Special collection MC-19
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Contains 229 Results:
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, 1915-1980 (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
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...
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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...
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Copyright: 1948; Publication: 1948
Sport Aviation (Experimental Aircraft Association, 1986 - 1995) [Incomplete Series], 1986-07 - 1995-09
File — Special Collection: MC-19, Case: TC.S8.003
Identifier: 20060343
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Periodical (Technical).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Non-Governmental organization.Document Number: See below.Scope: Periodic magazine published by the Experimental Aircraft Association.Contents:
1986 (Volume 35): 1 issue (7. Jul)
1992 (Volume 41): 4 issues (8. Aug, 8.5 EAA Fly-In Convention '92 Supplement, 10. Oct, 11. Nov)
1993 (Volume 42): 5 issues (1. Jan, 3. Mar, 4. April, 5....
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Publication: 1986-07 - 1995-09
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...
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Copyright: 1952; Printed: 1961-08
Elements of Mechanical Vibration (Second Edition), 1949, 1943
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 010, Call No.: TA 355 .F66 1949
Identifier: 20061152
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface to Second Edition and Preface to First Edition):
"The increased emphasis which engineers must give to noise elimination has indicated the desirability of including a fundamental discussion of the engineering aspects of this subject. Accordingly, a chapter on sound and its engineering applications has been included in the...
Dates:
Publication: 1949; Copyright: 1943