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:
Physics (Second Edition), 1939, 1939-08
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 016, Call No.: QC 21 .H385 1939
Identifier: 20061162
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
""This text aims to present the essentials of Physics to college students who major particularly in science, technology, or engineering. It is intended to give a gradual and logical approach to the subject, to develop and illustrate the fundamental concepts clearly, and to afford a mastery of the basic principles of...
Dates:
Copyright: 1939; Publication: 1939-08
Pilot's Powerplant Manual, 1942, 1942-10
Item — Box MC-019-TBD, Folder: TBD
Identifier: 20212027
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Pilot's Manual
Authority: Government Regulator (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 28Preface: "This manual has been prepared for use as a textbook in the Civilian Pilot Training Program. Specifically, it is designed for use in the ground school work of the controlled restricted commercial course of the program. However, the book should be of great assistance to all flying students preparing for the examinations required for...
Dates:
Publication: 1942; Revised: 1942-10
Plane Trigonometry, 1937, 1937-04
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 007, Call No.: QA 533 .H35 1937
Identifier: 20061159
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface to First Edition and Preface to Revised Edition):
"This text contains the material that is usually required for a semester's course in trigonometry. Since the present tendency is in the direction of a concise treatment, an effort has been made to present clearly and without too much detail the essentials of the...
Dates:
Copyright: 1937; Publication: 1937-04
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
Production Illustration: The Techniques and Applications of Perspective Engineering Drawings, 1945, 1945-07
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 053, Call No.: TJ 230 .T7
Identifier: 20060364
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical)
Purpose: Training & Education
Authority: Author ExpertiseScope: Textbook which details the rapid increase in technical illustration due to many factoers, especially war production. Author used his experience at Douglas Aircraft Company as a foundation. From Preface: "The widespread adoption of perspective illustration as a medium of engineering presentation has been so sudden, and its application so varied, that from many quarters a demand...
Dates:
Copyright: 1945; Publication: 1945-07
Strength Of Materials, 1951, 1951
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 023, Call No.: TA 405 .S45
Identifier: 20061128
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (Preface):
"Successful machine or structural design is practically impossible without thorough mastery of engineering mechanics and understanding of strength of materials. This book attempts to present the fundamental principles of strength of materials in a form that will transmit these principles easily to the student for his complete...
Dates:
Copyright: 1951; Publication: 1951
Technical Drawing, 1949, 1949
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 051, Call No.: T 353 .G52 1949
Identifier: 20061131
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
"This volume is intended as a class text and reference book in technical drawing. It contains a very large number of problems covering every phase of the subject, and it constitutes a complete teaching unit in itself. In addition to the problems in the text, two complete workbooks have been prepared especially for use...
Dates:
Copyright: 1949; Publication: 1949
Technical Mathematics, 1922, 1922
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 005, Call No.: QA 39 .K25 V.1 1922
Identifier: 20061170
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
"The series does not attempt to cover the field of applied mathematics in secondary education. Such applications as can be easily demonstrated with the help of simple mathematical laboratory apparatus are used throughout the course.
The object is to lead the student to see the connection between the mathematics class, and...
Dates:
Copyright: 1922; Publication: 1922
Techniques Of Observing the Weather, 1947, 1947
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 178, Call No.: QC 871 .H39
Identifier: 20061164
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training & Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (preface): THE beginning of all meteorology, weather forecasting, and I climatological studies lies with the original observations of weather and other atmospheric factors. To establish a firm foundation for these sciences a basic and uniform system of observing has been adopted by the International Meteorological Organization. Observing weather is in...
Dates:
Copyright: 1947; Publication: 1947
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