Airplanes -- Motors -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
The Liberty Engine: 1918 - 1942 [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 3], 1968, 1978
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 079, Call No.: TL 515 .S5 vol. 1, no. 3 C.2
Identifier: 20160502
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Volume 1, Number 3.Scope (from the foreword): "In this third number of the Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Philip S. Dickey tells the history of America's remarkable contribution to early aviation, the Liberty engine, the original model of which is now in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum."...
Dates:
Publication: 1968; Issued: 1978
The Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Story, 1950-08, 1950-08
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 212, Call No.: TL 703 .P7 A295
Identifier: 20160210
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).Purpose: Scholarly reference.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Illustrated historical monograph published by the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division in commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the original Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company in 1925.Contents: First chapter is an illustrated survey of P&W engines, mixing technical details with color and B&W photos. The...
Dates:
Copyright: 1950-08; Publication: 1950-08
The Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Story
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 213, Call No.: TL 703 .P7 A295
Identifier: 20121002
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).Purpose: Scholarly reference.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Illustrated historical monograph published by the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division in commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the original Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company in 1925.Contents: First chapter is an illustrated survey of P&W engines, mixing technical details with color and B&W photos. The...
Dates:
Copyright: 1950-08; Publication: 1950-08
The Rolls-Royce Tyne (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #24), 1997, 2000
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 119, Call No.: TL 709.3 .T8 H39 2000
Identifier: 20171016
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #24.NB: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are closely related. From "Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence" (1984): "Both organisations share the history of the early days and work closely in harmony. This Historical Series of books was started by the Trust and it is intended that a series shall...
Dates:
Copyright: 1997; Publication: 2000
The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 5], 1971
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 080, Call No.: TBD
Identifier: 20160503
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Vol 1, No. 5.
Scope: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1971
Thrusting Forward: A History of the Propeller, 1984
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 112, Call No.: TL 705 .R581984 Oversized
Identifier: 20135012
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope(from Introduction):
Illustrated introduction to the history of aircraft propellers, written by George Rosen, the chief of propeller research and development at Hamilton Standard before his retiremennt in 1977.
"The aircraft propeller-with the clean, graceful lines of its blades and smooth, sculpted roundness of its spinner-looks like a simple...
Dates:
Publication: 1984