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A steam-load study of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute power plant
(Virginia Tech, 1936-06-15)
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Performance tests and cooling effect distribution of the V.P.I. forced draft cooling tower
(Virginia Tech, 1939-05-15)
<p>Test data of forced draft cooling towers is all too
meager, and that available is, in many instances, incomplete.
It is the opinion of the authors that putting cooling tower
design on a rational basis can be brought ...
The city-manager form of government and its application to the city of Roanoke, Virginia
(Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1934)
The effect of lubricating oil on the puncture strength of paper insulation
(Virginia Tech, 1939-06-05)
<p>Due to the fact that only comparative results were sought, the
investigation was greatly simplified. On a comparative basis, the effects
of external influences were largely eliminated from positions of vital
importance ...
Corrosion of alloys by crude fatty acids at high temperatures
(Virginia Tech, 1939-06-05)
<p>This investigation was undertaken in order to determine the
effect of alloying on the corrodibility of various alloys to hot
crude tallol.</p>
A study of the lines of flow and the equipotential lines in a plate conductor
(Virginia Tech, 1939)
A study of the factors involved in the selection of chick brooders
(Virginia Tech, 1939)
The results secured from the series of tests appear to be conclusive enough to be used as a basis for certain recommendations.
Statistical studies of the relationships between terminal growth and yield in the York apple
(Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1932)
A study of the life cycle of the European red mite (Paratetranychus pilosus can. & fanz.) and its control
(Virginia Tech, 1936-06-05)
<p>The European red mite has within the past ten or fifteen years come into prominence as an important pest of deciduous fruit trees in North America.</p>
The possibility of increasing compression ratios by using water as an anti-detonant
(Virginia Tech, 1936-05-05)
Conclusions
(1) Water 1s a knock suppressor.
(2) Water does not act as an anti-detonant by
slowing down the rate of flame propagation, but merely removes a portion of the heat of combustion.
(3) Increasing the compression ...