Special collection MC-19
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Contains 231 Results:
Principles and Problems of Aircraft Engines, 1931, 1931
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 086, Call No.: TL 701 .F3 1931
Identifier: 20180002
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Scope: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Copyright: 1931; Publication: 1931
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: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1940
Aircraft Engines: Theory, Analysis, Design and Operation, 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: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1936
From Gipsy to Gem With Diversions, 1926-1986: A History of the de Havilland Aero Engine, Napier & Other Associations & of the Rolls-Royce Small Engine Division/Helicopter Engine Group (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #10), 1987, 1987
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 083, Call No.: TL 686 .D4 S76 1987
Identifier: 20171012
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #10.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 and it is intended that a series shall...
Dates:
Copyright: 1987; Copyright: 1987
The Development of Piston Aero Engines -- From the Wrights to microlights: A Century of Evolution and Still a Power to be Reckoned With, 1993, 1993
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 084, Call No.: TL 701 .G97 1993
Identifier: 20123045
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: An excellent technical history written by Bill Gunston, a former RAF pilot and flying instructor, and one of the top aviation writers in Great Britain.
From the introduction: "When the first aviators sought engines to power their flying machines nearly a century ago, they did so in a world of rapid and exciting progress. This was a time of experiment and adventure, in...
Dates:
Copyright: 1993; Publication: 1993
The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 5], 1971
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 080, Call No.: TBD
Identifier: 20160503
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Vol 1, No. 5.
Scope: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1971
The Curtiss D-12 Aero Engine
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 081, Call No.: TL 515 .S5 no. 7
Identifier: 20212026
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Vol 1, #7.Scope (from the introduction): "The D-12 engine is an excellent example of a first-line design in the history of aero engine development. It was the result not only of brilliant inspiration but of patient application, perseverance, and hard work on the part of its developers. To understand the origins of the D-12 it is...
Dates:
Publication: 1972
Guide to Pre-1930 Aircraft Engines
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 082, Call No.: TL 701 .R46
Identifier: 20212025
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the introduction): "The Guide To Pre-1930 Aircraft Engines is offered as testimony and a source of reference for the aircraft engines of that "golden age" of aviation. It brings together under one cover the details and important information concerning the great rarity of American aircraft powerplants which contributed to America's tremendous achievements in...
Dates:
Copyright: 1972; Publication: 1972
The Liberty Engine: 1918 - 1942 [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 3], 1968, 1978
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 079, Call No.: TL 515 .S5 vol. 1, no. 3 C.2
Identifier: 20160502
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Volume 1, Number 3.Scope (from the foreword): "In this third number of the Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Philip S. Dickey tells the history of America's remarkable contribution to early aviation, the Liberty engine, the original model of which is now in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum."...
Dates:
Publication: 1968; Issued: 1978
The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 2], 1964
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 077, Call No.: TBD
Identifier: 20160501
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Vol 1, No. 2.
Scope: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1964