Document Type: Textbook (Technical).

Authority: Author Expertise.

Purpose: Training & Education.

Scope (from Introduction): "This book deals principally with aircraft gasoline engines and their accessories, such as carburetors, magnetos, starters, etc., the idea being to familiarize the student, the mechanic, and the public in general, who are mechanically inclined, with the construction and the principle of operation of the modern gasoline engine designed for aircraft work.

Many will want to know more about maintenance of such engines, and with this in mind the subjects of disassembly, inspection, and assembly have been included."

Contents (from the Table of Contents): "1. Elementary Principles of an Automotive Gasoline Engine 2. Wright "Whirlwind" Aircraft Engines 3. "Wasp" Aircraft Engine 4. Curtiss Aircraft Engines 5. Packard Aircraft Engines 6. Fairchild-Caminez Cam-Type Drive Aircraft Engine 7. Aircraft Engine Lubrication 8. Miscellaneous Aircraft Engines 9. Miscellaneous Aircraft Engines (Early Models) 10. Aircraft Magnetos (Scintilla) 11. Aircraft Magnetos (Splitdorf) 12. Aircraft Carburetors (Stromberg) 13. Aircraft Engine Starters and Generators 14. Aircraft Instruments and Controls 15. Miscellaneous Aircraft Information 16. Nomenclature for Aeronautics