Special collection MC-19
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Contains 233 Results:
Fundamentals of Aircraft Structures, 1948, 1948
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 062, Call No.: TL 671.6 .B3
Identifier: 20061165
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
"As airplanes and related flying objects such as pilotless aircraft develop and are refined, additional improvements in their design require more knowledge and an increasing awareness of the results of research efforts, as well as an understanding of the fundamental principles upon which analysis is based. Modifications...
Dates:
Copyright: 1948; Publication: 1948
Flight Instruments, 1942, 1942
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 063, Call No.: TL 589 .H8 1942
Identifier: 20061175
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: An introductory overview of various aircraft insturments.Contents (from Table of Contents):
1. Aircraft Instruments - Part I
2. Aircraft Instruments - Part II
3. The Turn and Bank Indicator
4. The Rate of Climb Indicator and the Altimeter
5. The Pitot-Static Tube and Airspeed Indicator
6. The Tachometer,...
Dates:
Copyright: 1942; Publication: 1942
Some Unusual Engines, 1975, 1975
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 076, Call No.: TL 210 .S43
Identifier: 20171001
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
A book "not only about old unusual engines but also new ones" exploring a variety of unconventionally constructed internal combustion engines ntended to illuminate the experimentation and uncover "bright ideas to be pursued, many theories of construction that would be valid with out pewsent materials....Some...
Dates:
Copyright: 1975; Publication: 1975
Aircraft Engines: Theory, Analysis, Design and Operation, 1936, 1936
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 085, Call No.: TL 701 .D58
Identifier: 20180011
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
"This volume has been prepared with a twofold aim:
1. It is designed for a textbook in engineering courses for undergraduate and post-graduate students.
2. It forms a collection of material which is largely new, and which should prove valuable to anyone concerned with design, construction, operation, or maintenance of...
Dates:
Copyright: 1936; Publication: 1936
Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1980 (2nd Edition) [The NASA History Series: NASA Special Publication 4403], 1981
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 223, Call No.: TL 521.312 .A63 1981
Identifier: 20062089
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 second edition of Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA. It is based on a monograph written by Eugene M. Emme and published in 1965 as ...
Dates:
Publication: 1981
Automobile Body Engineering and Surface Development: Introducing the "Replicator Method", 1946, 1946
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 033, Call No.: TL 255 .C5
Identifier: 20060362
Scope and Contents
"Document Type: Book (Technical Reference)Purpose: Authoritative referenceAuthority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
""This book is dedicated to the passenger car body industry and the men of know-how, whose responsibilities are to work out the engineering and development problems and pass the information to the fabricating branches to complete the product. It contains new methods of body surface development and methods...
Dates:
Copyright: 1946; Publication: 1946
Analytical Mechanics for Engineers (Third Edition, Fifteenth Printing), 1941, 1948-04
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 017, Call No.: QA 809 .S44 1941
Identifier: 20061176
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (Preface to Third Edition and Preface to First Edition)
"This book, as its name suggests, presents those principles of mechanics that are believed to be essential for the student of engi-neering.
Throughout the book the aim has been to make the principles of mechanics stand out clearly; to build them up as much as possible from common...
Dates:
Copyright: 1941; Printed: 1948-04
Plane Trigonometry, 1937, 1937-04
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 007, Call No.: QA 533 .H35 1937
Identifier: 20061159
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface to First Edition and Preface to Revised Edition):
"This text contains the material that is usually required for a semester's course in trigonometry. Since the present tendency is in the direction of a concise treatment, an effort has been made to present clearly and without too much detail the essentials of the...
Dates:
Copyright: 1937; Publication: 1937-04
Aircraft Engines (Volume One), 1940
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 087, Call No.: TL 701 .J8V.1 1940
Identifier: 20180003
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Preface):
"The object of the present book, which is the first of two volumes on aircraft engines, is an endeavour to present the principles and results of relevant research work upon internal combustion engines, for the benefit of those entering or already engaged in aircraft engineering work. It is also written in order to fill...
Dates:
Publication: 1940
Advanced Mechanics of Materials (Second Edition), 1952, 1961-08
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 019, Call No.: TA 350 .S452 1952
Identifier: 20061127
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (Preface to Second Edition and Preface to First Edition)
"Many important contributions have been made to the subject of mechanics of materials since the first edition of this book appeared twenty years ago. Likewise, more students and engineers are adequately prepared for the study of advanced topics in this field of knowl-edge, and a...
Dates:
Copyright: 1952; Printed: 1961-08