Airplanes -- Motors -- Principles & Theory

Aero Engines: With A General Introductory Account of the Theory of the Internal Combustion Engine (Eighth Edition), 1917

Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 069, Call No.: TL 701 .B8 1917

Identifier: 20180004

Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference). Purpose: Informational. Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Written by G. A. Burls, M.Inst.C.E, "Member of the Institution of Automobile Engineers; Whitworth Exhibitioner." (from the "Preface to the First Edition" [1914]): "A short course of lectures on Aero Engines was given by the author at the Northampton Polytechnic Institute during 1914. On the suggestion of Mr Charles E. Larard, M.Inst.C.E., M.I.M.E., Head of the...

Dates: Publication: 1917

Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military) / Sub-series III.E: Aircraft Engines (Special Collection)

Aero Engines: With A General Introductory Account of the Theory of the Internal Combustion Engine (Eighth Edition), 1917

Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 070, Call No.: TL 701 .B8 1917

Identifier: 20123103

Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference). Purpose: Informational. Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Written by G. A. Burls, M.Inst.C.E, "Member of the Institution of Automobile Engineers; Whitworth Exhibitioner." (from the "Preface to the First Edition" [1914]): "A short course of lectures on Aero Engines was given by the author at the Northampton Polytechnic Institute during 1914. On the suggestion of Mr Charles E. Larard, M.Inst.C.E., M.I.M.E., Head of the...

Dates: Publication: 1917

Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military) / Sub-series III.E: Aircraft Engines (Special Collection)

Aerodynamics of Propulsion, 1953, 1953

Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 075, Call No.: TL 701.1 .K8

Identifier: 20160508

Scope and Contents

Document Type: Textbook (Technical). Purpose: Training & Education. Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope: TBD

Contents: TBD

Dates: Copyright: 1953; Publication: 1953

Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military) / Sub-series III.E: Aircraft Engines (Special Collection)

Aeronautical Engines: A Critical Survey of Current Practice with Special Reference to the Balancing of Inertia Forces, 1916

Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 068, Call No.: TL 701 .K4

Identifier: 20123104

Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference). Purpose: Informational. Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: A technical reference book on aeronautical engiens sub-titled, "A critical survey of current practice with special reference to the balancing of inertia forces." Written and published in 1916 by Francis John Kean, B.Sc. (Lond.), "1st Class Honourman in Engineerig; Temporary Second Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps (inspection Branch of Mechanical Transport)."From...

Dates: Publication: 1916

Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military) / Sub-series III.E: Aircraft Engines (Special Collection)

Aircraft Carburetion, 1946

Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 158, Call No.: TL 702 .C3 T5

Identifier: 20060306

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical) Purpose: Training & Education Authority: Author ExpertiseScope: Textbook written by Robert H. Thorner, "Development Engineer, Formerly with Holley Carburetor Company." Initial audience appears to be the large number of military aircraft mechanics being trained by the U.S. military during WWII. Post-war audience was likely growing number of engine mechanics and engineers in rapidly growing commercial aviation field. From the...

Dates: Copyright: 1946

Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series V: Aviation Education & Training (commercial & military) / Sub-series V.C: Aviation Education & Training (Special Collection)

Aircraft Engines, 1948, 1948

Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 143, Call No.: TL 701 .D7

Identifier: 20121112

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical). Purpose: Training & Education. Authority: Author Expertise. Series: 4th book in Drake's Aircraft Mechanic SeriesScope (from the Preface): "For many years man was hindered in his conquest of air by the lack of a light, powerful engine to pull his aircraft through the air. It was not until the Wright Brothers built their great four cylinder gasoline engine, which developed approximately 12 horsepower and weighed more than 13 pounds per...

Dates: Copyright: 1948; Publication: 1948

Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series V: Aviation Education & Training (commercial & military) / Sub-series V.C: Aviation Education & Training (Special Collection)

Aircraft Engines, 1948, 1948

Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 144, Call No.: TL 701 .D7

Identifier: 20160209

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical). Purpose: Training & Education. Authority: Author Expertise. Series: 4th book in Drake's Aircraft Mechanic SeriesScope (from the Preface): "For many years man was hindered in his conquest of air by the lack of a light, powerful engine to pull his aircraft through the air. It was not until the Wright Brothers built their great four cylinder gasoline engine, which developed approximately 12 horsepower and weighed more than 13 pounds per...

Dates: Copyright: 1948; Publication: 1948