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 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
Jet Aircraft Power Systems (3d Edition), 1965, 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; Publication: 1965
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
The Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine and its Operation, 1952-06, 1958-02
Item — Box MC-019-TBD, Folder: TBD
Identifier: 20220214
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Operations Handbook and Manual
Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative reference)
Document Number: PWA Operating Instruction 200 (PWA Part No. 182408) From the Preface: “The Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine and Its Operation, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Operating Instructions 200, has been rewritten to provide aircraft flight and ground crews with a practical basic manual for aircraft gas turbine engines. Numerous good texts are available to the student of theory and...
Dates:
Publication: 1952-06; Revised: 1958-02