The Amiot S.E.C.M. 110 C.1 : A Single-Seat Pursuit Monoplane (open access)

The Amiot S.E.C.M. 110 C.1 : A Single-Seat Pursuit Monoplane

Circular presenting a description of the Amiot S.E.C.M. 110 C.1, which is a single-seat pursuit monoplane. Some of the design principles that the aircraft was built from are provided. A description of the design, components, dimensions, flight characteristics, and photographs are provided.
Date: July 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Avro "Gosport," 504 R: A New Training Airplane (open access)

The Avro "Gosport," 504 R: A New Training Airplane

Circular describing the Avro Gosport 504 R, which is a new training airplane that is lighter than other Avro training airplanes but is strong enough to withstand rough handling that may be encountered in training. Details of the fuselage, construction, ailerons, tail, struts, landing gear, fuel tanks, performance, characteristics, and photographs are provided.
Date: July 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gloster "Gambet" Airplane: A Deck-Landing Ship's Fighter Fitted With a 420 HP. Bristol Jupiter VI Engine (open access)

The Gloster "Gambet" Airplane: A Deck-Landing Ship's Fighter Fitted With a 420 HP. Bristol Jupiter VI Engine

Circular detailing the Glouster "Gambet", which is a new single-seat fighter for use from aircraft carriers. A description of the design, components, characteristics, photographs, and drawings are provided.
Date: July 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bernard 20 C.1 (French): A Single-Seat Pursuit Monoplane (open access)

The Bernard 20 C.1 (French): A Single-Seat Pursuit Monoplane

Circular presenting a description of the Bernard 20 C.1, which is made of wood and has four main parts: a one-piece wing with a fuselage in the middle, a rear section with the tail surfaces, an engine mount, and a landing gear.
Date: July 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Light and Small Airplanes (open access)

Development of Light and Small Airplanes

Memorandum presenting an overview of the development of light and small airplanes. Some of the characteristics explored include the development of airplanes of medium weight, development in countries other than Germany, development of light airplanes, general constructive fiducial lines, safety problems, the economy problem, and some special structural considerations are provided.
Date: July 1926
Creator: Lachmann, G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
René Couzinet Monoplane (French) (open access)

René Couzinet Monoplane (French)

Having been designed as a long range aircraft, it carries 6200 liters of fuel and 280 liters of oil and has three propeller groups, each with a 180 HP Hispano-Suiza engine capable of 230 HP. Details of the design, wings, ailerons, fuselage, fuel tanks, landing gear, characteristics, performances, tests, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: July 1928
Creator: Serryer, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temperatures in Cabs of Freight Locomotives Passing Through Tunnels of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad (open access)

Temperatures in Cabs of Freight Locomotives Passing Through Tunnels of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on experiments conducted to improve the cab conditions of freight engines. The temperature, gas content, and other properties are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, and illustrations.
Date: July 1924
Creator: Katz, S. H. & Meiter, Edward George
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Oxygen or Oxygenated Air in Metallurgical and Allied Processes: Report of the Committee for the Application of Oxygen or Oxygenated Air (open access)

The Use of Oxygen or Oxygenated Air in Metallurgical and Allied Processes: Report of the Committee for the Application of Oxygen or Oxygenated Air

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the possibilities of applying oxygenated air during metallurgical and allied processes. The methods and results of applying oxygenated air to these processes are presented. This report includes tables and graphs.
Date: July 1923
Creator: Davis, F. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The tobacco flea-beetle in the dark fire-cured tobacco district of Kentucky and Tennessee. (open access)

The tobacco flea-beetle in the dark fire-cured tobacco district of Kentucky and Tennessee.

Recommends methods for controlling the tobacco flea beetle in order to increase farm profits.
Date: July 1924
Creator: Morgan, A. C. & Gilmore, J. U. (John Ulysses), 1893-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Motor trucks on eastern farms. (open access)

Motor trucks on eastern farms.

Describes the use of motor trucks on farms in the eastern United States and evaluates costs and benefits.
Date: July 1921
Creator: Tolley, H. R. (Howard Ross), 1889-1958 & Church, L. M. (Lillian M.), 1872-1939
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cigar-tobacco production in Pennsylvania. (open access)

Cigar-tobacco production in Pennsylvania.

Discusses the methods for tobacco farming in Pennsylvania. Includes cropping systems, cultural operations, and plant diseases.
Date: July 1929
Creator: Olson, Otto
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Milk and Its Uses in the Home. (open access)

Milk and Its Uses in the Home.

