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Preliminary Investigation For The Development Of An Hydro-Electric Plant Okanagan Valley British Columbia, Robert Arthur Barton

Professional Degree Theses

"The Okanagan Valley of British Columbia extends one hundred and thirty-nine miles North from the International Boundary and is immediately West of the Gold Range, an off-shoot of the Rockies ... The suitability of the soil and climate for growing fruit and other special crops has long been recognised; and in the favoured localities, where water is easily obtainable for irrigation, great advance has been made in the last ten years in this direction ... In a mountainous country, where water is abundant and power is needed for transportation, lighting town, and running factories, the natural result is an investigation …

Friction In Small Air Pipes, Albert Park, Howard Kelsey Peterson

Bachelors Theses

"In the course in Compressed Air at the Missouri School of Mines our attention was called to the fact that no reliable data could be found relating to friction losses in pipes under three inches in diameter carrying compressed air. Therefore the undersigned decided to undertake as a thesis the securing of the needed data and herein are recorded the results of our work"--page 1.

Some Ore Deposits In Maine And The Milan Mine, New Hampshire, William H. Emmons

Maine Collection

Some Ore Deposits in Maine and The Milan Mine, New Hampshire

by William H. Emmons

Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey - Bulletin 432

Washington, D.C. (1910).

Contents: Introduction / Geology / Ore Deposits / Descriptions of Mines / Mines of Hancock County / Mines of Washington County / Mines in Somerset and Oxford Counties / Milan Mine, New Hampshire / Index

The Design Of A Dam And The Investigation Of A Water Supply For The City Of Rolla, Missouri, Frank Xavier Nachtman, Ernst Lorenze Chamberlain

Bachelors Theses

"The object of this paper is to investigate a means of supplying the City of Rolla with better water at a reasonable a price as possible. The elevation and distance of the supply from the city were very important factors,also the most economical position for the dam was to be considered. After examining several drainage basins with the above purposes in mind we selected one just west of the City on account of its convenience and high elevation. The watershed includes an area of ever eight hundred acres and is divided into two parts which come together in a narrow …

Design Of Reinforced Concrete Water Tower And Tank, Harvey Oden Garst, Pearl Frederick Michael

Bachelors Theses

"Theoretically the most economical dimension for a flat bottomed cylindrical tank would be such that the height of the tank is equal to the diameter, but such a tank does not look as well as one which has the height a little greater than the diameter and as the cost will be affected but little by making the height a few feet greater than the diameter, the most economical design will not be strictly carried out in this particular"--Data, page 1.

Design Of A Re-Inforced Arch Over Frisco Railroad On Tenth Street, Rolla, Missouri, Don Morgan Neer

Bachelors Theses

"Location. This bridge shall be located so that its center line will coincide with the center line of Tenth Street, so that the two (2) inside faces of the abutments will be perpendicular to the center line of Tenth Street and will be fifty-one (51) feet from the center line of the main track of the Frisco Railroad. General Description. This bridge will be built of concrete with steel rod re-inforcement, as shown on the plan. It will be one hundred two (102) feet between the faces of the abutments. The abutments shall be carried down into the rock ledge …

Development Of Power On Little Piney River, James Duncan Fowler, Frank Leroy Flynt

Bachelors Theses

"Little Piney River has its source in the southern part of Phelps County, Missouri. Its general direction is north until its junction with Beaver Creek. Then it flows nearly due west and empties into the Gasconade River near Arlington, Mo. It drains an area of approximately two hundred square miles. The slopes of its drainage area being very steep, it is subject to large and sudden rises. As it is largely a spring fed stream its minimum flow is not far below its normal stage. The stream abounds in rapids with from a few inches to a foot or more …

Graphical Representation Of Compressed Air Formulae, John Thomas Vitt, Paul Andrew Philippi

Bachelors Theses

"Air during compression and expansion obeys the same laws as do other gases and these laws have been mathematically stated by purely rational formulae. Most of these formulae are logarithmic and their use involves a considerable amount of work. The object of this thesis is to present these formulae in such form that problems involving their use may be readily and easily solved. It was decided to present them graphically and the accompanying curves are the results of our labors"--page 1.

