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Tank destroyer reconnaissance platoon.

Description: A World War II Army manual describing "the tactical employment of the tank destroyer reconnaissance platoon ... of both the towed and self-propelled battalions."
Date: November 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Tolerance requirements]

Description: This report consists of a discussion concerning maximum allowable tolerance dose for personnel working in a contaminated area on an 8 hour per day basis. It is a follow up of a telephone conversation between the Medical Superintendent at Hanford Works and Dr. Robert Lash of Knoxville, Tennessee on April 13, 1943. (CBS)
Date: September 4, 1944
Creator: Norwood, W. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Explosives TNX Technical Division, Hanford weekly report for period ending July 25, 1944

Description: Progress on finding suitable water conditions for start-up had been approached as closely as possible with our present equipment and information as to the requirements. The water composition should be attainable that is not corrosive or build up a film rapidly, and we have means available for removal of such films. Slug classification methods were analyzed from a dimensional standpoint. Analysis of current CMX data was undertaken with the objective of establishing allowable variations in pressu… more
Date: July 26, 1944
Creator: Worthington, H.
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Radiation hazards

Description: This report is a discussion between Dr, Robert Stone of Knoxville, Tennessee and Dr. W.D. Norwood, the Medical Superintendent at HAPO, concerning the health hazards involved from working at HAPO and the maximum exposure to gamma radiation which a worker could be exposed to without receiving adverse irreparable damage. (CBS)
Date: September 9, 1944
Creator: Norwood, W. D.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Classified information required by operators and others exposed to radiation hazards

Description: Information required by operators exposed to radiation hazards is discussed. All areas of the plant are subjected to radiation hazards similar to those in the radium industry. Personnel in these areas are required to wear pencil meters and special badges that are evidently not solely for identification. They are required to submit to medical examinations more stringent and frequent than usual. They are required to wear heavy gloves in one location, thin gloves in another, disposable hats or rub… more
Date: August 31, 1944
Creator: Parker, H. M.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Pile Safety Circuit

Description: The present report is concerned with the electronic relay which, upon the reaching of a pre-determined value of ionization current in the associated chamber, actuates the safety rod release mechanism. The are here proposed two independent suggestions: (1) An improved trip circuit of such sensitivity and stability as to allow it to be actuated by a signal directly from the chamber without the necessity of interposing intermediate amplifier stages. The value of chamber current at which tripping … more
Date: April 14, 1944
Creator: Nierman, Leonard G.
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Catenary Chart 3

Description: Chart of catenary curve ordinates: "The curve gives approximate values of sag at all points on the catenary curve expressed in per cent of the center sag. The error is negligible for all spans in which the center sag is less than 10% of the span length." It is enlarged from figures in NBS discussion of national electrical safety code (handbook H39).
Date: August 7, 1944
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Technical Drawing
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Conductor Loading Nomograph Chart 1B

Description: Chart related to conductor loading showing vertical, transverse and conductor loads in pounds per linear feet of conductor. It is enlarged from figures in NBS discussion of national electrical safety code (handbook H39).
Date: August 7, 1944
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Technical Drawing
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Watermanship

Description: "The purpose of this manual is three-fold: a. To give you those basic principles of watermanship that will enable you to meet with confidence any emergency that may arise. b. To teach you certain fundamental practices used during small landing-craft operations. c. To show you how to swim small lakes or rivers under combat conditions."
Date: April 25, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1941

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: 1944
Creator: Adams, William W. & Geyer, L. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metal- and Nonmetal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1941 (Excluding Coal Mines)

Description: Report published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines regarding accidents at mines located in the United States for all operations except coal mines. The report includes statistics about the number and kinds of accidents as well as information about the mining operations (i.e., number of persons employed, average amount of work performed per person, etc.).
Date: 1944
Creator: Adams, W. W. & Kennedy, F. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1942

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.).
Date: 1944
Creator: Adams, William W. & Wrenn, Virginia E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1942

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: 1944
Creator: Adams, W. W. & Geyer, L. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Loss of Life Among Wearers of Oxygen Breathing Apparatus

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing fatalities of mine workers while wearing self-contained oxygen breathing apparatuses. Descriptions of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 26 workers are presented. This report includes a table.
Date: April 1944
Creator: Grove, G. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Standardized Construction of Mine Ventilating Doors

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the development and construction of ventilation doors in mine operations. The importance of functioning ventilating doors is presented. The construction process is described in detail. This report includes an illustration.
Date: April 1944
Creator: Hartley, J. C. & Moschetti, A. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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