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Metallurgical Bookkeeping, John Owen Ambler Jan 1920

Metallurgical Bookkeeping, John Owen Ambler

Professional Degree Theses

"A system of costs and metallurgical records similar to that outlined herein is in use in a number of modern Smelters, and is of interest as showing what information is desirable for proper plant control. From a study of this information, which is usually compiled monthly in such a manner that comparisons may be readily made, it is possible to modify current practice to obtain maximum operating efficiency, and to approximate very closely the benefit that may be derived from changes in and additions to the plant itself and the methods of operation, or in the materials received and treated. …


Metallurgy Of Steel Castings, Earl Joesting Mcnely Jan 1920

Metallurgy Of Steel Castings, Earl Joesting Mcnely

Professional Degree Theses

"This Thesis is in the form of a report of the observations of the author while working in the American Steel Foundries plants in various departments. The parts of the report dealing the Moulding and Inspection of castings were written while in the Indiana Harbor Indiana plant. The parts dealing with the Laboratory and Furnace Operation were written while in the Granite City, Illinois plant. The company owns and operates six other plants but the material covered in this report will, in a general way cover the operations in these plants, also, in which foundry work is carried on"--Introduction, Page …


Milling Practice Of The Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma Field As It Has Developed In The Past Two Years, Frank Stillmann Elfred Jan 1920

Milling Practice Of The Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma Field As It Has Developed In The Past Two Years, Frank Stillmann Elfred

Professional Degree Theses

"The writer has limited his subject to deal with the past two years as it is only the past two years that a great deal of research has been done in the field upon milling ideas and practices; but I will briefly give you the evolution of our present milling and concentrating practices by means of the following flow sheets"--Page 1.


Electrolytic And Furnace Refining Of Copper In South East Missouri, Ray Gould Knickerbocker Jan 1920

Electrolytic And Furnace Refining Of Copper In South East Missouri, Ray Gould Knickerbocker

Professional Degree Theses

"This article treats with the production of refined ingot copper from a Copper-Cobalt-Nickel Matte. The method employed to separate Copper from Cobalt and Nickel was the electrolytic process. The information given is the result of my experience as Superintendent of the copper department for The Missouri Cobalt Company, Fredericktown, Missouri. In order to simplify the article, it shall be divided into four parts, namely (1) the quality of product delivered to the copper department; (2) the leaching plant; (3) the electrolytic plant; (4) the furnace refinery"--Page 1.


Efficient Field Methods For The Petroleum Geologist, Phillips Brooks Dolman Jan 1920

Efficient Field Methods For The Petroleum Geologist, Phillips Brooks Dolman

Professional Degree Theses

"The methods and systems suggested for the use of the petroleum geologist in the following manuscript are intended not only as subject matter for a thesis but also, I sincerely wish, that they may be of some use and help to those of The Missouri School of Mines who are planning to take up petroleum geology as a profession, but have not yet had the opportunity to study the practical or field end of this work ... This article is by no means intended as a text; the principal object being, as previously stated, to offer a few systems, methods, …


Preliminary Study Of Possible Power Development On The Gasconade River, Charles Russell Barnard, Ronald Blair Wills, Harry Wesley Zieseniss Jan 1920

Preliminary Study Of Possible Power Development On The Gasconade River, Charles Russell Barnard, Ronald Blair Wills, Harry Wesley Zieseniss

Bachelors Theses

"The location of a possible dam site on the Gasconade River as a thesis proved to be a very interesting subject. Our first trip pointed out to us that we had undertaken a large task. We also realized that our subject was too big to complete thouroughly sic in the time alloted. Due to this circumstance we tried to cover the essential facts and to eliminate as much of the detail work as possible. For instance, we made no attempt to make a complete survey of the basin, instead, we ran surveys for some distance up the river to give …


The Microstructure Of Some Commercial Nickel Steels, Robert Newton Stubbs Jan 1920

The Microstructure Of Some Commercial Nickel Steels, Robert Newton Stubbs

Bachelors Theses

"In this thesis it was the author's intention to take up the microstructure of such nickel steel as is generally employed for structural work"--page 3.


