Bachelors Theses
This collection contains theses written by students of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (now Missouri University of Science and Technology) as part of the bachelor’s degree requirement. Most are full-text. The earliest thesis, written in 1878, is one of several handwritten theses; these early works are being transcribed as a service to users and in order to enhance their discoverability.
Degrees were awarded in Ceramic Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy, Metallurgical Engineering, and Mining Engineering.
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Theses from 1975
Subsolidus equilibria and metastable phase development in the system ZrO₂-Al₂O₃-SiO₂, Charles Christopher Sorrell
Theses from 1945
The influence of materials and methods upon physical properties in the development of a glass-melting tank body, George Armour Sellers
Theses from 1941
Characteristics of pyrometric cone equivalent test furnaces, Alfred W. Allen and Joseph T. Dusza
Firing behavior of Missouri plastic fire clay, William E. Crockett
Solubility of glass tank refractories using a small electrically heated furnace, James Vincent Heddell
The effect of glaze fit upon the strength of Missouri Zadock, Karl Emil Krill and Floyd Rolland Elliott
The relative merits of the electrolytic deposit and the galvanic nickel deposit when used to produce enamel adherence, Marvin Edward Pingel
Dry pressing refractory insulating brick, Frank Clarence Steimke
Theses from 1940
The production of high alumina refractories bonded with Lumnite refractory cement, Joseph Lewis Hoffman
X-ray data concerning some manganese-copper alloys, George Lester Mitsch
Firing behavior tests and other tests on a Missouri stoneware clay to determine its commercial possibilities, Ivan Martin Niedling
Red glazes, Sidney Austin Peer
A study of opacity produced by insoluble refractory opacifiers, Theodore J. Planje
The bloating of clays, Everett Walter Sharp
The effect of clays on the properties of masonry cement, William Joseph Smothers
Theses from 1939
Effects of zirconium compounds on a bright glaze, Stuart Dods
A process for making refractory insulating brick, Albert Lloyd Tetley
Theses from 1937
The development of spinels in two component coloring oxide systems and their applications as underglaze and overglaze colors, Michael Edward Green
A comparison of silicates of sodium and potassium as the bonding agent in cold-set refractory cements, Kenneth Frederick Sheckler
The development of a new process for the manufacture of insulating refractories, Miles E. Tyrrell
Theses from 1936
The suitability of an electric Glo-Bar furnace for the hot load test on refractories, Paul Curtis Branstetter
The use of fluorspar as a flux ingredient in ceramic bodies, Edward Henry Frauenfelder
Roofing granules, Morris Harold Grober
The use of phosphoric acid as a pickling reagent for enamels, Alan John Hoener
Red glazes, Robert M. Springer
The effect of ammonium carbonate and aluminum chloride on the porosity of refractory material, William Gail Twyman
Theses from 1935
Development of a refractory insulating brick, Edwin Laughlin Dudley
The effect of electrical lubrication on the transmission of pressure in dry pressed bodies, Oliver William Kamper
The use of Missouri halloysite as a suspending medium for enamels, Collins H. McDonald
Theses from 1934
The effects of sodium, barium and calcium chloride upon the physical properties of a whiteware body, William Newton Coffman
A comparison of Florida, Georgia and G-1 kaolin as the chief clay ingredient for a sanitary ware casting body, George Armour Sellers
A new theory of the spalling of fireclay products with relation to thermal expansion, Robert LeGrande Stone
Theses from 1933
Study of the substitution of barite for barium carbonate in a whiteware body suitable for brick manufacture, Charles Edward Achuff
A comparative study of the American Society for Testing Materials spall test and the Federal Specifications Spall Test, Justus Jordan Beinlich
The effect of variations in the rate of heating on the P.C.E. value of clays, Kenneth Emerson Evans
Aventurine glazes, Felix Fraulini
The effect of reheating certain fire brick on pyrometric cone equivalents, Francis J. Louney
The replacement of calcium carbonate with calcium chloride and calcium fluoride in a whiteware body, Charles Richard Rosenbaum
Theses from 1932
The effect of grain sizing on the strength and porosity of refractory grog bodies, Robert Stafford Green
Pressure transmission and green strength of clays as affected by time of ageing, William Thomas Kay
The purification of Missouri fire clays, James Joseph Offutt
Development of an artificial substitute for firestone, Joseph Edwin Stevens
The effect of different rates of ram movement on the transmission of pressure in dry pressed bodies, Frank Joseph Zvanut
Theses from 1931
The transmission of pressure in the dry pressing of typical building brick and fire brick mixes as affected by the variation in grog size, Henry Rickel Herron
Pressure transmission in clays affected by time of pressure application, Robert Edward Lee