Plans, Estimates And Specifications For A Sewer System For The City Of Plattsburg, Eldon E. Cook, William C. Perkins

Bachelors Theses

"Plattsburg, Missouri is a thriving city of about two thousand population. It is situated in the heart of the most fertile Missouri land. Three railroads - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe.; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific; Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City - give easy access to St. Joseph, thirty miles distant, Leavenworth forty miles, or Kansas City, forty-one miles; respectively. The city is growing steadily and will in a few years be of such size that a sewage system will be necessary. We therefore submit the following plans, specifications and estimates. Since the city could not afford both Stone Sewers …

The Design Of Main Street Reinforced Concrete Arch Over Frisco R. R., Hyman Zirulick

Bachelors Theses

"Owing to the cheapness and durability of reinforced concrete, the tendency of the present time in Engineering practice is to build new and replace old structures with reinforced concrete. Therefore, in taking up a subject for a thesis, I have selected, The Investigation of the Design of a Reinforced concrete Arch," or, as I named it, "Main Street Reinforced concrete Arch over Frisco Railroad"--Introduction, page 1.

Plans And Estimates For The Disposal Of Sewage And Storm Water For The City Of Rolla, Mo., Tracy Irwin Phelps, Robert Arthur Barton

Bachelors Theses

"The City of Rolla is the county seat of Phelps County, situated 111 miles southwest of St. Louis, on the St. Louis and San Francisco R.R. This thriving city of 2000 inhabitants already owns the electric lighting system, and has engineers working upon plans for a deep well water supply system. Since the sanitary conditions are not the best and a water supply is to be installed, we submit these plans and estimates for a "Disposal of Sewage and Storm Water."--page iii.

Report And Preliminary Estimate For A Sewerage System For Lebanon, Mo., Ramon Rivera

Bachelors Theses

No abstract provided.

Contour Map, Isaac Peter Frazier

Professional Degree Theses

"In discussing the contour map as used by locating engineers, I will confine myself chiefly to the method of obtaining same, rather than the use"--page 1.

Methods Of Discharge Measurements Of Streams, Royal Sylvester Webster, Walter Adams Luther

Bachelors Theses

"The method of determining the discharge of large streams is that in which the area of cross section is multiplied by the velocity per. sec. of the water passing through the section. The velocity can be measured by the following methods: 1. By floats. 2. Current Meters. 3. Pitots tube. 4. Can be determined by use of Kutter's formula"--page 1.

A Polyphase Generator Of The Missouri School Of Mines, Cornelius Mark Daily

Bachelors Theses

"I have taken for the subject of my investigation a Four Pyle three phase generator marked 220 volts, 5 amp. per terminal, 1.87 K.W. capacity. In these experiments I have endeavored to find the characteristic features with as much precision as possible with the instruments at my command"--Introduction, page 2.

Dikes, John Edward Walker

Bachelors Theses

"The term dikes is here used to refer duly to structures built out into running streams for the purpose of protecting the banks or of improving the channel of the river"--page 1.

Power Utilization Of Meramec Spring, Francis Henry Walsh, Lawrence May

Bachelors Theses

"Meramec Spring is situated in the east central part of Phelps County, Missouri, about one quarter of a mile west of the county line. The spring proper is in the center of a small natural amphitheatre from which the water flows through a valley which has a bearing of approximately N. 30 degrees W., about one quarter of a mile from the spring the course of the stream is changed about sixty degrees to the east, one quarter mile from this bend the stream joins the Meramec River...The volume of water delivered by the spring is modified to some extent …

The Sinking Of Piers On Red River Bridge On Kansas City Southern Ry., Albert Spengler

Bachelors Theses

"In September, 1899, began the work on the construction of the substructure for the Red River Bridge for the Kansas City Southern Railway at Index, Texas, ten miles north of Texarkana, Texas. The new substructure was located about one hundred feet up stream from the old one, consequently it was not necessary to maintain traffic during construction. The object of the new bridge was to replace a much lighter one, which was too light for the increased weight of rolling stock of the railroad company. The substructure consists of seven piers, including a pivot pier, and two abutments. The seven …

Test Of High-Speed Engine, William Frazier Owen

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

Discusses the best ways in which a steam engine can function by using measurements from an actual steam engine. The essay ultimately determines that a steam engine is at its highest efficiency when carrying the largest load possible.

