balanced-cycle engine operation at altitudes above 36,000 feet" (p. 1).

"In order to understand the operation and the interaction of jet-engine components during engine operation and to determine how component characteristics may be used to compute engine performance, a method to analyze and to estimate performance of such engines was devised and applied to the study of the characteristics of a research turbojet engine built for this investigation. An attempt was made to correlate turbine performance obtained from engine experiments with that obtained by the simpler procedure of separately calibrating the turbine with cold air as a driving fluid in order to investigate the applicability of component calibration. The system of analysis was also applied to prediction of the engine and component performance with assumed modifications of the burner and bearing characteristics, to prediction of component and engine operation during engine acceleration, and to estimates of the performance of the engine and the components when the exhaust gas was used to drive a power turbine" (p. 1).

A major problem encountered in the Manhattan Project was the protection of workers against damage resulting from acute or chronic exposure to external radiation. The problem of how to detect evidence of damage following exposure to total body radiation led to this study. These studies were conducted between January, 1942 and November, 1945. Three groups of persons were employed in this study. The first group of eight individuals harboring incurable neoplasms which was not extensive enough to influence general health, these patients were treated with 400 KV x-radiation while sitting in a wooden chair, doses were 27, 60, and 120r. Three persons having generalized illnesses chronic in nature were given total body radiation using 200 KV X-rays in multiple exposures totaling 100, 300, and 500r. A third group of normal volunteers from personnel of the Metallurgical Laboratory were treated with 200 KV x-rays in three divided doses totaling 21 r. Changes in peripheral blood in the fourteen individuals is reported. In group 1 the most persistent abnormality noted was a diminution in the number of lymphocytes after completion of the treatment. In group 2 a depression in the lymphocytes was also the most marked single change. In group 3 no …

Report presenting an investigation using a 4600 pound-thrust turbojet engine as part of a program to determine the comparative performance of fuels conforming to specifications AN-F-58 and AN-F-32. Results regarding the altitude performance, altitude low-speed blow-out limits, idling limits of fuel-metering control, altitude windmilling starts, carbon-deposition rates, and iron oxide contamination are provided.

Describes the tools and tasks of the engineer soldier. Includes a proficiency test for soldiers in training.

Report discussing testing using two rocket-propelled models to test the jettisonable-nose method of pilot escape. The nose was jettisoned successfully on the second attempt and the accelerations produced were found to be within human tolerance. The first test ended with a collision of the nose and wing, indicating that this is a possible risk during power-on flight.

Memorandum presenting wind-tunnel tests of a semispan model of an unswept wing of aspect ratio 4 and taper ratio 0.5 at Mach numbers up to 0.94 to determine its aerodynamic characteristics as influenced by Mach number, Reynolds number, and modification of the basic diamond profile by rounding the ridge. Lift, drag, and pitching-moment data are presented for a range of Reynolds and Mach numbers. The results indicated that no severe static-longitudinal-stability problems up to Mach number 0.94.

Report presenting wind-tunnel testing of submerged air inlets on the fuselage of a scale model of a typical fighter-type airplane. The results are presented for ramp plan forms with parallel and with diverging walls and show the effect of the duct-entrance location, internal ducting efficiency, and deflectors.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Under the facts submitted can the Commissioners' Court of Jack County appoint the partner of a brother of the County Judge as County Health Officer, and a related question?

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Should interest on a judgment when paid be distributed to the various funds, the same as the principal of said judgment.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Request for a reconsideration or amplification of Opinion No. 0-5250, relative to violation of Article 4727, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes or, Article 577, Vernon's Annotated Penal code, in the purchase of certain real estate from the Texas Discount Company by the City National Life Insurance Company, Dallas, Texas.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: When does the motor fuel tax attach upon motor fuel sold through Army Post Exchanges and Navy Ship's Service Stores?

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Under the provisions of Art. 2956, R. C. S. 1925, is the county clerk or the city secretary the proper person to do, and before whom should be done, the things enumerated in said article in municipal elections? And other questions.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of State Highway Patrolman to make arrests aboard ships in Texas ports under certain conditions.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Under constitutional amendment of Article VIII, Sec. 9, known as "Reallocation of County Funds Amendment," may time warrants be issued to mature more than six years from the date of reallocation election, and related questions.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Construction of H.B. 258, Acts of the 50th Legislature, 1947 - Maximum compensation of County Treasurer.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of Commissioners' Court to refund attorney's fee paid by a commissioner in defense of an action for damages.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The applicability of the chauffeur's license requirements of Article 6687b, V.C.S., to one employed as a general laborer and yard man who occasionally drives his employer's car carrying passengers.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Legality of payment of contractor's claim for difference between amounts paid to meet actual prevailing wages and amounts stipulated in public works construction contract as prevailing wage rates.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the State Board of Barber Examiners to grant licenses to beauty operators and beauty schools.

"A 1/6-scale model of the Republic XF-12 vertical tail with stub fuselage and stub horizontal tail was tested in the Langley stability tunnel to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of the model, The investigation included a study of the effects of boundary layer thickness, rudder area, and cover-plate alinement on the aerodynamic characteristics. Tuft studies were made in the vicinity of the junction of the vertical and stub horizontal tails" (p. 1).