Aeronautics -- Research
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion for Aircraft (Fourth Edition), 1946
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 085, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20180014
Abstract
AUTHOR'S NOTE In the comparatively short space of five years, the turbine power unit has established itself on military types, and its employment is now being extended to civil aircraft. Already the modern gas turbine is available in units of far greater power than are obtainable with orthodox reciprocating engines. After the successful early stage of development of turbine-jet units, the industry is now engaged on a second phase comprising turbines driving air-screws, which give improved...
Dates:
Publication: 1946
Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E)
Series
Scope and Contents
Includes RDT&E for commercial, military and general aviation aircraft and aircraft engines (motors). Includes basic aerodynamic and aviation materials research.
Dates:
1911 - 2013
Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes RDT&E for commercial, military and general aviation aircraft and aircraft engines (motors). Includes basic aerodynamic and aviation materials research.
Dates:
1911 - 2013
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
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
United States. Army. Air Service. Engineering Division
Organization
Dates:
Existence: 1919-05-13 - 1926-10-15