Airplanes -- Motors -- Design and construction
Subject
Subject Source: World Cat Fast Authority File
Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:
Guide to Pre-1930 Aircraft Engines
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 082, Call No.: TL 701 .R46
Identifier: 20212025
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).Purpose: Scholarly reference.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the introduction): "The Guide To Pre-1930 Aircraft Engines is offered as testimony and a source of reference for the aircraft engines of that "golden age" of aviation. It brings together under one cover the details and important information concerning the great rarity of American aircraft powerplants which contributed to America's tremendous...
Dates:
Copyright: 1972; Publication: 1972
"Intermittent Oil Feed Investigations" (Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A, Vol. II, No. 3) [Photocopy], 1918-12
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.007
Identifier: 20140707
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A. [United States Army], Vol. II, No. 3 (dated December 1918). This section on pages 122 through 142.Scope: By the Experimental Department. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Relations between Quantity,...
Dates:
Publication: 1918-12
Memories and Machines: The Pattern of My Life, 1968, 1990
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 206, Call No.: TJ 140 .R53 A3 1990
Identifier: 20123044
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Foreword): "This book recounts the episodes that the author considers most significant both as regards his own full life and the technical developments which he has seen and influenced. It is of interest that the year of his birth (1885) was also the birth of the first real motor cars, for in that year both Daimler and Benz in...
Dates:
Publication: 1968; Issued: 1990
"Menasco Aircraft Engines" [Technical Sales Brochure], 1935-04
Item — Box TB.S3.001, Folder: TF.S3.B.0004 (was TBD.007)
Identifier: 20212028
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Sales Brochure
Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative reference)
Contents consist of detailed information regarding 5 Menasco in-line, air-cooled, inverted aircraft engines: B4 (95 h.p.), C4 (125 h.p.), B6 (160 h.p.), C4S (150 h.p.), and the B6S (200 h.p.). Each engine is covered in 4 color-coded pages which include descriptions of each engine, technical specifications, black and white photographs and example installation drawings.
Dates:
Publication: 1935-04
Packard: Master Motor Builders [Packard Motor Car Company Promotional brochure], Circa 1928
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.019
Identifier: 20170124
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Sales and marketing (Promotional).
Purpose: Sales and marketing.
Authority: Company (Manufacturer).
Scope: Describes Packard's aircraft, airship, armor, auto and marine engines.
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Circa 1928