Special collection MC-19
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Contains 229 Results:
Airplane Propeller Principles (2nd Printing), 1944, 1947-02
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 109, Call No.: TL 705 .N4
Identifier: 20061104
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical)Purpose: Training and EducationAuthority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
"This material was subsequently used in mimeographed form for the course in airplane propellers at Iowa State College, and it is the basis of this publication.
Emphasis has been placed throughout upon the basic principles underlying the design and operation of the modern airplane propeller, rather than upon specific design...
Dates:
Copyright: 1944; Printed: 1947-02
Aircraft Propeller Design (1st Edition, 7th Impression), 1930, 1930
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 110, Call No.: TL 705 .W44
Identifier: 20061114
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Authoritative reference.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
"Great strides have been made in propeller design during the past decade, and it is the object of this book to collect in one volume the important experimental, theoretical, and practical developments and to present them in a simple, usable manner. The various factors have been considered not only from the point...
Dates:
Copyright: 1930; Publication: 1930
Aircraft Propeller Design (1st Edition, 11th Impression), 1930, 1930
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 111, Call No.: TL 705 .W44
Identifier: 20061114.01
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Authoritative reference.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
"Great strides have been made in propeller design during the past decade, and it is the object of this book to collect in one volume the important experimental, theoretical, and practical developments and to present them in a simple, usable manner. The various factors have been considered not only from the point...
Dates:
Copyright: 1930; Publication: 1930
Thrusting Forward: A History of the Propeller, 1984
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 112, Call No.: TL 705 .R581984 Oversized
Identifier: 20135012
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope(from Introduction):
Illustrated introduction to the history of aircraft propellers, written by George Rosen, the chief of propeller research and development at Hamilton Standard before his retiremennt in 1977.
"The aircraft propeller-with the clean, graceful lines of its blades and smooth, sculpted roundness of its spinner-looks like a simple...
Dates:
Publication: 1984
Jet Aircraft Power Systems (3d Edition), 1965
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 113, Call No.: TL 709 .C35 1965
Identifier: 20121108
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical)Purpose: Training and EducationAuthority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
"Even as changes and improvements are made in gas-turbine engines, so must changes and improvements be made in textbooks describing these engines. For this reason, the third edition of Jet Aircraft Power Systems has been written to bring new information on gas-turbine engines to the student of aircraft...
Dates:
Copyright: 1965
Fast Jets: The History of Reheat Development at Derby (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #5), 2001, 2001
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 114, Call No.: TL 709 .E43 2001
Identifier: 20160505
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical)Purpose: Technical Reference.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Technical Series #5.NB: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are closely related. From "Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence" (1984): "Both organisations share the history of the early days and work closely in harmony. This Historical Series of books was started by the Trust...
Dates:
Copyright: 2001; Publication: 2001
Gas Turbines, 1951, 1946
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 115, Call No.: TJ 778 .S67
Identifier: 20160509
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Technical textbook written by Harry A. Sorensen, "Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Technology, The State College of Washington."From the Preface; "The fourth edition of a technical monograph written for an educated audience by G. Geoffrey Smith, M.B.E., editor of Flight magazine, the leadin
"The essential objective of this...
Dates:
Copyright: 1951; Publication: 1946
Elements of Gas Turbine Propulsion, 1996, 1996
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 116, Call No.: TL 709 .M38 1996
Identifier: 20160507
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training & Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Introduction): Textbook is written by Dr. Jack D. Mattingly with a foreword by Hans von Ohain "German Inventor of the Jet Engine." Mattingly was a senior member of the Department of Aeronautics at the U.S. Air Force Academy and "...is currently Chair, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Seattle...
Dates:
Copyright: 1996; Publication: 1996
Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion for Aircraft: Thermal Jet Propulsion Systems with Rotary, Reciprocating or Combined Units, A survey of Steam and Gas Turbines Driving Airscrews (3d Edition), 1942-12, 1944-04
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 117, Call No.: TL 709 .S648 1944B
Identifier: 20171003
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Authority: Author Expertise.
Purpose: Informational.Scope: The third edition of a technical monograph written for an educated audience by G. Geoffrey Smith, M.B.E., editor of Flight magazine, the leading aeronautical journal in Great Britain.From the Editors Note:
"ORIGIN OF THIS BOOK
It was early in 1941 that the author discussed with Lord Brabazon, then Minister of Aircraft Production, the desirability...
Dates:
Copyright: 1942-12; Publication: 1944-04
Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion for Aircraft (4th Edition), 1946, 1946
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 118, Call No.: TL 709 .S648 1946
Identifier: 20180014
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: The fourth edition of a technical monograph written for an educated audience by G. Geoffrey Smith, M.B.E., editor of Flight magazine, the leading aeronautical journal in Great Britain.Contents:
"Preface by General Carl Spaatz, Commanding General, Army Air Forces This Book should do much to stimulate interest in the new field of jet propulsion. Mr....
Dates:
Copyright: 1946; Publication: 1946