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Instructional and educational works -- Textbooks

 Subject
Subject Source: Loc Genre/Form Terms For Library And Archival Materials (Lcgft)
Scope Note: Books used as standard works for the formal study of a particular subject. Also any book that gives the first principles of a subject or basic instruction for beginners.

Variants: Instruction books // Primers (Textbooks) // School books // Schoolbooks // Text books

Broader: Instructional and educational works

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Aerodynamics (First Edition), 1946

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 039, Call No.: TL 570 .S46
Identifier: 20061107
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Textbook (Technical). Purpose: Training & Education. Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope: TBD

Contents: TBD

Dates: Copyright: 1946

Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine Technology (2d Edition), 1979, 1979

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 122, Call No.: TL 709.5 .T87
Identifier: 20160506
Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training & Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Preface): "Although the gas turbine, or jet engine, is a relative youngster to aviation, its growth and refinement have not only given new life to this industry, but also have been so rapid that keeping abreast of developments in this area has become very difficult. A great deal has been written about the gas turbine engine...
Dates: Copyright: 1979; Publication: 1979

Aircraft Power Plants (Revised Edition), 1955, 1955

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 147, Call No.: TL 701 .N6 1955
Identifier: 20121106
Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Northrop Institute of Technology SeriesScope: "Aircraft Power Plants has been prepared to provide the stu-dent, mechanic, and aviation technician with a well-rounded background of information on aircraft engines, engine accessories, and power-plant systems. Aircraft Power Plants is one of a series of three texts prepared by...
Dates: Copyright: 1955; Publication: 1955

Introduction to Aircraft Design, 1942

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 058, Call No.: TL 671.2 .F384
Identifier: 20061177
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Textbook (Technical). Purpose: Training & Education. Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope: TBD

Contents: TBD

Dates: Publication: 1942

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

Kinematic Analysis of Mechanisms: Solutions Manual, 1959, 1959

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 030, Call No.: TJ 175 .S493 suppl.
Identifier: 20061179
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Textbook (Technical). Purpose: Training & Education. Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope: This solutions manual was written in 1959 by Jospeh Edward Shigley, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Michigan, and goes with Shigley's textbook Kinematic Analysis of Mechanisms.

Contents: The booklet provides detailed answers to problems in the textbook.

Dates: Copyright: 1959; Publication: 1959

Powerplants for Aerospace Vehicles (3d Edition), 1965, 1965

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 148, Call No.: TL 701 .N6 1965
Identifier: 20121105
Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Northrop Institute of Technology SeriesScope: ""This text provides the student, mechanic, and aviation technician with a well-rounded background of information on aircraft engines, engine accessories, and powerplant systems. It is one of a series of four texts prepared by the Northrop Institute of Technology. The two...
Dates: Copyright: 1965; Publication: 1965

Theory of Elastic Stability, 1936

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 009, Call No.: QA 931 .T54
Identifier: 20061150
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Textbook (Technical). Purpose: Training & Education. Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope: TBD

Contents: TBD

Dates: Publication: 1936