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Instructional and educational works -- Textbooks

 Subject
Subject Source: Loc Genre/Form Terms For Library And Archival Materials (Lcgft)
Scope Note: Books used as standard works for the formal study of a particular subject. Also any book that gives the first principles of a subject or basic instruction for beginners.

Variants: Instruction books // Primers (Textbooks) // School books // Schoolbooks // Text books

Broader: Instructional and educational works

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

The Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine and its Operation, 1952-06, 1958-02

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 098, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20220214
Scope and Contents Document Type: Operations Handbook and Manual Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative reference) Document Number: PWA Operating Instruction 200 (PWA Part No. 182408) From the Preface: “The Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine and Its Operation, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Operating Instructions 200, has been rewritten to provide aircraft flight and ground crews with a practical basic manual for aircraft gas turbine engines. Numerous good texts are available to the student of theory and...
Dates: Publication: 1952-06; Modified: 1958-02

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

The Airplane Engine (First Edition, Second Impression), 1922

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 079, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20180007
Abstract PREFACE This volume attempts two things: to formulate existing knowledge of the functioning of the airplane engine and its auxiliaries; and to present and discuss the essential constructive details of those engines whose excellence has resulted in their survival. The material here collected is largely new; very little of it could have been written before the war and only a small fraction was available for publication before 1919. It is based mainly on the researches and engine developments...
Dates: Publication: 1922