Superchargers for Aviation, 1942

Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 088, Book: Catalog Number: TBD

Identifier: 20180017

Staff Only

Topics

Topics: - Introduction (Supercharger Applications) - Developments Underlying the Supercharger - Supercharger Arrangement and Use - Supercharger History - Details of Superchargers in General - Turbosuperchargers - Supercharging Theory - Cabin Superchargers - The Supercharger in War (use in military aircraft: B-17 "Flying Fortress"; P-38 "Lightning"; P-43 "Lancer"; P-47 "Thunderbolt"; and B-24 "Liberator")

Dates

Publication: 1942

Creator

National Aeronautics Council (U.S.) (Publisher, Organization)
Moss, Sanford A., PH.D. (Sanford Alexander), 1872-1946 (Author, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Extent

From the Collection: 72 Linear feet (91 boxes + 81 binders + 9 oversize + TBD books in UAH Special Collections)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

An Illuminating, Authoritative Text by the Inventor of the Supercharger (Dr. Sanford A. Moss, Ph.D.)(back cover). Foreword: Supercharging has such an important place with the modern internal combustion engine that the publication of the present book seems most timely. The material originally appeared in the weekly numbers of the aviation publication Aeronautics, issued under the auspices of the present publishers in 1941, but the author has considerably revised and extended this matter for the present book. As the author states in Chapter 1, the book is written "not from the point of view of a designer, with a lot of mathematics, but for the benefit of those who are interested in superchargers in a general way, and want to know their how and why, and their historical background."