The effect of bentonite on the transmission of pressure in green dry press blocks, Charles William McCaw
The commercial value of high iron and high alkalie diaspore, William Lucius McCracken
Size and shape of clay grains as affected by various methods of grinding, Henry William Meyer
Georgia kaolin as the China Clay constituent in floor and wall tile bodies, Alfred Arthur Mitchell
The effect of small amounts of chrome ore on dry press diaspore refractories, Allen John Reid
Disintegration of green Missouri fire clay bodies at low temperatures, Wilbur Brooks Schofield
The transmission of pressure in the dry pressing of typical building brick and fire brick mixes as affected by the variation in grog size, Stanley John Tompach
Theses from 1930
Disintegration of Ozark Plastic Fire clay in the drier, Elmer Francis Cirkal
A fire clay cement study, Willard E. Davis
The effect of various methods of grinding on the physical properties of unfired dry press brick, Edwin Theodore Harvey
The determination of the alumina content in diaspore and high alumina clays, W. D. Keller
Mechanical treatments of a Missouri fire clay and their effect on shrinkage, porosity and strength, Allen Richard Maune
The transmission of pressure in the dry pressing of typical building brick and fire brick mixes as affected by the degree of pressure, physical character of mix ingredient, and the moisture content of the mix, Ferdinand Frederick Netzeband
The effect of occluded air in dry-press mixes, William Raymond Powell
Theses from 1929
Florida kaolin as the chief clay ingredient for a sanitary ware casting body, Hugo Logan Harrod
A study of chrome and diaspore mixes, Harlow Guy Jones
Theses from 1928
Drainage and irrigation of a thirty-six square mile tract of land in Louisiana, Ralph Charles Dodge
Difference in pyrometric cone equivalent between raw and calcined clay, Charles Alfred Freeman
Cone deformation eutectics using sodium chloride, dolomite, and alpite rock, William K. Schweickhardt
Theses from 1925
Design of an alternating current squirrel-cage induction motor, Thomas Moffett Thompson
Construction details and general discussion of the 10 watt radio telephone transmitter at the Missouri School of Mines, Leonard Oliver Williams
Selection and arrangement of proposed storage battery equipment for physics and electrical engineering laboratories, Otho Melvin Wilson
Theses from 1924
Accident prevention in cement plants, Edward Rees Abbott
Transmission of electrical energy at 220,000 volts, Robert Wilhelm Ahlquist
The analysis of stresses and design of multiple-arch dam, Guy Robert Scott
A discussion of electric welding, Peter Fergus Thompson
Theses from 1923
Design of high tension outdoor substation, Joseph Worley
Theses from 1922
The flood control system of Newport, Ark., Alvis Frederick Denison
The effect of sulphur dioxide gas on sweet potatoes, cotton, and sorghum cane plants, Milburn Leo Dorris
A metallographic study of copper mattes, Edward James Torrence
Theses from 1921
Investigations on Oklahoma chats, Homer Chalmers Kerr and August Francis Delaloye
Theses from 1920
Preliminary study of possible power development on the Gasconade River, Charles Russell Barnard, Ronald Blair Wills, and Harry Wesley Zieseniss
The microstructure of some commercial nickel steels, Robert Newton Stubbs
Theses from 1918
Measurement of air under high pressure by orifice method, George E. Mellow
Theses from 1917
Practical details of mine surveying in certain mines of Northern Mexico, Arturo C. Fernandez
Selective concentration of a complex ore by flotation, Paul Frederick Pape and Ralph Dale
Concentration of ores by flotation, John Gay Reilly and Frank Stillmann Elfred
Simple methods and tables for determining true meridian, Howard Jones Teas
Concentration of a Joplin slime by flotation, Earl Joseph Weimer and Walter Harry Freudenberg
Theses from 1916
The cost of producing electricity at the Hamilton, Missouri Light and Power Company, Bernerd William Adams
An investigation of blended cements, Byron Lee Ashdown
Design of a concrete-steel highway bridge for Dry Fork Crossing, Salem Road, Phelps County, Mo., Edward V. Damotte
A study of a certain filled-sink ore deposit, Azmon Thurman Dunham
Report on the Lucky Bill Mine, Bayard, Grant County, New Mexico, Walter Gammeter
Mining methods of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona, James Lawrence Head
The flotation of a West Joplin, Mo. slime, John Stone Hoffman and James Joseph Dowd
Leaching experiments on an Arizona copper ore, Gunnard Edmund Johnson
Pneumatic ore concentration, Robert Winters Johnson and Walter William Weissbach
Leaching flue dust, Edwin Alexander Kayser
Flotation applied to silicate sludge, Yaro Klepel and Greene Erskine
Notes on the development of the flotation process for concentrating copper and iron sulphide ore, Holman Thompson Marshall
A study for comparative costs of flat, short span, concrete steel highway bridges, Thomas Purcell McCague
Problems in flotation, William Henry McCartney
The effect of temperature upon the crystal size and physical properties of iron and steel, Earl Joesting McNely
