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A Study For Comparative Costs Of Flat, Short Span, Concrete Steel Highway Bridges, Thomas Purcell Mccague

Bachelors Theses

"The importance of steel in the construction of long span highway bridges is well understood, but it's cost and the constant heavy maintenance charges, or it's rapid deterioration, if not properly maintained, have caused builders of bridges to seek some other material, which is low is first cost and which will not require constant painting. Se we consider concrete and concrete steel"--page 2.

Design Of A Concrete-Steel Highway Bridge For Dry Fork Crossing, Salem Road, Phelps County, Mo., Edward V. Damotte

Bachelors Theses

No abstract provided.

Oils And Flotation, Clarence Eugene Peterson, Charles Yancey Clayton

Bachelors Theses

"We know that the sulphides, or minerals with a metallic lustre, can be floated either with or without oil and that the carbonates, silicates, etc., cannot be floated so readily. Why do certain oils have the power of selecting certain minerals? Why do certain oils produce froth? Why do certain oils give a watery froth? Why do some give an ephemeral froth and others a tough one? Of the thousands of oils known, only a few classes have found successful application in this new process...This leads us to the question, what property or combination of properties make oils valuable as …

The Flotation Of A West Joplin, Mo. Slime, John Stone Hoffman, James Joseph Dowd

Bachelors Theses

"Owing to the high price of zinc and the success attending flotation in other districts, intense interest was aroused in the flotation of slimes of the South-West Missouri District. These slimes are the accumulation of the finer particles of the ore during the milling process and their metallic content is generally higher than that of the original ore. They have been disposed of, in the past, by sluicing them to the tailings ponds because no economical method of saving the zinc had been discovered. The object of our experiments was to economically extract from these slimes, by flotation, a product …

Leaching Experiments On An Arizona Copper Ore, Gunnard Edmund Johnson

Bachelors Theses

"The object of this thesis was to obtain a general knowledge of the problems to be solved in leaching a typical carbonate copper ore or oxidized capping of the New Cornelia Copper Co.'s ore. The experimental work previously performed far exceeds any that might be attempted in the short time allotted to this work, and the few results obtained indicate that the ore is particularly favorable for leaching"--Scope of Thesis, page 1.

The Effect Of Temperature Upon The Crystal Size And Physical Properties Of Iron And Steel, Earl Joesting Mcnely

Bachelors Theses

"This investigation was deemed of sufficient merit to require the work of two terms. It naturally is divided into two parts, i.e., the effect that temperature has upon the crystal size; and the effect that temperature has upon the physical properties of iron and steel"--page 3.

Notes On The Development Of The Flotation Process For Concentrating Copper And Iron Sulphide Ore, Holman Thompson Marshall

Bachelors Theses

"The first flotation machines was installed at the Magna Mill of the Utah Copper Co. in August and September, 1914. The outbreak of the war in Europe having made necessary the shutting down of the Arthur Mill of the same company, the flotation plant was installed at Magna for the purpose of carrying on experiments which had been in process at Arthur. Enough experimentation had been done with the small laboratory machine at Arthur, and results obtained were favorable enough to warrant the installation of a full size Janney machine"--page 1.

Problems In Flotation, William Henry Mccartney

Bachelors Theses

"Little has been done to classify oils on the basis of their action as flotation agents, either for their frothing or their selective qualities...This investigation was undertaken chiefly to aid in effecting such a classification"--page 3.

An Investigation In Concrete, Don H. Morgan

Bachelors Theses

"It is the purpose of this investigation to determine the effect of blending a portland cement with a fine silica sand. A blended cement such as this has been used successfully and economically in several important works. The United States Reclamation Service and the Los Angeles Aqueduct commission have made use of such a blended cement in several important structures. This dilution, so to say, of the cement results is a decrease in cost without a loss of strength. In this investigation it has been assured that the cement retained on a #200 sieve is inert and may be replaced …

Treatment Of A Complex Ore, Earl Burdette Weiberg, Hugo Edward Koch

Bachelors Theses

"Many complex ores are found in the West, which contain zinc in large quantities together with lead, copper, gold, and silver in sufficient amounts to yield a good profit could they be separated from the zinc economically, If such an ore were sent to the smelter to be treated in a blast furnace for the recovery of lead, copper, gold, and silver the smelter would penalize the shipper for all zinc over ten percent. On the other hand if the ore were sent to a zinc smelter for direct treatment there would be a penalty for excess lead present, and …

