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Airplanes -- Motors -- Principles & Theory

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: There is no applicable sub-division in LOCSH.

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

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 I.B: Aircraft Engine (Motor) 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

The Airplane Engine (First Edition, Second Impression), 1922

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 079, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20180007
Abstract PREFACE This volume attempts two things: to formulate existing knowledge of the functioning of the airplane engine and its auxiliaries; and to present and discuss the essential constructive details of those engines whose excellence has resulted in their survival. The material here collected is largely new; very little of it could have been written before the war and only a small fraction was available for publication before 1919. It is based mainly on the researches and engine developments...
Dates: Publication: 1922