Airplanes -- Principles & Theory
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Topic fills the gap in aeronautical topics between the very broad and super detailed. Use for works that provide knowledge of the basic facts and theories explaining how airplanes operate. Unlikely to provide highly detailed material intended for trained engineers or expert pilots and mechanics.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
The Airplane and Its Engine (First Edition, Third Impression), 1928, 1928
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 073, Call No.: TL 670 .C48 1928
Identifier: 20170271
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: First edition of a technical monograph written for an educated audience by "Charles Hugh Chatfield, S.M. and Charles Fayette Taylor, M. E. (Associate Professors in the Course in Aeronautical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)."From the Preface: "Such a large number and such a wide variety of books on aeronautical subjects are now being published...
Dates:
Copyright: 1928; Publication: 1928
The Airplane and Its Engine (Fourth Edition, Second Impression), 1940, 1940
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 074, Call No.: TL 670 .C48 1940
Identifier: 20180015
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Fourth edition of a technical monograph written for an educated audience by C. H. Chatfield, S.M. (Fellow, Institute of Aeronautical Science); C. Fayette Taylor, M. E. (Professor of Automotive Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Fellow, Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences) and Shatswell Ober, S. B. (Associate Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, Massachusetts...
Dates:
Copyright: 1940; Publication: 1940