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Supplies and Production of Aircraft Woods

Description: The purpose of this report is to present in brief form such information as is available regarding the supplies of the kinds of wood that have been used or seem likely to become important in the construction of airplanes, and the amount of lumber of each species normally put on the market each year. A general statement is given of the uses to which each kind of wood is or may be put.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sparhawk, W. N.
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Nomenclature for Aeronautics

Description: Report defines the principal terms which have come into use in the development of aeronautics. It was prepared in cooperation with a committee engaged upon a similar undertaking in Great Britain. As a result this nomenclature is in substantial agreement with the one which has been adopted by the aeronautical authorities of Great Britain.
Date: 1920
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Development of Air Speed Nozzles

Description: Report describes the development of a suitable speed nozzle for the first few thousand airplanes made by the United States during the recent war in Europe, and to furnish a basis for more mature instruments in the future. Requirements for the project were to provide a suitable pressure collector for aircraft speed meters and to develop a speed nozzle which would be waterproof, powerful, unaffected by slight pitch and yaw, rugged and easy to manufacture, and uniform in structure and reading, so … more
Date: 1920
Creator: Zahm, A. F.
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Self-Luminous Materials

Description: Report outlines specifications for the preparation and application of self-luminous materials to be used for the illumination of various instruments, especially those used for aeronautics.
Date: 1920
Creator: Dorsey, N. E.
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The Strength of One-Piece Solid, Build-Up and Laminated Wood Airplane Wing Beams

Description: The purpose of this report is to summarize the results of all wood airplane wing beams tested to date in the Bureau of Standards Laboratory in order that the various kinds of wood and methods of construction may be compared. All beams tested were of an I section and the majority were somewhat similar in size and cross section to the front wing beam of the Curtiss JN-4 machine. Construction methods may be classed as (1) solid beams cut from solid stock; (2) three-piece beams, built up of three p… more
Date: 1920
Creator: Nelson, John H.
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The Structure of Airplane Fabrics

Description: This report prepared by the Bureau of Standards for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics supplies the necessary information regarding the apparatus and methods of testing and inspecting airplane fabrics.
Date: 1920
Creator: Walen, E. Dean
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Fabric Fastenings

Description: The study of aeronautical fabrics has led to a consideration of the best methods of attaching and fastening together such materials. This report presents the results of an investigation upon the proper methods of attaching fabrics to airplane wings. The methods recommended in this report have been adopted by the military services.
Date: 1920
Creator: Walen, E. D. & Fisher, R. T.
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The Efficiency of Small Bearings in Instruments of the Type Used in Aircraft

Description: This report deals with the construction and properties of bearings and pivots for use in instruments. The static and running friction for both thrust and radial loads was determined for a number of conical pivots and cylindrical and ball bearings. The static rocking friction was also measured for several conical and ball bearings under a heavy load, especially to determine their suitability for use in N. P. L. (National Physical Laboratory) type wind tunnel balance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Norton, F. H.
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Performance of a 300-horsepower Hispano-Suiza airplane engine

Description: The National Bureau of Standards tested a 300-horsepower Hispano-Suiza engine to determine the characteristic performance of the engine at various altitudes. The engine was operated at the ground, at 25,000 feet, and at intermediate altitudes, both at full loads similar to those that would be imposed upon the engine at various speeds by a propeller whose normal full-load speed was 1,800 r.p.m. Friction horsepower also was determined in order that the mechanical efficiency of the engine might be… more
Date: May 12, 1920
Creator: Sparrow, S. W. & White, H. S.
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The Testing of Balloon Fabrics

Description: Report describes methods and materials used in waterproofing and fireproofing airplane fabrics using dopes. The determination of the probable life of a balloon fabric in service by experimental means is of great value in choosing the most suitable fabrics for a given purpose and in pointing the way to improvements in compounding and construction. The usefulness of exposure to the weather for this purpose has been amply demonstrated.
Date: 1920
Creator: Edwards, Junius David & Moore, Irwin L.
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The Ferrosilicon Process for the Generation of Hydrogen

Description: Report describes the generation of hydrogen by the reaction between ferrosilicon, sodium hydroxide, and water. This method known as the ferrosilicon method is especially adapted for use in the military field because of the relatively small size and low cost of the generator required to produce hydrogen at a rapid rate, the small operating force required, and the fact that no power is used except the small amount required to operate the stirring and pumping machinery. These advantages make it po… more
Date: 1920
Creator: Weaver, E. R.; Berry, W. M.; Bohnson, V. L. & Gordon, B. D.
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Testing Balloon Gas

Description: Report describes a simple, portable apparatus for testing hydrogen, with special reference to its use in balloons. "In the generation, storage, and use of hydrogen for balloon purposes it is necessary to be able to determine, first, its lifting power, and, secondly, its purity. The lifting power may be determined directly from the specific gravity. Contamination by other gases may be determined by analysis for oxygen, carbon dioxide, etc., by the usual methods of gas analysis" (p. 469).
Date: 1920
Creator: Edwards, Junius David
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Synopsis of Aeronautic Radiator Investigations for Years 1917 and 1918

Description: Extensive series of experiments have been conducted at the Bureau of Standards to determine the properties of cooling radiator cores manufactured for airplanes and to develop improvements in design. The analysis of the problem on which this work was based, and consequently the experimental method employed, is different from that commonly used. Instead of attempting to test complete radiators, either full size or in model, uniform sections representing different types of core construction have b… more
Date: 1920
Creator: Dickinson, H. C. & Kleinschmidt, R. V.
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A Study of Airplane Engine Tests

Description: This report is a study of the results obtained from a large number of test of an Hispano-Suiza airplane engine in the altitude laboratory of the Bureau of Standards. It was originally undertaken to determine the heat distribution in such an engine, but many other factors are also considered as bearing on this matter.
Date: 1920
Creator: Gage, Victor R.
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Power Characteristics of Fuels for Aircraft Engines

Description: Report presents the summation of results obtained in the testing of fuels of various compositions and characteristics in the altitude laboratory. The data upon which this report is based has had an important influence upon the writing of specifications for the various grades of aviation fuels.
Date: 1920
Creator: Dickinson, H. C.; James, W. S.; Roberts, E. W.; Gage, V. R. & Harper, D. R.
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Carbureting Conditions Characteristics of Aircraft Engines

Description: Tests were conducted at the altitude laboratory erected at the Bureau of Standards for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to determine the changes in engine performance with changes in atmospheric temperature and pressure at various levels above the earth's surface, with special reference to (a) the variables affecting the functioning of the carburetor and (b) the changes in performance resulting from variables in the carburetor itself. This report constitutes a concise statement o… more
Date: 1920
Creator: Tice, Percival S.
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The aerodynamic properties of thick aerofoils suitable for internal bracing

Description: From Introduction: "The object of this investigation was to determine the characteristics of various types of wings having sufficient depth to entirely inclose the wing bracing, and also to provide data for the further design of such sections. Results of the investigation of the following subjects are given: (1) effect of changing the upper and lower camber of thick aerofoils of uniform section; (2) effect of thickening the center and thinning the tips of a thin aerofoil; (3) effect of adding a… more
Date: 1920
Creator: Norton, F. H.
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