Reference works
Subject
Subject Source: Loc Genre/Form Terms For Library And Archival Materials (Lcgft)
Scope Note: Works intended primarily for consultation rather than for consecutive reading.Broader:
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Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Helicopter Data Chart (including Convertiplanes) [General Electric Small Engine Department, Lynn MA], 1960
Item — Box TB.S2.002, Folder: TF.S2.A.xxxx
Identifier: 20135027
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Realia (Tool / Device).
Purpose: Authoritative reference.
Source: Company (Manufacturer).
Document Number: TBD
Scope: Reversible plastic helicopter (including Convertiplane) data reference chart. Made by the General Electric Small Engine Department, Lynn MA.
Contents: TBD.
Dates:
Issued: 1960
Mathematical Tables from Handbook of Chemistry & Physics (Fifth Edition), 1936, 1936
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 006, Call No.: QA 47 .C4 1936
Identifier: 20061161
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference)Purpose: Authoritative referenceAuthority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
"Originally intended to provide adequate means for the ordinary computations of chemistry and physics the collection has been gradually enlarged and has for several years been published as a separate book. In response to the increasing demand for this volume the size and form is being changed to one better suited to...
Dates:
Copyright: 1936; Publication: 1936
Metals Handbook: Vol. 1, Properties and Selections of Metals (8th Edition), 1961, 1961
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 025, Call No.: TA 459 .M43 V.1 1961
Identifier: 20061158
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Authoritative Reference.Authority: Manufacturer.Scope (from the Preface): "This is the first of a series of volumes that will supersede and expand the single-volume 7th edition of the Metals Handbook. In this new volume, the aim of the Metals Handbook Committee and the authors is twofold: to present significant data on the properties of metals in an orderly way, and to provide practical...
Dates:
Copyright: 1961; Publication: 1961
Revision 3 of El Motor de Aviacion de la A a la Z (2nd "Super" Edition with 7 revisions) [The Aviation Engine from A to Z (Unique encyclopedia of all known aircraft and rocket engines in Castilian Spanish)], 2008-01, 2008-01 - 2008-07
Item — Box TB.S3.002, Folder: TF.S3.E.0100.A & .B
Identifier: 20135036.02
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Authoritative reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Scope: This rare book is a unique encyclopedia of all known aircraft and rocket engines. Written in Castilian Spanish (but also available in English; see note below).
Contents: This object is Revision 3 of the primary book (ID #20135036) and will be incorporated into the book as time permits.
Dates:
Publication: 2008-01; Revised: 2008-01 - 2008-07
Strength Of Metal Aircraft Elements (Military Handbook MIL-HDBK-5, March 1961), 1961-03
Item — Box TB.S2.001, Folder: TF.S2.A.0009
Identifier: 20060337
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Handbook (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Technical reference.
Authority: Government Military.
Scope: TBD.
Contents: TBD.
Dates:
Issued: 1961-03
Tennessee Airport Directory (1999-2000 Edition), 1999-04
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 190, Call No.: TL 726.3 .T2 A26 1999-2000
Identifier: 20062086
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Handbook (Technical Reference).Purpose: Technical reference.Authority: Government Civil.Scope:
A directory of non-military Tennessee Airports with a variety of technical information accompying each entry. Contents (from Table of Contents):
Title Page
Table of Contents
Automated Weather Observation Stations
Airport Location Identifiers
Directory of Airports Cross Reference Index
Key to Airport...
Dates:
Publication: 1999-04
The Illustrated Aviation Encyclopedia, 1944, 1944-02
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 221, Call No.: TL 509 .A85
Identifier: 20061105
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Introduction): "Today, when around the world the history of freedom and its preservation is being written by wings, it is important for the informed layman, as well as the growing thousands directly concerned with aviation, to become familiar with the new language of the air. For the duration of the war, such terms as bomb bay, range,...
Dates:
Copyright: 1944; Publication: 1944-02