The Caproni Monoplanes "Ca 97" (Italian) (open access)

The Caproni Monoplanes "Ca 97" (Italian)

The Ca 97 is constructed with wings half overhung, a large fuselage, all metal construction, and can be configured with 1 to 3 engines.
Date: October 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fairchild "All-Purpose" Cabin Monoplane (open access)

The Fairchild "All-Purpose" Cabin Monoplane

The Fairchild "all-purpose" is a 4 seater with a large luggage compartment, good visibility, and can be configured for surveying work. It is rated at 200 HP. at 1800 R.P.M., but can deliver over 220 HP.
Date: October 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The De Havilland "Tiger Moth": A Low Wing Monoplane (open access)

The De Havilland "Tiger Moth": A Low Wing Monoplane

With a speed of 186.5 M.P.H. and an operational altitude of 20,000 feet the De Havilland Tiger Moth has caused comment as it was introduced just before the King's Cup race of 1927. It is a single seater with unusual control configuration due to the cramped cockpit area.
Date: October 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combustion of Liquid Fuels in Diesel Engine (open access)

Combustion of Liquid Fuels in Diesel Engine

Hitherto, definite specifications have always been made for fuel oils and they have been classified as more or less good or non-utilizable. The present aim, however, is to build Diesel engines capable of using even the poorest liquid fuels and especially the waste products of the oil industry, without special chemical or physical preparation.
Date: October 1924
Creator: Alt, Otto
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spindled and Hollow Spars (open access)

Spindled and Hollow Spars

"The most usual method of arriving at the maximum amount of spindling or hollowing out permissible in the case of any particular spar section is by trial and error, a process which is apt to become laborious in the absence of good guessing - or luck. The following tables have been got out with the object of making it possible to arrive with certainty at a suitable section at the first attempt" (p. 1).
Date: October 1926
Creator: Blyth, J. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bulk Handling of Grain: With Special Reference to the Pacific Coast States. (open access)

The Bulk Handling of Grain: With Special Reference to the Pacific Coast States.

Describes the process and equipment necessary for handling grain in bulk, and the advantages of doing so.
Date: October 1922
Creator: Bates, E. N. (Erastus Newton), 1879- & Rush, A. L. (Albert Levi), 1870-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cotton ginning. (open access)

Cotton ginning.

Describes the the mechanical process of cotton ginning, using a saw gin.
Date: October 1925
Creator: Meloy, G. S. (Guy Stanley), 1874-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Vickers "Vellore" (British): A Freight Carrier Which Carries a Load Greater Than Its Own Weight (open access)

The Vickers "Vellore" (British): A Freight Carrier Which Carries a Load Greater Than Its Own Weight

The Vellore is a single engine biplane of all metal construction. It has a wing span of 76 feet and a loaded weight of 9,500 lbs. Details of the wingspan, construction, characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: October 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The De Havilland "Moth" (open access)

The De Havilland "Moth"

Officially designated D.H. 60, De Havilland's Moth is a small, simply made, 770 lb. aircraft. It has had it's fittings reduced in number to assist in this, seats 2 (including pilot) and uses a Cirrus 60 HP. engine.
Date: October 1926
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Talc Mining in New York (open access)

Talc Mining in New York

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the talc deposits in New York state. The report includes details on the geology of the deposits, and the mining and milling of the talc. This report contains illustrations.
Date: October 1920
Creator: Ladoo, Raymond B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legume hays for milk production. (open access)

Legume hays for milk production.

Argues the case for using legume hays on the farm. Describes the advantages of legume hays for profitability and increased nutrients per acre.
Date: October 1928
Creator: Dawson, J. R. (James Robert), b. 1894
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The operation and care of the combined harvester-thresher. (open access)

The operation and care of the combined harvester-thresher.

