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 57 Collections and/or Records:
Computer Design and Architecture, 1985, 1985
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 031, Call No.: TK 7885 .S525 1985
Identifier: 20061157
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
"Books on digital systems architecture fall into four categories: logic design books that cover the hardware logic design in detail but fail to provide the details of computer hardware design; books on computer organization that deal with the computer hardware from a programmer's point of view; books on computer hardware...
Dates:
Copyright: 1985; Publication: 1985
Elementary Applied Aerodynamics (First Edition, First Printing), 1946, 1946
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 035, Call No.: TL 546 .H38
Identifier: 20061113
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "ELEMENTARY APPLIED AERODYNAMICS has been written to meet the requirements of a first course in technical applied aero-dynamics. Such a course is usually given to students who have had preliminary training in mathematics, physics, and mechanics....The book may be used conveniently in the time usually devoted to...
Dates:
Copyright: 1946; Publication: 1946
Elementary Applied Aerodynamics (First Edition, Third Printing), 1946, 1946
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 036, Call No.: TL 546 .H38
Identifier: 20061113.01
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "ELEMENTARY APPLIED AERODYNAMICS has been written to meet the requirements of a first course in technical applied aero-dynamics. Such a course is usually given to students who have had preliminary training in mathematics, physics, and mechanics....The book may be used conveniently in the time usually devoted to...
Dates:
Copyright: 1946; Publication: 1946
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
Fundamentals of Aircraft Structures, 1948, 1948
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 062, Call No.: TL 671.6 .B3
Identifier: 20061165
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
"As airplanes and related flying objects such as pilotless aircraft develop and are refined, additional improvements in their design require more knowledge and an increasing awareness of the results of research efforts, as well as an understanding of the fundamental principles upon which analysis is based. Modifications...
Dates:
Copyright: 1948; Publication: 1948
Fundamentals of Composites Manufacturing: Materials, Methods, and Applications, 1989, 1989
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 024, Call No.: TA 418.9 .C6 S77 1989
Identifier: 20061116
Scope and Contents
"Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Foreword):
"Today's manufacturing engineers must extend themselves. They must take calculated risks in an effort to develop the fabrication techniques required to build the best possible composites hardware.
The composites industry needs engineers, technicians, and tradespeople who understand how and why composites are used....
Dates:
Publication: 1989; Copyright: 1989
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
Inclined Lettering For Mechanical and Machine Drawing, 1932, 1932
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 052, Call No.: T 371 .B8 1932
Identifier: 20061115
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Training Material (Study)Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Introduction):
"Regular, definite, and frequent assignments of lettering practice should be the aim of every drawing teacher. The assignments should be short, but should be carried through the entire first year of drawing. With this aim in view, the authors have worked out the series of exercises given here, covering an entire...
Dates:
Copyright: 1932; Publication: 1932
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
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