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Analysis of Heat and Compressibility Effects in Internal Flow Systems and High-Speed Tests of a Ram-Jet System

Description: Report discussing an analysis has been made by the NACA of the effects of heat and compressibility in the flow through the internal systems of aircraft along with equations and charts are developed whereby the flow characteristics at key stations in a typical internal system may be readily obtained.
Date: July 21, 1942
Creator: Becker, John V. & Baals, Donald D.
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.
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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1941

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: 1943
Creator: Adams, William W. & Wrenn, Virginia E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Stock Market's Response to Dramatic Historical Events

Description: The events of September 11, 2001, have caused speculation that the U.S. stock market may crash when trading resumes. History, however, suggests that there is no uniform pattern in which bad news is followed by a stock market plunge. This report presents data on the stock market response to four episodes: Pearl Harbor, the Kennedy assassination, the October 1987 stock market crash, and the Asian financial crisis of 1997. There is, of course, no guarantee that the market will behave now or in the… more
Date: September 14, 2001
Creator: Jickling, Mark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector

Description: Damage to or destruction of the nation’s water supply and water quality infrastructure by a terrorist attack could disrupt the delivery of vital human services in this country, threatening public health and the environment or possibly causing loss of life. Interest in such problems has increased greatly since September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon.
Date: January 5, 2005
Creator: Copeland, Claudia & Cody, Betsy A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector

Description: Damage to or destruction of the nation’s water supply and water quality infrastructure by a terrorist attack could disrupt the delivery of vital human services in this country, threatening public health and the environment or possibly causing loss of life. Interest in such problems has increased greatly since September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon.
Date: April 25, 2005
Creator: Copeland, Claudia & Cody, Betsy A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Survival of a Hydrogen-Utilizing Bacterium when Introduced into Native and Foreign Environments

Description: Report detailing a bioremediation experiment in which laboratory grown cultures of the Acinetobacter were re-introduced to an experimental flow-through marsh environment. "The body of this report focuses on the competitive studies performed on the Acinetobacter sp., which actually was the second half of the project. The development of the molecular tools that were used is presented as a reprint in Appendix A."
Date: December 2001
Creator: LaRock, Paul A. & Donovan, Lisa S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1939

Description: From Introduction: "The presentation of a yearly record of the Alaska mineral industry is a continuing service that has been rendered by the Geological Survey from almost the earliest years of extensive mining in Alaska, and the present report for 1939, is the thirty-sixth of this series.These reports therefore serve miners, prospectors, and businessmen concerned with Alaska affairs as useful historical records, statements of contemporary conditions, and starting points on which some conjecture… more
Date: 1941
Creator: Smith, Philip S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quicksilver Deposits in the Steens and Pueblo Mountains, Southern Oregon

Description: From Scope of Report: "During the summer of 1940, 34 days were spent in a preliminary study of the quicksilver deposits in the Steens and Pueblo Mountains. Nearly all of the quicksilver prospects were examined and mapped, and the general geology of the east flank of the mountains from north of Andrews to Denio was reconnoitered."
Date: 1942
Creator: Ross, Clyde P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gaseous Detonation : Bibliography

Description: This report is a bibliography divided into two sections: one that documents books and journal articles, the other containing classified and unclassified documents, that are based around gaseous detonation. These sources cover the period between 1941 to October of 1957.
Date: October 28, 1957
Creator: Maynard, G. R. & Frost, Fred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nickel Deposits of Bohemia Basin and Vicinity, Yakobi Island, Alaska

Description: From Introduction: "According to present knowledge, the deposits center principally, in three areas: Bonemia Basin on Yakobi Island, Mirror Harbor on Chicagof Island, and Snipe Bay on Baranof Island. This report deals only with the deposits of the most northerly area, in and near Bohemia Basin."
Date: 1942
Creator: Reed, John C. & Dorr, John Van N., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FCC Reports, Volume 8, March 1, 1940 to August 1, 1941

Description: Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FCC Reports, Volume 9, August 1, 1941 to April, 1943

Description: Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Appendix begins on page 353.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Briquetting Subbituminous Coal

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over briquetting of coal for development of more effective fuel. Materials, equipment, and processes are discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: June 1943
Creator: Parry, V. F. & Goodman, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Analysis of the Variation With Altitude of Effective Gust Velocity in Convective-Type Clouds

Description: From Introduction: "In the present paper, the variation of effective gust velocity in convective-type clouds with altitude is investigated. Data obtained during 1941 and 1942 at altitudes up to 34,000 feet and data obtained more recently from the Thunderstorm Project (reference 5) at altitudes up to 26,000 feet are utilized for this purpose. Consideration is given in analyzing the results both to data for the range
Date: June 1948
Creator: Tolefson, H. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quicksilver Deposits of the Opalite District, Malheur County, Oregon and Humboldt County, Nevada

Description: From Introduction: "The Opalite quicksilver district includes two deposits with a considerable past production, one deposit with a small production, and one unproved prospect. These deposits are located along the circumference of a semicircular area that extends from a short distance west of McDermitt, Nev., for about 20 miles along the Oregon-Nevada State boundary. (See fig. 34). The area thus includes parts of Humboldt County, Nev., and Malheur County, Oreg.; almost the entire production has … more
Date: 1942
Creator: Yates, Robert G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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United States Earthquakes 1941

Description: Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1941. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1941
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual Report of Research and Technologic Work on Coal: Fiscal Year 1941

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the annual report over the research and technology of coal during 1941. As stated in the foreword, "these investigations increase our fund of exact knowledge on the properties and composition of American coals and lead to better methods in mining, preparing, storing, and utilizing coal" (p. 4). This report includes tables, illustrations, photographs, and a map.
Date: November 1941
Creator: Fieldner, Arno Carl & Schmidt, L. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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