Jet engines -- Design and construction
Subject
Subject Source: World Cat Fast Authority File
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion for Aircraft: Thermal Jet Propulsion Systems with Rotary, Reciprocating or Combined Units, A survey of Steam and Gas Turbines Driving Airs rews (Third Edition), 1942-12, 1944-04
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 117, Call No.: TL 709 .S648 1944B
Identifier: 20171003
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Authority: Author Expertise.
Purpose: Informational.Scope: The third edition of a technical monograph written for an educated audience by G. Geoffrey Smith, M.B.E., editor of Flight magazine, the leading aeronautical journal in Great Britain.From the Editors Note:
"ORIGIN OF THIS BOOK
It was early in 1941 that the author discussed with Lord Brabazon, then Minister of Aircraft Production, the desirability of reviewing the...
Dates:
Copyright: 1942-12; Publication: 1944-04
Jet: The Story of a Pioneer, 1953, 1953
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 209, Call No.: TL 540 .W48 A3 1953
Identifier: 20171002
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Preface): "This book is not an autobiography. It is primarily the history I of my association with the development of the turbo-jet engine in Great Britain. I have included a very brief account of my life prior to my practical work on the turbo-jet engine, in order that the reader may have some idea of the nature of the soil in which the seed of an...
Dates:
Copyright: 1953; Publication: 1953