Resource Type
Serial/Series Title
Country
States
Decade
Month
1,521 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Tests of Marine Boilers
From Scope of Bulletin: "The material presented is divided into two main parts. Part I describes the evaporative tests of the marine water-tube boilers, and Part II describes the evaporative tests of the Scotch marine boiler."
Date:
1924
Creator:
Kreisinger, Henry; Blizard, John; Mumford, A. R.; Cross, B. J.; Argyle, W. R. & Sherman, R. A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Preparation, Transportation, and Combustion of Powdered Coal
From Introduction: "In the following pages the writer has endeavored to give an account of the many methods, advantages, and disadvantages of preparing and burning powdered coal."
Date:
1923
Creator:
Blizard, John
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Technology of Slate
From Introduction: "The purpose of this bulletin is to point out the most efficient methods and equipment now in use in slate quarries, to describe methods of utilizing the quarried material to best advantage, and to outline means of reducing the proportion of waste, which is now excessive."
Date:
1922
Creator:
Bowles, Oliver
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1924
Report compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Mines including statistics on fatalities in coal mines located in the United States as well as data regarding the various operations (e.g., number of miners employed and average production). The information is organized into tables for comparison and the text draws some overall conclusions in the summary.
Date:
1925
Creator:
Adams, William W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Beneficiation and Utilization of Georgia Clays
From Introduction: "This report is divided into six parts as follows: (1) Occurrence of clays in Georgia and the source of the clays tested; (2) washing tests; (3) physical test; (4) utilization of kaolins white ware; (5) utilization of clays in refractories; and (6) utilization of clays in face brick."
Date:
1926
Creator:
Stull, R. T. & Bole, G. A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Possibilities for the Commercial Utilization of Peat
From Introduction: "The characteristics of the numerous varieties and types of peat and their geographic distribution in the United States have been discussed at length in those publications. This report therefore considers these topics only in their relation to the subjects specified in the following act (40 Stat. 1154) authorizing the investigation described herein."
Date:
1926
Creator:
Odell, W. W. & Hood, O. P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Review of Safety and Health Conditions in the Mines at Butte
From Introduction: "This review of safety and health conditions in the mines of Butte, Mont., is prepared from data gathered during the period 1916 to 1924, inclusive, chiefly by Daniel Harrington, who was until recently supervising mining engineer of the Bureau of Mines."
Date:
1925
Creator:
Rice, G. S. & Sayers, R. R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Treatment of Manganese-Silver Ores
Report presenting studies regarding the treatment of manganese-silver ores.
Date:
1925
Creator:
Clevenger, Galen H. & Caron, Martinus H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Flame Safety Lamps
From Introduction: "However, before the flame lamp becomes obsolete, it is fitting that the Bureau of Mines compile a permanent record of a device which has served the mining industry for more than three generations, and not only made possible the development of entire districts that otherwise could have not been worked but undoubtedly saved the lives of thousands of underground workers."
Date:
1924
Creator:
Paul, J. W.; Ilsley, L. C. & Gleim, E. J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Estimation of Underground Oil Reserves by Oil-Well Production Curves
From Scope of Bulletin: "This bulletin reviews, in the light of the recent experience, the use of production-decline curves in estimating the future production of oil from wells. The bulletin does not deal with costs, oil prices, or the methods of evaluating oil properties."
Date:
1924
Creator:
Cutler, Willard W., Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Essential Factors in the Formation of Producer Gas
From Introduction Scope and Purpose of Inquiry: "The Bureau of Mines, to which the testing and analyzing of fuels as carried on by the United States Geographical Survey has been transferred, is continuing producer-gas investigations at the testing station at Pittsburgh, Pa. Results of the gas-producer tests made at the coal-testing plant erected at St.Louis, Mo., and of a study of some of the problems that came up in the tests have been published by Geological Survey. Results of the tests made at Norfolk, Va., and Pittsburgh, Pa. and of further studies of particular problems, will be published by the Bureau of Mines."
Date:
1911
Creator:
Clement, J. K.; Adams, L. H. & Haskins, C. N.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Flow of Heat Through Furnace Walls
From Introduction: "This bulletin contains a statement of certain results that will be embodied in a report describing investigations of the combustion of fuel made by the United States Geological Survey and the Bureau of Mines in a specially constructed long furnace."
Date:
1911
Creator:
Ray, Walter T. & Kreisinger, Henry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Permissible Explosives
From Preface: "The present bulletin is printed as a supplement to Bulletin 17 and is intended primarily for coal miners, especially for those working in fields where inflammable gas or coal dust may cause disastrous mine explosions. The bulletin is issued by the Bureau of Mines in the hope that it may prove helpful in lessening accidents due to the use of explosives, and in particular may aid in preventing mine explosions, many of which have been caused by the use of improper explosives."