The Factors Influencing The Price Of Metals On The Metal Market, Thomas Patrick F. Walsh Jan 1920

The Factors Influencing The Price Of Metals On The Metal Market, Thomas Patrick F. Walsh

Masters Theses

"Every year the various engineering and industrial magazines print curves showing the rise and fall of metal stocks throughout the year. to the ordinary reader, these curves are seldom intelligible; he sees the ups and downs; he knows that the prices have risen and fallen; but he rarely knows what causes these changes -- and the curves themselves never tell. This paper tries to remedy this defect; it draws its curves, and, in the light of historical events, which it recounts, tries to determine the causes for the fluctuations in the market. it further places these factors on the curve …


The Preparation And Physical Properties Of Benzene- And Toluene-Sulphonamides, Karl K. Kershner Jan 1920

The Preparation And Physical Properties Of Benzene- And Toluene-Sulphonamides, Karl K. Kershner

Masters Theses

"The formation of sulphonamide derivatives is often of distinct importance. These substances are easily purified and give sharp mepting points which make them of value for identification phases of research work. Also they are of value commercially as in the production of saccharin and other similar compounds. The purpose of this investigation is to secure information on the comparative production and yield of sulphonamides, and intermediate products, formed from their respective ring hydrocarbons, as benzene and toluene. careful melting point are taken on purified products and solubility curves developed for different solvents. The latter give an interesting basis for comparison"--Introduction, …


Metallurgical Results From Black Copper Smelting, Preston King Horner Jan 1919

Metallurgical Results From Black Copper Smelting, Preston King Horner

Professional Degree Theses

No abstract provided.


The Roasting Of Zinc Ores In The Manufacture Of Sulphuric Acid By The Contact Process, Clarence Eugene Peterson Jan 1919

The Roasting Of Zinc Ores In The Manufacture Of Sulphuric Acid By The Contact Process, Clarence Eugene Peterson

Professional Degree Theses

"The unprecedented demand for sulphuric acid of the higher strengths (98% and higher) in the manufacture of explosives, has stimulated the zinc smelters to increased efforts in the recovery of their Roaster gases in the form of Sulphuric Acid. The Lead-chamber process is unsuitable, however, in making "strong" acid and the smelters naturally turned to the contact mass or catalytic processes. In the roasting of zinc ores practically all of the sulphur is removed as sulphur dioxide, the disagreeable odor and unmistakable injury to surrounding localities, of which, first led to the adoption of sulphuric acid plants by most zinc …


On The Microscopic Determination Of Cadmium In Metallic Zinc, James Presley Gill Jan 1919

On The Microscopic Determination Of Cadmium In Metallic Zinc, James Presley Gill

Professional Degree Theses

"A quick and accurate determination of Cadmium in Metallic Zinc by all ordinary chemical methods now in use, so far as the writer has been able to ascertain is at best only approximate. However, longer methods and very delicate ones for determining Cadmium are in use that are very accurate, but these methods are so long and so delicate that very few commercial laboratories care to use them. Now, it has been known for some time that Zinc and Cadmium do not form an alloy which when in the solid exist either as a solution or a compound. They do …


Graphics And Its Application To The Progress And Cost Analyses Of A House Building Construction Company, Frank Lewis Leonard Wilson Jan 1919

Graphics And Its Application To The Progress And Cost Analyses Of A House Building Construction Company, Frank Lewis Leonard Wilson

Masters Theses

"In the graphical analyses of Stresses in Framed Structures, we study, by means of diagrams, the stability or equilibrium of structures and the relation between the external forces and the stresses created in the members of the frame. The principle involved is that we may represent any force both as to direction and intensity by a straight line, by considering the direction of the line to be identical with that of the force and adjusting its length according to any arbitrary unit adopted for the forces under consideration. By this means we can solve the stresses in framed structures with …


The Occurrence Of Oil And Gas In Osage County, Oklahoma, Donald Hewson Radcliffe Jan 1918

The Occurrence Of Oil And Gas In Osage County, Oklahoma, Donald Hewson Radcliffe

Professional Degree Theses

"Osage, the largest county in Oklahoma, is situated a little to the east of the north central part of the state. It consists of an area of approximately 2,350 square miles, or about a million and a half acres, extending from T. 20 N. to T. 29 N. and from R. 2 E. to R. 12 E. inclusive. As this country lies between some of the best oil producing areas of the State, as it is definitely known to be folded, and as the folds tested have proven that the chances of obtaining production on favorable "structure" in the Osage …


Electrolysis Of Neutral Solutions Of Znso₄, Knud Fabricius Hansen Jan 1918

Electrolysis Of Neutral Solutions Of Znso₄, Knud Fabricius Hansen

Professional Degree Theses

"The purpose of the following experiments was to obtain informations concerning the character of the deposits, the efficiencey [sic], et al. in the electrolysis of neutral solutions of ZnSo₄"--Purpose, page 1.


