Taylor, C. Fayette (Charles Fayette), 1894-1996
Person
Biography
Professor of Automotive Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fellow, Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Affiliated organization: United States. Army. Signal Corps
Affiliated organization: Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Affiliated organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Affiliated organization: Sloan Automotive Laboratory
Field: Internal combustion engines
Suffix used in publication: M.E. (Mechanical Engineer)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
The Airplane and Its Engine (Fourth Edition, Second Impression), 1940
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 086, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20180015
Abstract
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION The wide use of the first three editions of the book, both by the general public and by schools and colleges, has indicated to the authors that their hope of meeting a definite need in aeronautical literature has been fulfilled. Like its predecessors, this edition is intended primarily for the reader who desires a sound knowledge of the basic principles and a broad view of the present development of the airplane and its power plant, without giving to the...
Dates:
Publication: 1940