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 27 Collections and/or Records:
Microcomputers for Engineers and Scientists, 1980
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 032, Call No.: QA 76.5 .G49
Identifier: 20061130
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).
Purpose: Training & Education.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Scope: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Copyright: 1980
Pilot's Powerplant Manual, 1942, 1942-10
Item — Box MC-019-TBD, Folder: TBD
Identifier: 20212027
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Pilot's Manual
Authority: Government Regulator (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 28Preface: "This manual has been prepared for use as a textbook in the Civilian Pilot Training Program. Specifically, it is designed for use in the ground school work of the controlled restricted commercial course of the program. However, the book should be of great assistance to all flying students preparing for the examinations required for...
Dates:
Publication: 1942; translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Revised: 1942-10
Production Illustration: The Techniques and Applications of Perspective Engineering Drawings, 1945, 1945-07
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 053, Call No.: TJ 230 .T7
Identifier: 20060364
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical)
Purpose: Training & Education
Authority: Author ExpertiseScope: Textbook which details the rapid increase in technical illustration due to many factoers, especially war production. Author used his experience at Douglas Aircraft Company as a foundation. From Preface: "The widespread adoption of perspective illustration as a medium of engineering presentation has been so sudden, and its application so varied, that from many quarters a demand...
Dates:
Copyright: 1945; Publication: 1945-07
Technical Drawing, 1949
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 051, Call No.: T 353 .G52 1949
Identifier: 20061131
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).
Purpose: Training & Education.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Scope: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1949
Techniques Of Observing the Weather, 1947, 1947
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 178, Call No.: QC 871 .H39
Identifier: 20061164
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training & Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (preface): THE beginning of all meteorology, weather forecasting, and I climatological studies lies with the original observations of weather and other atmospheric factors. To establish a firm foundation for these sciences a basic and uniform system of observing has been adopted by the International Meteorological Organization. Observing weather is in...
Dates:
Copyright: 1947; Publication: 1947
The Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine and its Operation, 1952-06, 1958-02
Item — Box MC-019-TBD, Folder: 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; translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Revised: 1958-02
Vector and Tensor Analysis, 1953
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 003, Call No.: QA 261 .H39
Identifier: 20061135
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).
Purpose: Training & Education.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Scope: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1953