A consumer guide to buying, storing, and using milk.
Date: July 1923
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture. States Relations Service.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Culture of citrus fruits in the Gulf States. (open access)

Culture of citrus fruits in the Gulf States.

Describes the history and varieties of citrus fruits, as well as how to plant, manage and harvest groves in the Gulf States.
Date: July 1927
Creator: Vosbury, E. D. (Edward David), b. 1887 & Robinson, T. Ralph
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The strawberry rootworm as an enemy of the greenhouse rose. (open access)

The strawberry rootworm as an enemy of the greenhouse rose.

Describes the characteristics of the strawberry root-worm, the damage it causes to roses, and methods of control.
Date: July 1923
Creator: Weigel, C. A. (Charles Adolph) & Doucette, Charles F. (Charles Felix), 1898-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Controlling the gipsy moth and the brown-tail moth. (open access)

Controlling the gipsy moth and the brown-tail moth.

Describes the characteristics of the gypsy moth and browntail moth, the damage they cause, and methods of control.
Date: July 1923
Creator: Burgess, A. F. (Albert Franklin), 1873-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Standard varieties of chickens : [Part] 1. The American class. (open access)

Standard varieties of chickens : [Part] 1. The American class.

Describes several different types of the American class of chicken breeds.
Date: July 1923
Creator: Slocum, Rob R. (Rob Roy), 1883-1944 & Lee, Alfred R., b. 1887
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fitting, showing, and judging hogs. (open access)

Fitting, showing, and judging hogs.

Provides suggestions for selecting and preparing swine for livestock shows and fairs. Describes judging criteria.
Date: July 1925
Creator: Russell, E. Z. (Ellsworth Zouave), 1866-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Method and Cost of Mining the Thick Freeport Coal in a Second Western Pennsylvania Mine (open access)

Method and Cost of Mining the Thick Freeport Coal in a Second Western Pennsylvania Mine

From introduction: The purpose of this paper is to present a detailed description of the methods employed and the equipment used, with the results obtained in the operation of this mine in the thick Freeport bed on the northern end of the field, near the Alleghegny-Butler county line in western Pennsylvania. It may be classed as a captive mine, as the largest portion of the product is consumed at the by-product plants of the parent company
Date: July 1929
Creator: Paul, James Washington & Tomlinson, H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boll Weevil Catcher (open access)

Boll Weevil Catcher

The objective of the invention is to improve to catching and destroying boll weevils with a device that is easily attached to a cultivator. This device includes "receptacles filled with an insect destroying liquid." (lines 23-24).
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Ploch, Alex
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Velocity and Pressure Distribution Behind Bodies in an Air Current (open access)

Velocity and Pressure Distribution Behind Bodies in an Air Current

The following experiments on the air flow behind bodies were made for the purpose of assisting in the explanation of the phenomena connected with air resistance. The first two series of experiments dealt with the phenomena behind a cylinder. The third series of experiments was carried out behind a streamlined strut.
Date: July 1924
Creator: Betz, A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
On the Knocking of Gasoline Engines (open access)

On the Knocking of Gasoline Engines

Report presenting an investigation of the phenomenon of knocking in gasoline engines and some of the problems that it may cause. It is of the greatest importance, not only for automobile engines, but also for every other kind of internal combustion engine, since it limits the degree of compression and the thermal efficiency and its investigation indicates ways for saving fuel.
Date: July 1926
Creator: Richter, Ludwig
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Drawing of Experimental Curves (open access)

The Drawing of Experimental Curves

This report presents a discussion of how to determine the location of a line or surface from experimental data. What we desire to know practically is the number of ordinates required to obtain a certain probable precision in drawing a line or surface.
Date: July 1921
Creator: Norton, F. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Autogenous Welding in Airplane Construction (open access)

Autogenous Welding in Airplane Construction

Autogenous welding is discussed and various methods of testing those welds are presented.
Date: July 1929
Creator: Kuchel, Ludwig
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiments on the Resistance of Airplane Wheels and Radiators (open access)

Experiments on the Resistance of Airplane Wheels and Radiators

Experiments were made on the resistance of four airplane wheels of different sizes and coverings and two Lamblin radiators. The results show the important influence of the wheel coverings. The closing of a shutter, which was fitted to one of the radiators, considerably lessened the resistance.
Date: July 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library