Jet engines -- Design and construction

Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference). Purpose: Informational. Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: The fourth edition of a technical monograph written for an educated audience by G. Geoffrey Smith, M.B.E., editor of Flight magazine, the leading aeronautical journal in Great Britain.Contents: "Preface by General Carl Spaatz, Commanding General, Army Air Forces This Book should do much to stimulate interest in the new field of jet propulsion. Mr....

Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference). Authority: Author Expertise. Purpose: Informational.Scope: The third edition of a technical monograph written for an educated audience by G. Geoffrey Smith, M.B.E., editor of Flight magazine, the leading aeronautical journal in Great Britain.From the Editors Note: "ORIGIN OF THIS BOOK It was early in 1941 that the author discussed with Lord Brabazon, then Minister of Aircraft Production, the desirability...

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...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Preface): "This book is not an autobiography. It is primarily the history I of my association with the development of the turbo-jet engine in Great Britain. I have included a very brief account of my life prior to my practical work on the turbo-jet engine, in order that the reader may have some idea of the nature of the soil in which the seed of an...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Preface): "This book is not an autobiography. It is primarily the history I of my association with the development of the turbo-jet engine in Great Britain. I have included a very brief account of my life prior to my practical work on the turbo-jet engine, in order that the reader may have some idea of the nature of the soil in which the seed of an...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.NB: Inside cover are three articles from 1981, 1996 and 1999 about Frank Whittle. Materials moved to folder in series 7 Subseries B (ID #20123036.01)Scope: Semi-autobiography of Sir Frank Whittle.Preface: "This is the human and dramatic story of a very great Englishman.By creating and giving birth to the turbojet, Sir Frank Whittle became one...