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Instructional and educational works -- Textbooks

 Subject
Subject Source: Loc Genre/Form Terms For Library And Archival Materials (Lcgft)
Scope Note: Books used as standard works for the formal study of a particular subject. Also any book that gives the first principles of a subject or basic instruction for beginners.

Variants: Instruction books // Primers (Textbooks) // School books // Schoolbooks // Text books

Broader: Instructional and educational works

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 076, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20180004
Abstract PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. 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 Engineering Department, the matter contained in these lectures - necessarily somewhat rearranged and largely extended-is now issued in book form, in the hope that it may be found of assistance to a wider circle of readers.The engines are classified as...
Dates: Publication: 1917

Aircraft Engines: Theory, Analysis, Design and Operation, 1936

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 083, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20180011
Abstract PREFACE: This volume has been prepared with a twofold aim: 1. It is designed for a textbook in engineering courses for undergraduate and post-graduate students. 2. It forms a collection of material which is largely new, and which should prove valuable to anyone concerned with design, construction, operation, or maintenance of aircraft engines. This book covers the basic theory and principles of aircraft-engine design and operation, and the authors believe it to be one of three volumes...
Dates: Publication: 1936

Aircraft Engines: Volume One, 1940

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 075, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20180003
Topics Document Type: TextbookFrom Preface: "The object of the present book, which is the first of two volumes on aircraft engines, is an endeavour to present the principles and results of relevant research work upon internal combustion engines, for the benefit of those entering or already engaged in aircraft engineering work. It is also written in order to fill a gap existing in aeronautical literature, between the more advanced specialist books on theory and design and the elementary...
Dates: Publication: 1940

Aviation Engines: Design, Construction, Operation and Repair, 1917

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 081, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20180009
Publication Detail & Remarks Publication Data: Published in 1917. Other Notes: Quarter page flap glued in front of table of contents: "CENSORED. This books Entitled "Aviation Engines by Lieut. Victor W. Pagé has been censored by the United States Government, and pages and parts of pages have been omitted by special instructions from Washington. The book has been passed by THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION and is as complete as we can furnish it, and we so advise the purchaser of it. THE NORMAN W. HENSLEY...
Dates: Publication: 1917

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

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