Determination Of Critical Point Of Concentrating Tables On Arizona Copper Ore, J. C. Finagin Jr., W. C. Hogoboom Jan 1918

Determination Of Critical Point Of Concentrating Tables On Arizona Copper Ore, J. C. Finagin Jr., W. C. Hogoboom

Professional Degree Theses

"In the concentration of an ore by means of concentrating tables, there is a critical point in sizing beyond which the valuable minerals can not be recovered. Theoretically, the lighter gangue is washed over the side of' the table and the heavier mineral, regardless of size, is recoverable at the end, these concentrates being graded from coarse to fine sizes up the slope of the table. In practice, however, the finer sizes of concentrates are found mixed with the middlings and tailings, as indicated by the arrows on the diagram of the concentrating table shown below. The problem is to …


Measurement Of Air Under High Pressure By Orifice Method, George E. Mellow Jan 1918

Measurement Of Air Under High Pressure By Orifice Method, George E. Mellow

Bachelors Theses

"The measuring of compressed air, under high pressures, by means of observing the drop in pressure on passing thru an orifice, is in a new field of endeavor. The necessity of measuring compressed air, in order to handle it economically, is obvious. Hence, the importance of a simple device by which this may be done. A device, which may be duplicated at any time, at any place, with very little expense, and ordinary materials"--Introduction, page iii.


Some Tests On The Grinding Of Cement Clinker With A Hardinge Conical Ball Mill, Gilbert F. Metz Jan 1918

Some Tests On The Grinding Of Cement Clinker With A Hardinge Conical Ball Mill, Gilbert F. Metz

Professional Degree Theses

"The Hardinge Conical Mill is the invention of Mr. H.W. Hardinge and has been fully patented by him. It has been used successfully in the grinding of ores, limestone, phosphate rock, feldspar and talc. The purpose of the tests in this thesis was to determine the worth and adaptability of the Conical Mill for the preliminary grinding of cement clinker and to determine the relative merits of this type of grinder as compared to the roll type of grinder. The tests herein were performed under the direction of the writer assisted personally and through correspondence by Mr. H.W. Hardinge of …


The Design Of An Eight Story Reinforced Concrete Warehouse, Walter W. Genrich Jun 1917

The Design Of An Eight Story Reinforced Concrete Warehouse, Walter W. Genrich

Bachelors’ Theses

The sole purpose of submitting this thesis, was not so much in trying to design a ware-house of ideal construction, but to · acquaint myself more or -less with the use of the formulas, tables and graphs, used in such a design, and at the same time getting a general idea on how to go about it.


Efficiency Test Of An Ingeco Kerosene Engine, Andrew Keiding Jun 1917

Efficiency Test Of An Ingeco Kerosene Engine, Andrew Keiding

Bachelors’ Theses

The object of this test was to increase if possible the efficiency of an Ingeco Kerosene Engine manufactured by the International Gas Engine Company of Milwaukee, the engine being rated as 12 Horse Power at 275 revolutions per minute. The increase in efficiency was to be produced by heating the fuel and by introducing the exhaust gases into the combustion chamber.


Lake Shore Developments, Albert Theodore Bleck Jun 1917

Lake Shore Developments, Albert Theodore Bleck

Bachelors’ Theses

Along the shore line of Lake Michigan are bluffs approximately fifty to sixty feet high above the level of the lake. With the exception of approximately two or three miles, where the ground elevation is not much above the lake level these bluffs are almost continuous along the shore. This low land extends from a short distance north of Wisconsin Street to a short distance south of the Illinois Steel Company's plant. The territory north of Wisconsin Street to the City Limits is almost entirely residential and, therefore, cannot be considered favorably as regards to the location of a mnufacturing …


Underground Haulage, T. Roderick Noon Jun 1917

Underground Haulage, T. Roderick Noon

Bachelors’ Theses

The object of this discussion is to determine which would be the most economical and efficient of two forms of haulage, namely, mule and storage battery locomotive, based upon an output of four hundred and fifty tons of cleancoal per day, of eight hours.


The Design And Construction Of A Power Transformer, James M. Johann, George P. Nugent May 1917

The Design And Construction Of A Power Transformer, James M. Johann, George P. Nugent

Bachelors’ Theses

Usually one coil of the transformer has many more turns of wire than the other, when the coil of few turns is the primary, the transformer takes a large current at a low potential and delivers a smaller current at high potential. This is called a step up transformer. When the coil of many turns is the primary the transformer takes small current at high potential and delivers greater current at lower potential. This type is called a step down transformer.


