Airplanes -- Motors -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Guide to Pre-1930 Aircraft Engines, 1972, 1972
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 082, Call No.: TL 701 .R46
Identifier: 20212025
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the introduction): "The Guide To Pre-1930 Aircraft Engines is offered as testimony and a source of reference for the aircraft engines of that "golden age" of aviation. It brings together under one cover the details and important information concerning the great rarity of American aircraft powerplants which contributed to America's tremendous achievements in...
Dates:
Copyright: 1972; Publication: 1972
The Curtiss D-12 Aero Engine [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 7], 1972
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 081, Call No.: TL 515 .S5 no. 7
Identifier: 20212026
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Vol 1, #7.Scope (from the introduction): "The D-12 engine is an excellent example of a first-line design in the history of aero engine development. It was the result not only of brilliant inspiration but of patient application, perseverance, and hard work on the part of its developers. To understand the origins of the D-12 it is...
Dates:
Publication: 1972
The Gnome Engine, a Revolutionary Engine for its Time, 1984-10-13
Item — Box 096, Folder: 006
Identifier: 20212023
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Historical Monograph (condensed version of author's Masters Thesis)Contents primarily contain a reprint of an article titled "50 hp Gnome Omega #1" published in World War I Aeroplanes magazine (Issue No. 96, September 1983) "with thanks and credit to Leo Opdycke." Author added several small footnotes.From Page 1: ""The following article and accompanying photographs and drawings have been contributed by Lauren McCready as noted below.We are...
Dates:
Publication: 1984-10-13
The Liberty Engine: 1918 - 1942 [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 3], 1968, 1978
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 078, Call No.: TL 515 .S5 vol. 1, no. 3
Identifier: 20212030
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Volume 1, Number 3.Scope (from the foreword): "In this third number of the Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Philip S. Dickey tells the history of America's remarkable contribution to early aviation, the Liberty engine, the original model of which is now in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum."...
Dates:
Publication: 1968; Issued: 1978
The Story of Harriman Motor Works: Manufacturers of Aeroplanes and Aviation Motors 1906-1916 -- South Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1984
Item — Box 096, Folder: 005
Identifier: 20212022
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Historical Monograph
From Page 1: "As will be seen in this narrative, the Harriman Motor Works was not a highly successful venture that had a lasting impact on aviation. Nevertheless, it was a part of aviation when the field was in its earliest and most formative stages. Therefore, it seems worthwhile to document all that is known of the operation for those who are excited about the development of aviation."
Dates:
Publication: 1984