The Cost Of Producing Electricity At The Hamilton, Missouri Light And Power Company, Bernerd William Adams

Bachelors Theses

"For those seeking information on the cost of producing electricity in steam plants, an unlimited amount of data may be found in the technical journals and text books. This information, however, is obtained from a careful analysis of the daily and hourly records kept by the largest central stations, hence, production costs are available only where the yearly out-put is several million kilowatt-hours. the small isolated stations of from one hundred to two hundred kilowatt capacity have not as a rule, become progressive enough to keep a complete record of operating costs...The test hereinafter reported was conducted from August 3rd. …

Comparison Of Operating Expenses And Capital Expenditures Of Two Different Types Of Boiler Rooms Covering Extensions Expected During The Next Twenty Years, George Hewitt Boyer

Professional Degree Theses

"This thesis applies to a central power station located in a rapidly growing manufacturing city with a present population of 40,000. The station is connected by high voltage transmission lines with six hydro and steam generating stations located in other cities. These transmission lines are mainly for emergency purposes so that this report considers that the station here studied will carry its full load. The boiler room is the only part of the station considered in this thesis as a previous study showed that there was ample space in the engine room for turbo-generator for years to come"--Introduction, page 1.

A Wet Process For The Extraction Of Mercury, Robert Glenn Sickly

Professional Degree Theses

"In this paper it will be the aim of the writer to deal as exclusively as possible with the Mercury Extraction Process as applied at the High-Grade Plant of the Buffalo Mines, Limited, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. it will be necessary at times to refer to the treatment of the ore for the extraction of silver"--Introduction, page 2.

Preliminary Report On The Property Of The Ruby Copper Company, Colwell Arba Pierce

Professional Degree Theses

"The property of the Ruby Copper Company is located in Township 21 S., Range 15 E., near the southern end of the Santa Rita Mountains, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It is reached by a good wagon road from the town of Pantagonia, which, because of its location on the Benson to Nogales Branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad, is the supply point for a large mining section--page 1.

Method And Cost Of Rock Excavation, Inlet Swamp Drainage District, Lee County, Illinois, Arch W. Naylor

Professional Degree Theses

"The Inlet Swamp Drainage District, comprising 32000 acres of rich muck land, lies in Lee County Illinois, between the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, the Illinois Central Railway and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. The District is fifteen miles long and from one to five miles wide. The watershed has approximately five times the area of the swamp, and in early days, as much as one-half the thirty two thousand acres was under water for practically the entire year. It was not unusual in the Spring, for the swamp to be under from two to five feet of water. …

A Report On "La Cotabambas Auraria" Mining Company, Hector Julio Boza

Professional Degree Theses

"The present report, relative to the studies on the value of Cochasayhuas and descriptive of what was discovered and worked by me in that mining district, is written in fulfilment [sic] the commission which was entrusted to me at the begining [sic] of the month of April last. Special circumstances give to the studies made and conclusions formed a certain and appreciable value. There already existing in the Company's works various crushing machines and small tanks for cyaniding, I was able to see in great part the results of my tests with the metal in the chemical laboratory, in the …

A Study Of The Vital Statistics Of Oxford, Massachusetts, Carl Milton White

Historical Dissertations & Theses

Directly following the Civil War occurred a period of low vitality in the town of Oxford which lasted approximately thirty years, and it is chiefly concerning this period I have made my study. For the figures regarding population for the first eighty-five years I referred to a volume of vital statistics published by the state, and for those since 1850 I used the censuses of the United States and of Massachusetts. From a treatise on tuberculosis written by Dr. Elliot P. Joslin I gained by facts upon this subject. The vital statistics of the town were opened to me thru …

Commutation, John Th. Mueller, Edward J. Blackwell

Bachelors’ Theses

The E.M.F. induced in the armature conductors of practically all direct current generators is alternating, and in order to obtain a unidirectional E.M.F. at the terminals of the the machine, it is necessary to reverse the connection at the moment the induced E.M.F. changes its direction.

Test Of A 400 Pound Refrigerating Plant, Louis C. Fenelon, George C. Hoffman, Thomas H. Noon, John T. Watry

Bachelors’ Theses

The primary object of these tests was to obtain the capacity of the refrigerating plant under various conditions of suction and condenser pressure.

The secondary object was to obtain the cost of electric current and water per ton of ice melting capacity.

