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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 32 Collections and/or Records:

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

Vector and Tensor Analysis, 1953

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 003, Call No.: QA 261 .H39
Identifier: 20061135
Scope and Contents

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

Scope: TBD

Contents: TBD

Dates: Publication: 1953