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Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1931

Description: 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: 1933
Creator: Adams, William W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1931

Description: 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.). This report covers 1931, which was the safest year for the industry since 1913; the data represents all states of the quarrying industry and figures are based on returns representing 1,530… more
Date: 1933
Creator: Adams, William W.
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Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States: 1931

Description: Report compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Mines including statistics on fatal and non-fatal accidents 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: 1933
Creator: Adams, William W.; Geyer, L. E. & Chenoweth, L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Charts for determining the pitching moment of tapered wings with sweepback and twist

Description: From Summary: "This report presents a convenient method for calculating the pitching-moment characteristics of tapered wings with sweepback and twist. The method is based on the fact that the pitching-moment characteristics of a wing may be specified by giving the value of the pitching moment at zero lift and the location of the axis about which the axis is constant. Data for calculating these characteristics are presented by curves which apply to wings having a linear distribution of twist alo… more
Date: December 1933
Creator: Anderson, Raymond F.
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The Aerodynamic Forces and Moments Exerted on a Spinning Model of the NY-1 Airplane as Measured by the Spinning Balance

Description: From Summary: "A preliminary investigation of the effects of changes in the elevator and rudder settings and of small changes in attitude upon the aerodynamic forces and moments exerted upon a spinning airplane was undertaken with the spinning balance in the 5-foot vertical tunnel of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. The tests were made on a 1/12-scale model of the "NY-1" airplane. Data by which to fix the attitude, the radius of spin, and the rotational and air velocities were t… more
Date: February 7, 1933
Creator: Bamber, M. J. & Zimmerman, C. H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of stabilizer location upon pitching and yawing moments in spins as shown by tests with the spinning balance

Description: Tests were made with the spinning balance in a 5-foot wind tunnel to study the effect of stabilizer location upon the pitching and yawing moments given by the tail surfaces in spinning attitudes. The tests revealed that the horizontal surfaces, when in a normal location, seriously reduced the effectiveness of the fin and rudder, particularly at angles of attack of 50 degrees or more. The tests also revealed that a more forward or more rearward location gave no consistent or decided improvement;… more
Date: November 1933
Creator: Bamber, M. J. & Zimmerman, C. H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aircraft speed instruments

Description: From Summary: "This report presents a concise survey of the measurement of air speed and ground speed on board aircraft. Special attention is paid to the Pitot-static air-speed meter which is the standard in the United States for airplanes. A bibliography on air-speed measurement concludes the report."
Date: 1933
Creator: Beij, K. Hilding
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tank Tests of Two Floats for High-Speed Seaplanes

Description: "At the request of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, a study of the design of floats especially suitable for use on high-speed seaplanes was undertaken in the N.A.C.A. tank. This note give the results obtained in tests of one-quarter full-size models of two floats for high-speed seaplanes. One was a float similar to that used on the Macchi high-speed seaplane which competed in the 1926 Schneider Trophy races, and the other a float designed at the N.A.C.A. tank in an attempt to improve… more
Date: November 1933
Creator: Bell, Joe W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Flight of an Autogiro at High Speed

Description: This report presents a method for computing the flight performance of an autogiro at high speed, the velocity component along the blades being accounted for by calculation of the profile drag and the equation for zero torque.
Date: December 1933
Creator: Bennett, J. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Behavior of Vortex Systems

Description: Progressive application of the Kutta-Joukowsky theorem to the relationship between airfoil lift and circulation affords a number of formulas concerning the conduct of vortex systems. The application of this line of reasoning to several problems of airfoil theory yields an insight into many hitherto little observed relations. This report is confined to plane flow, hence all vortex filaments are straight and mutually parallel (perpendicular to the plane of flow).
Date: June 1933
Creator: Betz, A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tests for the Elimination of Tail Flutter

Description: "On various low-wing monoplanes the horizontal tail surfaces flutter in flight at large angles of attack and occasionally in curvilinear flight. This flutter leads to torsional vibrations of the rear end of the fuselage, as manifested by vibrations of the control stick. According to the earlier DVL investigations tail flutter is due to the influence, on horizontal tail surfaces, of eddies or vortices shed at large angles of attack by the upper surface of the wing root. The cause of tail flutter… more
Date: June 1933
Creator: Biechteler, Curt
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The interference between struts in various combinations

Description: This report presents the results of wind tunnel tests made to determine the interference drag arising from various arrangements of streamline struts and round struts, or cylinders. Determinations were made of the interference drag of struts spaced side by side, struts in tandem, tandem struts encased in a single fairing, a strut intersecting a plane, and struts intersecting to form a v. Three sizes of struts were used for most of the tests. These tests show that the interference drag arising fr… more
Date: June 5, 1933
Creator: Biermann, David & Herrnstein, William H., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Working charts for the stress analysis of elliptic rings

