McGraw-Hill Book Company
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Field: Publishing
Earlier names: Hill Publishing Company // McGraw Publishing Company
Later name: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company (n 50008184)
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
The Airplane and Its Engine (First Edition, Third Impression), 1928, 1928
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 073, Call No.: TL 670 .C48 1928
Identifier: 20170271
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: First edition of a technical monograph written for an educated audience by "Charles Hugh Chatfield, S.M. and Charles Fayette Taylor, M. E. (Associate Professors in the Course in Aeronautical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)."From the Preface: "Such a large number and such a wide variety of books on aeronautical subjects are now being published...
Dates:
Copyright: 1928; Publication: 1928
The Airplane and Its Engine (Fourth Edition, Second Impression), 1940, 1940
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 074, Call No.: TL 670 .C48 1940
Identifier: 20180015
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Fourth edition of a technical monograph written for an educated audience by C. H. Chatfield, S.M. (Fellow, Institute of Aeronautical Science); C. Fayette Taylor, M. E. (Professor of Automotive Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Fellow, Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences) and Shatswell Ober, S. B. (Associate Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, Massachusetts...
Dates:
Copyright: 1940; Publication: 1940
The Airplane Engine (First Edition, Second Impression), 1922
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 072, Call No.: TL 701 .M27
Identifier: 20180007
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Technical monograph written for an knowledable audience by Lionel S. Marks.Scope (from the Preface): "This volume attempts two things: to formulate existing knowledge of the functioning of the airplane engine and its auxiliaries; and to present and discuss the essential constructive details of those engines whose excellence has resulted in their survival. The material...
Dates:
Publication: 1922
The Elements of Aerofoil and Airscrew Theory, 1926, 1943
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 045, Call No.: TL 574 .A4 G6 1943
Identifier: 20061120
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
"The aim of aerofoil theory is to explain and to predict the force experienced by an aerofoil, and a satisfactory theory has been developed in recent years for the lift force in the ordinary working range below the critical angle and for that part of the drag force which is independent of the viscosity of the air....
Dates:
Copyright: 1926; Publication: 1943
Theory of Elastic Stability, 1936, 1936
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 009, Call No.: QA 931 .T54
Identifier: 20061150
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Engineeering Societies MonographsNB: "For many years those who have been interested in the publication of papers, articles, and books devoted to engineering topics have been impressed with the number of important technical manuscripts which have proved too extensive, on the one hand, for publication in the periodicals or...
Dates:
Copyright: 1936; Publication: 1936
Theory of Flight, 1945, 1945
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 042, Call No.: TL 570 .V947 1945
Identifier: 20061118
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
"An actual demand does, however, seem to exist for a book at an intermediate level [on the mechanics of flight], say, on the borderline between the last year of college and the first year of graduate work. It is assumed that the reader of the present text knows the principles of calculus and has some training in general...
Dates:
Copyright: 1945; Publication: 1945
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- Instructional and educational works -- Textbooks 11
- Aerodynamics 5
- Airplanes -- Motors -- Principles & Theory 5
- Aviation mechanics (Persons) -- Training of 5
- Airplanes -- Motors -- Maintenance and repair -- Study and teaching 4
- Aerospace engineering 3
- Cross-country flying 3
- Aircraft gas-turbines -- Design and construction 2
- Airplanes -- Maintenance and repair 2
- Airplanes -- Maintenance and repair -- Study and teaching 2
- Airplanes -- Principles & Theory 2
- Books 2
- Overwater flying 2
- Propellers, Aerial -- Design and construction 2
- Propellers, Aerial -- Maintenance and repair 2
- Airplanes -- Design and construction 1
- Airplanes -- Motors -- Design and construction 1
- Airplanes -- Wings 1
- Aviation mechanics (Persons) -- Examinations 1
- Instructional and Educational works 1
- Jet engines 1
- Jet engines -- Design and construction 1
- Mathematics 1
- Navigation (Aeronautics) 1
- Physics 1
- Strength of materials 1
- Structural engineering 1