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 34 Collections and/or Records:
Introduction to Aerodynamics of a Compressible Fluid, 1947
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 047, Call No.: TL 574 .C4 L5
Identifier: 20061121
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).
Purpose: Training & Education.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Scope: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1947
Introduction to Aircraft Design, 1942
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 058, Call No.: TL 671.2 .F384
Identifier: 20061177
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).
Purpose: Training & Education.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Scope: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1942
Kinematic Analysis of Mechanisms (Solutions Manual), 1959, 1959
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 030, Call No.: z - TBD
Identifier: 20061179
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).
Purpose: Training & Education.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Scope: This solutions manual was written in 1959 by Jospeh Edward Shigley, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Michigan, and goes with Shigley's textbook Kinematic Analysis of Mechanisms.
Contents: The booklet provides detailed answers to problems in the textbook.
Dates:
Copyright: 1959; Publication: 1959
Matrix Computer Analysis of Structures, 1966
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 028, Call No.: TA 642 .R8
Identifier: 20061174
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).
Purpose: Training & Education.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Scope: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Copyright: 1966
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
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 094, Book: Catalog Number: 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
Principles and Problems of Aircraft Engines, 1931
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 074, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20180002
Topics
Non-technical general technical book intended for mechanics and pilots. Chapters include:I. Elementary Theory and Design of Aircraft Engines
II. Valve Timing
III. Firing Orders
IV. Ignition Timing
V. Aircraft Magnetos
VI. Carburetion
VII. Aircraft Engine Carburetors
VIII. Supercharges
IX. Lubrication
X. Trouble Shooting
XI. The Pratt & Whitney Hornet Engine
XII. The Kinner K-5 Engine.
XIII. The Parckard Diesel Engine
XIV. Propellers
XV. Glossary oF Aircraft...
Dates:
Publication: 1931
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
Superchargers for Aviation, 1942
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 088, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20180017
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...
Dates:
Publication: 1942
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