Airplanes -- Motors -- Design and construction
Subject
Subject Source: World Cat Fast Authority File
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Jet: The Story of a Pioneer, 1954
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 080, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20180008
Topics
Document Type: Historical Monograph (autobiography)Scope (from the Preface": "This book is not an autobiography. It is primarily the history I of my association with the development of the turbo-jet engine in Great Britain. I have included a very brief account of my life prior to my practical work on the turbo-jet engine, in order that the reader may have some idea of the nature of the soil in which the seed of an idea took root and flourished. I have been unable to resist the...
Dates:
Publication: 1954
Menasco Aircraft Engines (Technical Sales Brochure), 1935-04
Item — Box 096, Folder: 007
Identifier: 20212028
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Sales Brochure
Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative reference)
Contents consist of detailed information regarding 5 Menasco in-line, air-cooled, inverted aircraft engines: B4 (95 h.p.), C4 (125 h.p.), B6 (160 h.p.), C4S (150 h.p.), and the B6S (200 h.p.). Each engine is covered in 4 color-coded pages which include descriptions of each engine, technical specifications, black and white photographs and example installation drawings.
Dates:
Publication: 1935-04
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
Sub-series III.A: Aircraft Engine Design, Construction & Technical Data
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
Technical Data (including standards & specifications).
Dates:
1911 - 2013