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A Study Of Kentucky Fluorite, William Corsey Nesbitt

Bachelors Theses

"The Kentucky fluor-spar district, embracing Crittenden, Livingston and Caldwell counties in western Kentucky, is the only section in America, with the exception of southern Illinois, where fluor-spar is mined, ground, and shipped in quantity. The fluor-spar is also associated with rich surprises in zinc and lead ores. Before proceeding to a study of the district in question, it may be well to give a brief description of the mineral itself"--page 1.

Analytical Determination Of Copper Products, Charles Dosh Smith

Bachelors Theses

"It is a well known fact that the presence of impurities in copper products has been a source of annoyance to the Chemist. The object of this thesis was to make myself familiar with the actions of different impurities in copper products, and the methods for the determination of Arsenic in the same"--page 1.

An Investigation Of The Chemical And Metallurgical Treatment Of A Cobalt And Nickel Ore, James Watts Caples

Bachelors Theses

"The ore, coming from a district located one hundred and fifteen miles from the nearest railroad point, in a mountainous country, barren of coal, and where freight rates were enormous; demanded a method of treatment not now in general use upon this class of ores, and one that would require as little freight haulage either way, as possible. With these object in view, the following work was done, after reading all the data obtainable upon the subject as found in the school library"--Introductory, page 1.

Design For High Speed Passenger Service In The New York Subway, An Electric Motor Truck To Carry On The Center Plate 28000 Pounds, Samuel Archibald Bullock

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.

Action Of Caustic Hydroxides Upon Aluminum, Herbert Fordyce. Rogers

Bachelors Theses

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Crushing Machines, Samuel J. Gormly

Bachelors Theses

"Crushing machines may be divided into: crushers, rolls, and pulverizers. Ore as it comes from the mine is usually in larger lumps which require breaking up preparatory to the subsequent treatment it may receive. For this purpose mechanical means must be employed, and the following pages are intended as a rational treatment of the most approved methods, in ore crushing at the present day"--page 1.

Coke, Temple Dyer

Bachelors Theses

"Coke in general is applied only to the product got from bituminous coal by driving off volatile matter and cementing the coal into a localities; a small deposit being found near Richmond Va."--page 1.

The Cyanide Process For Gold, John C. Reid

Bachelors Theses

"Since the discovery of Cyanogen in the latter part of the 18th century records of many experiments are in existence, showing, that at various periods, exhaustive researches have been made, in which the point at issue was to investigate that property which now constitutes the foundation of what is known to Metallurgical Science of today as The Cyanide Process, vis. The solvent power of alkali cyanides on gold & silver"--page 2.

Extraction Of Silver By The Wet Way, Justo Garcia Martinez

Bachelors Theses

"The great variety of ores in which silver occurs, usually makes it necessary to employ complicated processes for its extraction.

The extraction of the precious metal admits of two general processes viz. The Dry, and Wet Way and as I have chosen the latter for the subject of my thesis, we will be dispensed with the Dry Way, and will try and give all the processes and forms in which silver is extracted by the Wet Way"--page 1.

The Cost Of A Structure Which Is To Take The Place Of The Beaver Bridge, Rudolph C. Hoyer

Professional Degree Theses

"The subject of this treatise is the cost of a structure, which is to take the place of the Beaver Bridge.

This bridge is located on the St. L and San F. Rwy., four miles southwest of Rolla and it spans a deep valley nearly a 1000 ft. in width in the bottom of which runs a small stream The course of roadway over the bridge is N. 24 1/2 E.

The old wooden Howe Truss bridge, being no longer considered perfectly safe, on account of its age, measure was taken to supply its place with some new structure that, …

The Production Of Spelter From Zinc Blende, Lee R. Grabill

Bachelors Theses

"The problem which has been assigned to me for discussion as examination in metallurgy, is the treatment of a zinc blende from Sevier County, Arkansas; using the common Missouri or Illinois coal for fuel and the Spadra coal of Johnson County, Arkansas, as a reducing agent in the distillation process; and as clay for the manufacture of retorts, etc. that from the works at Cheltenham, Missouri, furnished by Parker, Russell & Company. Analysis of the materials used are to be given with details of processes and drawings & descriptions of machinery used; also approximate cost of furnaces, and approximate cost …

Treatment Of Gold And Silver Ores As Found In The Comstock Lode, Lee R. Grabill

Professional Degree Theses

"Statement of Problem: Metallurgy of Gold, etc.

Required, description of process and machinery used in the extraction of Gold and Silver from earthy and siliceous ores as found in California, the ores being represented by the following- SiO₂, 91.44; (Zn,Pb)+Cu₂S, 1.38; Al₂O₃, Fe₂O₃, etc. 6.39; Au, .0017, Ag₂S .12, Variable in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class ores.

1° - The methods, etc. employed in treating 1st class ores, -such as exceed in value $150 per ton.

2° - Methods, etc. in treating 2nd class ores, such …