Date:
1912
Creator:
Rutledge, J. J. & Hall, Clarence
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Recent Development of the Producer-Gas Power Plant in the United States
From Introduction: "A summary of the tests made at St. Louis and a resume of the conclusions to be drawn from the tests and from the opinions of gas-producer manufacturers on the status of the gas producer and gas engine was published in a Survey bulletin in 1907. As it is desirable to repeat much of the material that appeared in the former bulletin (now out of print), this presentation may be regarded as a revision of the previous one, although considerable information not previously available for publication has been added."
Date:
1910
Creator:
Fernald, Robert Heywood
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Purchase of Coal by the Government Under Specifications with Analyses of Coal Delivered for the Fiscal Year 1908-9
From Introduction: "This bulletin is the third of a series showing the results of government purchases of coal according to specifications as its quality and giving typical forms of proposals for supplying coal and general information relating to government coal purchases. This paper gives in detail the results of government purchases of coal for the fiscal year 1908-9 and the list of contracts with abstracts of specifications for the fiscal year 1909-10, and summarizes the information on this subject obtained by the Survey. "
Date:
1910
Creator:
Pope, George S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Apparatus and Methods for the Sampling and Analysis of Furnace Gases
From Introduction: "It is the purpose of this paper to describe some apparatus and methods which have proved satisfactory to those engaged in the chemical work of the investigations mentioned. While these methods and apparatus have been designed more particularly with regard to analysis of furnace gases, their use is by no means limited to that purpose."
Date:
1911
Creator:
Frazer, J. C. W. & Hoffman, E. J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Production and Development Problems in the Powell Oil Field, Navarro County, Texas
From Introduction: "The Mexia-Powell fault fields have long held the attention of the oil industry, and this report proposes to present information on these fields and to interpret it for the consideration and guidance of all persons concerned in further development of the area. Detailed study of this field was made primarily to obtain a better working knowledge of the major features, involving structural conditions, the character and nature of the Woodbine pay sand, and the source of water."
Date:
1928
Creator:
Hill, H. B. & Sutton, Chase E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Ventilation Factors
Report discussing results from investigations of coal mining ventilation and discussing problems of ventilation in coal mining.
Date:
1929
Creator:
Greenwald, H. P. & McElroy, G. E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1925
Report published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines which is a compilation of accidents in quarries located in the United States with data regarding the number and kinds of accidents as well as information about the mining operations (e.g., number of men employed, kinds of quarries, amount of work performed, etc.).
Date:
1927
Creator:
Adams, William W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gases from Blasting in Tunnels and Metal-Mine Drifts
From Introduction: "This paper gives the results of sampling the gases from blasting drift rounds at five mines-the United Verde Extension, Calumet & Arizona, Old Dominion, Mountain Copper, and the United Verde-and of tunnel rounds at the Big Creek water tunnel and Moffat railroad tunnel. The paper also describes the rounds blasted and the methods of sampling and analyzing the gases. In all, 99 rounds were fired and 376 samples were taken."
Date:
1927
Creator:
Gardner, E. D.; Howell, S. P. & Jones, G. W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1924
Report published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines which is a compilation of accidents in quarries located in the United States with data regarding the number and kinds of accidents as well as information about the mining operations (e.g., number of men employed, kinds of quarries, amount of work performed, etc.).
Date:
1926
Creator:
Adams, William W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1924
Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines covering accidents that happened in metal mines located in the United States including statistics for injuries, fatalities, kinds and causes of accidents, and operational data, such as number of mine workers and shifts worked.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Adams, William W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Leakage from High-Pressure Natural-Gas Transmission Lines
From Scope of Report: "With the cooperation of the Natural Gas Association of America, therefore, the Bureau of Mines has made a scientific study of leakage losses. The fundamental purpose of a study has been to gather information that will aid operating companies in their leakage problems and as a result to conserve natural gas for domestic and industrial consumption instead of allowing it dissipated into the air."
Date:
1928
Creator:
Rawlins, E. L. & Wosk, L. D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Acid Processes for the Extraction of Alumina
Report presenting the Bureau of Mines' investigation into acid processes of extracting alumina. The paper discusses the sulphuric acid processes and other work with hydrochloric and nitric acids so that the comparative advantages can be appreciated.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Tilley, George S.; Millar, Russell Ward & Ralston, Oliver Caldwell
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library