Design Of A Three Hinged Arch Steel Bridge, Hermann Otto Schulze

Bachelors Theses

No abstract provided.

Heating And Ventilation, Blydon Ellery Kenyon

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

A survey of current practices in heating and ventilation systems is discussed with emphasis on the benefits of adequate heating and ventilation in all school buildings. Cited are air experiments at Davis Hall and the systems in Lippitt Hall (Rhode Island State College), the State Normal School in Providence and the Mayhew School in Boston. The essay argues that individual building and use dictate the most efficient system necessitating a working relationship between architects and heating engineers.

The Strength Of Cement Under Different Conditions, Francis Joseph Tayman

Bachelors Theses

"Derivation of some Empirical Formulae, showing relation between breaking strength, and various functions which enter into Cement testing. We find a great deal of experimental work done in Cement testing, also some curves plotted, but there are but few equations fitted to these curves, this, then, is the object of the present work. In this work a great many interesting points have been made manifest, most of them are of no practical value but merely of interest in themselves. The work has been on several of the most important ones, to be given subsequently. On these and a few others …

Plans For Humansville Waterworks, James O. Hendricks, Howard Joshua Taylor

Bachelors Theses

"Humansville is a thriving town of about 1200 inhabitants, situated in Polk county, Missouri, about 120 miles Southeast of Kansas City, with which city it is connected by the Kansas City and Memphis Railroad. The object of this Thesis is to design a system of waterworks for Humansville"--page ii.

Cement Testing, Arthur D. Terrell

Bachelors Theses

"For a Thesis in 1898 I did some work on cement testing with very satisfactory results, but I did but little more than get a few ideas as to how to conduct the experiments to best advantage. For the present year I have taken up the work for further investigation"--page 1.

The Manufacture Of Portland Cement, Herman C. Cowen

Professional Degree Theses

"The principal characteristics which, in the process of manufacture, sharply and clearly distinguish Portland cement from Limes, Hydraulic Limes, and other Hydraulic cements, are the necessity for carefully proportioning and finely grinding the raw materials to insure a homogenous [sic] mixture, and the extremely high temperature at which it must be burned in order to insure a sound a trustworthy product"--page 1.

Hydraulic Air Compressors, Euart Carl Torrence

Bachelors Theses

No abstract provided.

Derivation Of Some Empirical Formulae, Showing Relation Between Breaking Strength And Various Functions Which Enter Into Cement Testing, Arthur D. Terrell

Bachelors Theses

"Although we find a great many results of experimental work in cement testing, and some curves plotted, there seems to have been very little attempt made toward fitting equations to these curves. This then leaves an opening for original investigation. During my experiments quite a variety of interesting points have been made manifest. Most of them are of no practical benefit, but merely of interest in themselves. My work has been on a few of the most important ones, which will be given subsequently"--page 1.

A Day In The Estimating And Designing Room Of A Bridge Contractor, Felix John Kersting

Professional Degree Theses

"The following designs are supposed to be made for the contracting department of a bridge shop or contracting firm, with a view of being submitted in competition. The competitors in the field of structural steel in this Western Territory are as numerous as in the East, though most of the shops are located there. There are small shops in St. L., Chicago, Minn., Milwaukee and points in Ind. and Ohio. The American Bridge Co. fabricates 60% of the structural steel now used in this country"--page 6.

Design Of A 240' Through Span Railroad Bridge: Including Analysis Of Stresses Due To Concentrated Wheel Loads, Design Of Individual Members, And Drawings Showing Stresses, And Details, L. C. Torrence

Bachelors Theses

"The Span length will be 240' center to center of end pins. Truss to be square ended, Track straight. Live load to consist of two engines, concentrating 289 tons over a length of 104' followed by a uniform train of 2.1 tons per linear foot"--Page 1.

Water Supply Of Rolla, Missouri, Perry B. Anderson, Felix John Kersting

Bachelors Theses

"An essential feature of a prospering town is a system of water supply, to protect property from losses by fire and to furnish water for domestic use. Rolla, a town of about fifteen hundred inhabitants, is without a proper water supply, in consequence of which it has suffered many losses to property, which could have been averted, or at least diminished, had the proper protection been at hand. At present the only fire protection the business part of town has, is derived from one large cistern placed on the principal street, while the protection for the residence portion, is derived …