Airplanes -- Motors (Diesel)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Aircraft Diesels [Second Printing], 1940
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 103, Call No.: TL 704.2 .W47
Identifier: 20170272
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Technical monograph written for a knowledgable audience by Paul H. Wilkinson. From back flap: "Mr. Wilkinson served his engineering apprenticeship with the British Thomson-Houston Company, Ltd. (English branch of the General Electric Company). Later, he went to the Royal Aircraft Establishment and spent most of his time during the World War (1914-1919) on inspection of British...
Dates:
Copyright: 1940
Diesel Aviation Engines, 1940, 1942
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 104, Call No.: TL 704.2 .W53
Identifier: 20123097
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference)
Purpose: Informational
Authority: Author ExpertiseScope: Technical monograph about diesel engines used in various types of aircraft. Written by Paul H. Wilkinson, "Diesel Aviation Consulting Engineer" From Chapter 1: "Most people in the United States who are interested in aviation associate the gasoline engine with the airplane as its power plant.True, the gasoline engine has made flight possible and it has been...
Dates:
Copyright: 1940; Publication: 1942