Describes the benefits of the combined harvester-thresher, proper methods for its use, and its maintenance.
Date: October 1929
Creator: Hurst, W. M. (Wilbur Magruder), 1898-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hygiene in Fox Farming. (open access)

Hygiene in Fox Farming.

Discusses fox raising in terms of housing, feeding, cleaning, disease prevention and hygiene.
Date: October 1929
Creator: Hanson, Karl Burchard, 1893-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1928 (open access)

Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1928

Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics, a bibliography of experiment station publications, and selected studies.
Date: October 1929
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feeding chickens. (open access)

Feeding chickens.

A guide to feeding chickens for the production of quality meat and eggs.
Date: October 1927
Creator: Jull, Morley A. (Morley Allan), 1885-1959 & Lee, Alfred R., b. 1887
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concrete Form. (open access)

Concrete Form.

Patent for a circular concrete form. The form is adjustable and allows nesting for storage and transport.
Date: October 17, 1922
Creator: Harris, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire prevention on airplanes. Part 1 (open access)

Fire prevention on airplanes. Part 1

Various methods for preventing fires in airplanes are presented with most efforts centering around prevention of backfires, new engine and carburetor designs, as well as investigations on different types of fuels.
Date: October 1929
Creator: Sabatier, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concrete Airship Sheds at Orly, France Part 2: Supporting Structure and Method of Moving, Mechanism for Moving the Centering, Apparatus for Handling the Materials, Remarks on Construction Details (open access)

Concrete Airship Sheds at Orly, France Part 2: Supporting Structure and Method of Moving, Mechanism for Moving the Centering, Apparatus for Handling the Materials, Remarks on Construction Details

This report deals mainly with the methods of construction employed when after the plan had been approved. The foundation, side walls, doors and roof are all discussed and the economic savings resulting from this method of construction.
Date: October 1925
Creator: Freyssinet
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concrete Airship Sheds at Orly, France Part 1: General Aspect of the Problem, Basic Principles of the Final Project, Principal Structural Elements (open access)

Concrete Airship Sheds at Orly, France Part 1: General Aspect of the Problem, Basic Principles of the Final Project, Principal Structural Elements

This report details the contest to design and build concrete airship hangers. The difficulty lies in the magnitude of the absolute dimensions. An airship shed must withstand two principal types of stresses: those resulting from its own weight and those due to the wind. This report discusses both problems in detail.
Date: October 1925
Creator: Freyssinet
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Vertical Accelerometer, a New Instrument for Air Navigation (open access)

The Vertical Accelerometer, a New Instrument for Air Navigation

This report endeavors to show the possibility of determining the rate of acceleration and the advantage of having such an accelerometer in addition to other aviation instruments. Most of the discussions concern balloons.
Date: October 1923
Creator: Laboccetta, Letterio
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Handley Page Metal Construction (open access)

Handley Page Metal Construction

In this report Handley Page construction techniques are shown such as: solid-drawn tubular duralumin spars are used in the stabilizer; plain channel sections are used extensively for minor components; and the manner of assembling them into a stabilizer compression strut is shown.
Date: October 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Obtained From Airplane Flight Tests in the Year 1927-1928 (open access)

Information Obtained From Airplane Flight Tests in the Year 1927-1928

The information obtained from flight tests in 1927-1928 covers chiefly the effect of the structural features of an airplane on its stability, controllability, maneuverability and spinning characteristics.
Date: October 1929
Creator: Hübner, W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fire prevention on airplanes. Part 2 (open access)

Fire prevention on airplanes. Part 2

This part of the report presents a detailed examination of spark prevention, fire extinguishers, and fuel tank location and design. A continued program of investigations and research is also proposed.
Date: October 1929
Creator: Sabatier, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some German Gliders of 1920-1923 (open access)

Some German Gliders of 1920-1923

Memorandum presenting a review of some of the German gliders produced from 1920-1923. The designs, flight characteristics, and descriptions of successful flights are provided.
Date: October 1927
Creator: Gymnich, Alfried
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library