Incidental objects pertained to heat transmission per sq. ft. of surface through the cooling coil.

The Design And Construction Of A Current Transformer, Henry A. Schmitz Jr., Jas. W. Murphy

Bachelors’ Theses

The transformer is a piece of apparatus used to transform alternating current power, from high voltage and low current to low voltage and high current or vice versa. It consists of a magnetic circuit of laminated iron linking two separate and distinct coils of wire. Alternating current is supplied to one of these coils, called the primary, and this alternating current causes rapid reversals of magnetic flux through the magnetic circuit, these reversals of flux induce an alternating electromotive force in the other coil, called the secondary, which delivers alternating current to a receiving circuit. The laminated iron which forms …

A Study Of Senescence, William T. Sanger

Historical Dissertations & Theses

A complete study of senescence would involve, not only a consideration of man, but of lower organisms, animal and plant, as well as institutions, races, nations, even the cosmos itself; for assuredly the phenomena of decay are as universal and intricate as those of genesis. In the present study, however, it will be attempted merely to indicate, first, the best that has already been done upon human senescence; second, to add further findings; and third, to set more definitely a number of new problems for future investigation.

County Boundaries In North Dakota 1849-1916, Lurlla J. Hall

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Industrial And Vocational Education In Massachusetts, Chimaki Kageyama

Historical Dissertations & Theses

No abstract provided.

Lignite Producer Plant, Harry J. Read, G. R. Thatcher

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Some Phases Of The Rural Sociological Situation., Jonas William Boyer 1890-1947

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This treatise is not intended to cover the whole field of Rural Sociology. It deals briefly with the more important phases of the subject. Perchance many important problems have been omitted which the reader will call to mind. This will go to show that the reader is thinking about the subject, and will be led to consider further the welfare of the rural population. The Science of Rural Sociology is rather new in consideration, but the oldest of all sciences in practice. The original inhabitants of this world were ruralists, and necessarily social conditions sprang up with them which needed …

The Seneca-Superior Mine And Mill, Maurice Merton Albertson

Professional Degree Theses

"The Seneca Superior Mine lies under Cart Lake which is located about a mile south of the city of Cobalt. It was discovered by crosscutting during the year 1912 and although it is one of the smaller properties of the Cobalt district it has been, and continues to be, a large producer"--Description of the Seneca Superior Mine, page 1.

The Development Of A Process For The Treatment Of A Complex Ore, Charles Adrian Burdick

Professional Degree Theses

"The writer has carried out tests to determine the most feasible method of treating a complex ore from Tecolote, Sonoro [sic], Mexico. The ore contains gold, silver, copper and zinc"-- Introductory, page 1.

Study Of The Monthly Extraction Record And Curve Of A Modern Mexican Cyanide Plant, George William Harris

Professional Degree Theses

"This data is taken from the records of the mill and cyanide plant belonging to Compania de Minas La Blanca y Anexas, S.A., Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico; of which the writer has been in charge during the four years it has been in operation. The plant may be termed a "silver plant" as the silver values predominate, the ratio being about 200 grams of silver to 1 gram of gold"--Introduction, page 1.

An Investigation In Treating A Gold Ore From Custer, South Dakota, Theodore Saunders Dunn

Professional Degree Theses

"The following investigation was undertaken to determine the adaptibility [sic] to amalgamation and cyanidation of a certain ore from the property of Mr. Charles Bush near Custer, South Dakota. A preliminary sample of the ore was obtained and laboratory tests made upon it. A ton lot of the ore was then put through the ore dressing laboratory at the South Dakota School of Mines. Upon examination the large sample was found to differ in value and to some extent in character from the preliminary sample, but the scheme of treatment worked out for the first sample was found to work …

The Method Of Mining And Milling At The Rosiclare Lead And Fluor Spar Mines, Arthur Harrison Cronk

Professional Degree Theses

"The American fluor spar mines of economic importance are located in the Southern part of Illinois and Western Kentucky. The largest mines are in Hardin County, Illinois, Those in Kentucky are in Crittenden, Livingstone and Caldwell Counties. At the present time the Illinois mines are the largest producers. The two principal mining companies in operation are: The Rosiclare Lead & Fluor Spar Mines and the Fairview Fluorspar & Lead Mines. These mines are located about a half mile from Rosiclare which is on the Ohio River"--Location, page 1.