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Instructional and educational works -- Textbooks

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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 47 Collections and/or Records:

Gas Turbines, 1951, 1946

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 115, Call No.: TJ 778 .S67
Identifier: 20160509
Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Technical textbook written by Harry A. Sorensen, "Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Technology, The State College of Washington."From the Preface; "The fourth edition of a technical monograph written for an educated audience by G. Geoffrey Smith, M.B.E., editor of Flight magazine, the leadin "The essential objective of this...
Dates: Copyright: 1951; Publication: 1946
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military) / Sub-series III.E: Aircraft Engines (Special Collection)

Inclined Lettering For Mechanical and Machine Drawing, 1932

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 052, Call No.: T 371 .B8 1932
Identifier: 20061115
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes all series materials located in the UAH Special Collection section and cataloged in the UAH Library catalog.

Dates: Publication: 1932
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series II: Aircraft (commercial & military) / Sub-series II.E: Aircraft (Special Collection)

Instruction Manual for Curtiss Electric Propellers: Section 11, Aluminum Alloy Blade Propeller (Three Blade), 1941-10, 1943-03

 Item — Box 096, Folder: 008
Identifier: 20212031
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Instruction Manual. Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative directive)

Contents include chapters on: 1. Operation and Description, 2. Installation, 3. Maintenance and Lubrication Instructions, 4. Removal and Disassembly, 5. Inspection and Parts Replacement, 6. Assembly, 7. Balancing and 8. Operational Inspection

Dates: Publication: 1941-10; Revised: 1943-03
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military)

Instruction Manual for Curtiss Electric Propellers: Section 12, Hollow Steel Blade Propeller (Three Blade), 1941-08, 1943-04

 Item — Box 096, Folder: 009
Identifier: 20212032
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Instruction Manual Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative directive)

Contents include chapters on: 1. Operation and Description, 2. Installation, 3. Maintenance and Lubrication Instructions, 4. Removal and Disassembly, 5. Inspection and Parts Replacement, 6. Assembly, 7. Balancing and 8. Operational Inspection

Dates: Publication: 1941-08; Revised: 1943-04
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military)

Instruction Manual for Curtiss Electric Propellers: Section 15, Hollow Steel Blade Propeller (Four Blade), 1942-03, 1943-05

 Item — Box 096, Folder: 010
Identifier: 20212033
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Instruction Manual Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative directive)

Contents include chapters on: 1. Operation and Description, 2. Installation, 3. Maintenance and Lubrication Instructions, 4. Removal and Disassembly, 5. Inspection and Parts Replacement, 6. Assembly, 7. Balancing and 8. Operational Inspection

Dates: Publication: 1942-03; Revised: 1943-05
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military)

Introduction to Aerodynamics of a Compressible Fluid, 1947

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 047, Call No.: TL 574 .C4 L5
Identifier: 20061121
Scope and Contents

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

Scope: TBD

Contents: TBD

Dates: Publication: 1947
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.E: Aeronautical RDT&E (Special Collection)

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
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series II: Aircraft (commercial & military) / Sub-series II.E: Aircraft (Special Collection)

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
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military) / Sub-series III.E: Aircraft Engines (Special Collection)

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
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.E: Aeronautical RDT&E (Special Collection)

Matrix Computer Analysis of Structures, 1966

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 028, Call No.: TA 642 .R8
Identifier: 20061174
Scope and Contents "Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Prentice-Hall International Series in Engineering of the Physical ScienceScope (Preface): "This book was developed in teaching courses in structural analysis during the past five years. Most of the material in the book has been used in a yearly course (""Use of Computers in Structural...
Dates: Copyright: 1966
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.E: Aeronautical RDT&E (Special Collection)

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