Chemical Control Work In The N. K. Fairbanks Factories, John Whittlesey Bodman Jan 1917

Chemical Control Work In The N. K. Fairbanks Factories, John Whittlesey Bodman

Professional Degree Theses

"We propose to discuss in this thesis the organization of the N. K. Fairbank Company, particularly with reference to the duties of the Chemical Division, Operating Department in this organization. From a broad viewpoint, we believe that the particular organization by with the N. K. Fairbank Company secures application of its chemical ability to manufacturing operations as well as to special problems, is characteristic of a widespread movement taking place for recognition of the chemical engineer in industry. This is particularly true in those industries where manufacturing operations are based primarily upon practical applications of chemical principles"--Abstract, page 1.


Descriptive Study Of The Petroleum Refinery At MinatitláN, GermáN GarcíA Lozano Jan 1917

Descriptive Study Of The Petroleum Refinery At MinatitláN, GermáN GarcíA Lozano

Professional Degree Theses

"In order to reduce as much as possible the cost of transportation of the crude oil to the refinery, the city of Minatitlán of Minatitlán County in the State of Veracruz was chosen as the most proper place for establishing the refinery it being in the center of the only oil fields which at that time possessed the "Eagle Mexican Petroleum Co."--page 1.


The Goltra Process Of Concentrating Iron Ores As Developed At Waukon, Iowa, Ernest Wander Jan 1917

The Goltra Process Of Concentrating Iron Ores As Developed At Waukon, Iowa, Ernest Wander

Professional Degree Theses

"The more or less impure iron bearing mineral occurs mixed with a very tenacious clay, in which are also found chert, cretaceous quartz pebbles, pockets of sand, masses of pebbles and sand cemented by hydrous iron oxide, (which in some cases partly replaces the silica) and several varieties of fossils, such as crinoids etc. The impurities mentioned are often an integral part of the ore particles, and are present in varying quantities thruout [sic] the deposit. But, besides the foreign matter which the eye can discern, the apparently pure mineral contains a varying percentage of silica and alumina, (as well …


Some Typical Bridges For Logging Railroad Construction, Frederick Hauenstein Jan 1917

Some Typical Bridges For Logging Railroad Construction, Frederick Hauenstein

Professional Degree Theses

"In some of the pine regions of the Ozark Mountains, a considerable portion of the country is rolling and rough, comprising a succession of hills and hollows. The most efficient method of logging such a tract is obtained by locating the logging road so as to secure a down grade haul for the logs, with consequent up grade return for the empty cars. This necessitates locating the main line of the railroad along the principal creek, and then laying spurs up the different tributary creeks as they are met. Such a procedure requires much crossing and re-crossing of creeks and …


Concentration Of A Joplin Slime By Flotation, Earl Joseph Weimer, Walter Harry Freudenberg Jan 1917

Concentration Of A Joplin Slime By Flotation, Earl Joseph Weimer, Walter Harry Freudenberg

Bachelors Theses

"Concentration of the Joplin slimes by means of flotation is a subject receiving considerable attention at the present time, due to high price of zinc. These slimes are the accumulation of the finer particles of the ore during the milling process, and their zinc content is well worth considering. The practice in the past has been to sluice these slimes into the tailing pond, as no economical method of saving the zinc had been employed. The object of our experiment was to economically extract from these slimes by flotation, a product of sufficient zinc content to be of commercial value"--Introduction, …


Practical Details Of Mine Surveying In Certain Mines Of Northern Mexico, Arturo C. Fernandez Jan 1917

Practical Details Of Mine Surveying In Certain Mines Of Northern Mexico, Arturo C. Fernandez

Bachelors Theses

"The name of this thesis is suggestive of its character. The writer has endeavored to resent in a general way some of the most important details of mine surveying as he has found them in actual practice. For the sake of uniformity the engineering staff in which he worked prepared a set of instructions to be used by the engineers at the various mines. The methods and illustrations described in this paper have been adapted from these instructions and they afford a thorough foundation ready to receive the minor details best adapted to each particular mining district"--Foreword, page ii.


Simple Methods And Tables For Determining True Meridian, Howard Jones Teas Jan 1917

Simple Methods And Tables For Determining True Meridian, Howard Jones Teas

Bachelors Theses

"The ordinary methods of determining the true meridian by observation on either Polaris or the sun are so tedious to calculate that most surveyors and students dread making them. Observation on Polaris at either elongation or clumination sic require less calculation and are much simpler, but this simplicity is offset by the fact that they must be taken at an exact instant. If a cloud crosses the sky at the time, the surveyor has to wait until the next night. then again the observer must know the date, exact longitude and latitude and correct time for making the observation, and …