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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 57 Collections and/or Records:

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

Introduction to Aircraft Design, 1942, 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 and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "The purpose of this book is to bridge the gap between the field of aeronautical engineering and airplane design and the other professional fields of engineering, architecture, and general design. The material originated in a course conducted by the University of California as part of its Engineering, Science, and...
Dates: Copyright: 1942; Publication: 1942

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

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

Matrix Computer Analysis of Structures, 1966, 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; Publication: 1966

Mechanical Vibrations, 1957, 1957

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 011, Call No.: QA 871 .M77
Identifier: 20061142
Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: "The material presented in this book is intended to serve for a first course in mechanical vibrations for undergraduate or graduate students. The ultimate aim is to present the basic elementary vibration theory in a manner sufficiently rigorous so that the student will extend himself to master the mathematical techniques which will...
Dates: Copyright: 1957; Publication: 1957

Mechanics of Materials, 1952, 1952

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 020, Call No.: TA 405 .P68
Identifier: 20061155
Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Prentice-Hall Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics SeriesNB: "The purpose of the Prentice-Hall Series in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics is to meet the requirements of teachers who seek to train their students for a place at the forefront of engineering progress."Scope (from...
Dates: Copyright: 1952; Publication: 1952

Mechanics of Materials: Instructor's Manual, 1954, 1954

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 021, Call No.: TA 405 .P68 manual
Identifier: 20061155.01
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Training Material (Study).

Purpose: Training and Education.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope: Solutions manual was written in 1954 by E.P. Popov, Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of California, Nerkeley, and goes with Poplov's textbook Mechanics of Materials.

Contents: Detailed solutions to the problems in the textbook with accompanying drawings. Also contains suggestions for the instructor.

Dates: Copyright: 1954; Publication: 1954

Microcomputers for Engineers and Scientists, 1980, 1980

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 032, Call No.: QA 76.5 .G49
Identifier: 20061130
Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "This book represents an attempt made by two computer engineers to solve this problem in the area of digital electronics applications that are complicated enough to justify the use of microprocessors. The book is designed for scientists and engineers who wish to acquire an overall knowledge of microcomputers and hardware...
Dates: Copyright: 1980; Publication: 1980

New Analytic Geometry (Revised Edition), 1928, 1928

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 008, Call No.: QA 551 .S645 1928
Identifier: 20061166
Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): Introductory textbook to Analytic Geometry with practice problems, solved and illustrated examples, theorems, and proofs. Revised Edition: "What changes have been made are in re-arrangement. This has been done with the purpose of providing a more consistent development and of introducing at the proper time the topics...
Dates: Copyright: 1928; Publication: 1928