Special collection MC-19
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Maintaining Aerospace Leadership (20th Wings Club General Harold R. Harris "Sight" Lecture, presented on June 15, 1983 at the Wings Club, New York City), 1983-06-15, 1983
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 219, Call No.: TL 724 .H39 1983
Identifier: 20160003
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Presentation (Industry).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: 20th Wings Club General Harold R. Harris "Sight" Lecture, presented on June 15, 1983 at the Wings Club, New York City by Willis M. Hawkins, retired Senior Vice President for Aircraft, the Lockheed Corporation and a leading aeronautical engineer from the late 1930s through the 1980s.Contents (from the Introduction): "As I look at the Aerospace...
Dates:
1983-06-15; Copyright: 1983
Baughman's Aviation Dictionary and Reference Guide: Aero-Thesaurus (1st Edition, 4th Printing), 1940, 1940
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 220, Call No.: TL 509 .B35 1940
Identifier: 20061178
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Foreword): "The rapid advance of aviation has created a new field of nomenclature for the expression of the specialized groups responsible for its development. An earnest attempt has been made in the preparation of this work to assemble and clearly define this nomenclature so that it may be more readily disseminated The...
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Copyright: 1940; Publication: 1940
The Illustrated Aviation Encyclopedia, 1944, 1944-02
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 221, Call No.: TL 509 .A85
Identifier: 20061105
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Introduction): "Today, when around the world the history of freedom and its preservation is being written by wings, it is important for the informed layman, as well as the growing thousands directly concerned with aviation, to become familiar with the new language of the air. For the duration of the war, such terms as bomb bay, range,...
Dates:
Copyright: 1944; Publication: 1944-02
Aeronautics and Astronautics: An American Chronology of Science and Technology in the Exploration of Space, 1915-1960, 1961
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 222, Call No.: TL 521 .A54283
Identifier: 20061137
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (From the Preface): "This volume is largely a response to repeated requests for basic historical information. It is intended to serve as a ready informational reference, one from whence more detailed historical analysis should proceed.The scope of this chronology is defined in accordance with the following criteria:•...
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Publication: 1961
Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990 (3rd Edition) [The NASA History Series: NASA Special Publication 4406], 1989-07-01
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 224, Call No.: TL 521.312 .B56 1989
Identifier: 20170600
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Document Number: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Special Publication #4406.Series: The NASA History SeriesScope: This is the third edition of Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990. It is based on a monograph written by Eugene M. Emme and published in 1965 as ...
Dates:
Publication: 1989-07-01
On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet, 1958-1976 [The NASA History Series: NASA Special Publication 4212], 1984
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 225, Call No.: TL 789.8 .U6 V524 1984
Identifier: 20061136
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Document Number: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Special Publication #4212.Series: The NASA History SeriesScope (from the Foreword): "It is difficult for me to believe that there is already a written history of the Viking program. After all, the Vikings landed on Mars in 1976, just a few years ago. The...
Dates:
Publication: 1984
Wingless on Luna (25th Wings Club General Harold R. Harris "Sight" Lecture, presented May 18, 1988 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York), 1988-05-20, 1988
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 226, Call No.: TL 789.8 .U6 A652 1988
Identifier: 20160006
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Presentation (Industry).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: 25th Wings Club General Harold R. Harris "Sight" Lecture, presented May 18, 1988 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York by Neil A. Armstrong, aviator, test pilot and first human on the moon.Contents (from the Introduction): "First let me thank the Wings Club for the privilege of delivering the 25th General Harold R. Harris 'Sight' Lecture. In rereading...
Dates:
1988-05-20; Copyright: 1988
For the Record: From Wall Street to Washington, 1988, 1988
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 227, Call No.: E 840.8 .R44 A3 1988
Identifier: 20061138
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Informational).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Foreword): "I have kept Plutarch's observation in mind while writing this memoir of my more than six years of public service as the Secretary of the Treasury and as Chief of Staff in the White House under President Reagan, and have attempted to describe the President I served, the people I encountered in the course of that service, and...
Dates:
Copyright: 1988; Publication: 1988
Chess and Checkers, the Way to Mastership: Complete Instructions for the Beginner, Valuable Suggestions for the Advanced Player (New Revised Edition), 1948, 1948
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 228, Call No.: GV 1445 .L3 1948
Identifier: 20061168
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Preface): "A quadratic board of 64 squares, two opposing groups of pieces with names suggesting military maneuvers and court intrigue, a few rules governing the moves of these pieces in their efforts to checkmate the hostile king-and you have the one game which, coming out of dim antiquity, has outlasted all world empires, survived all political and...
Dates:
Copyright: 1948; Publication: 1948
Application of the Brüel & Kjaer Measuring Systems to Acoustic Noise Measurements (Second Edition), 1971-01, 1973-01
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 015, Call No.: QC 243 .B86 1971
Identifier: 20061153
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical).Purpose: Authoritative reference.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
""To be able to effectively control noise it is necessary that the noise be measured objectively, according to more or less internationally standardized procedures, and that the measured results are evaluated against predetermined criteria for acceptance. The intention of this book is to briefly describe some of the...
Dates:
Publication: 1971-01; Printed: 1973-01