Description: This report presents charts which reduce the stress analysis of circular and elliptic rings of uniform cross section subjected to balanced systems of concentrated loads from a statically indeterminate problem to a statically determinate one. To demonstrate the use of the charts in the stress analysis of elliptic rings, an illustrative problem is included.
Date: January 1933
Creator: Burke, Walter F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Climax Molybdenum Deposit, Colorado

Description: From abstract: The largest single metal-mining operation in the history of mining in Colorado has been developed at Climax, as a result of the increased use of molybdenum in the steel and other industries. Production of molybdenum at Climax was notable for a short period during the World War; it ceased from April 1919 to August 1924 but since then has shown a steady increase. In 1930 from 1,000 to 1,200 tons of ore was milled daily, using only one unit of the 2,000-ton mill. The mine has a rese… more
Date: 1933
Creator: Butler, B. S. & Vanderwilt, J. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Miocene Foraminifera of the Coastal Plain of the Eastern United States

Description: From introduction: In the following report the species of Foraminifera found in the Miocene of the Coastal Plain region of the eastern United States from Florida to Maryland are described and recorded. Numerous papers have been published on this region, some of which, however, are largely lists. Where the original material on which a paper was based has not been available for the present study, the records have been omitted, as it is very difficult to place the species in their proper position … more
Date: 1933
Creator: Cushman, Joseph A. & Cahill, Edgar D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The effect of spray strips on a model of the P3M-1 flying boat hull

Description: This note presents the results of a series of tests made in the N.A.C.A. tank on a one-sixth full-size model of the hull and side floats of the Navy P3M-1 flying boat for the purpose of finding a method of reducing the amount of spray thrown into the propellers of this craft when taking off and landing. The model was tested without spray strips and with five different spray-strip arrangements. The best arrangement was an improvement over the bare hull with no spray strips, but the improvement w… more
Date: December 1933
Creator: Dawson, John R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Aerodynamic Effect of a Retractable Landing Gear

Description: "Tests were conducted in the N.A.C.A. full scale wind tunnel at the request of the Army Air Corps to determine the effect of retractable landing gear openings in the bottom surface of a wing upon the characteristics of a Lockheed Altair airplane. The tests were extended to include the determination of the lift and drag characteristics throughout the angle-of-attack range with the landing gear both retracted and extended. Covering the wheel openings in the wing with sheet metal when the wheels w… more
Date: March 1933
Creator: DeFrance, Smith J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Rivet Heads on the Characteristics of a 6 by 36 Foot Clark Y Metal Airfoil

Description: "An investigation was conducted in the N.A.C.A. full-scale wind tunnel to determine the effects of exposed rivet heads on the aerodynamic characteristics of a metal-covered 6 by 36 foot Clark Y airfoil. Lead punching simulating 1/8 inch rivet heads were attached in full-span rows at a pitch of 1 inch at various chord positions. Tests were made at velocities varying from 40 to 120 miles per hour to investigate the scale effect" (p. 1).
Date: May 1933
Creator: Dearborn, Clinton H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Relative loading on biplane wings

Description: Recent improvements in stress analysis methods have made it necessary to revise and to extend the loading curves to cover all conditions of flight. This report is concerned with a study of existing biplane data by combining the experimental and theoretical data to derive a series of curves from which the lift curves of the individual wings of a biplane may be obtained.
Date: February 15, 1933
Creator: Diehl, Walter S.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stability of Thin-Walled Tubes Under Torsion

Description: "In this report a theoretical solution is developed for the torsion on a round thin-walled tube for which the walls become unstable. The results of this theory are given by a few simple formulas and curves which cover all cases. The differential equations of equilibrium are derived in a simpler form than previously found, it being shown that many items can be neglected" (p. 3).
Date: May 5, 1933
Creator: Donnell, L. H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The physical effects of detonation in a closed cylindrical chamber

Description: Detonation in the internal-combustion engine is studied as a physical process. It is shown that detonation is accompanied by pressure waves within the cylinder charge. Sound theory is applied to the calculation of resonant pressure-wave frequencies. Apparatus is described for direct measurement of pressure-wave frequencies. Frequencies determined from two engines of different cylinder sizes are shown to agree with the values calculated from sound theory. An outline of the theoretically possible… more
Date: October 1933
Creator: Draper, C. S.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiments With Needle Bearings

Description: Experiments and results are presented in testing needle bearings, especially in comparison with roller bearings. Reduction in coefficient of friction is discussed as well as experimental methods and recording devices.
Date: May 1933
Creator: Ferretti, Pericle
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Development of an Electrolytic Method for the Determination of Inclusions in Plain-Carbon Steels

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the specifications and development of methods used in plain-carbon steel production. Proposed methods and experiment results are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, and photographs.
Date: May 1933
Creator: Fitterer, G. R.; Sockman, B. E.; Krockenberger, E. A.; Meneilly, R. B.; Marshall, E. W., Jr. & Eckel, J. F.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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