Airplane Structures

Munn, Orson D. Scientific American November 1932 Volume 147 Number 5, New York Scientific American Publishing Company 1932 ; weicher Einband / soft cover
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Features: Announcement, with photos, that after seven years of research, the Caterpillar Tractor Company has applied the diesel engine successfully to the tractor. Contains fascinating two-page wide graphic which illustrates and describes business cycles and patent applications from 1840 to 1932 Articles: The transmission engineer's job - to design a n electrical transmission line, tie in a number of power stations, and solve the many attendant problems oftern requires years of work; Editorials - too old at 40? - airplane engine reliability - peace in radio - expensive babies; Gold from goldfish - goldfish, once imported, now raised in great numbers here; Star colors and star temperatures - the problems with which astrophysicists deal in determining the heat given off by flaming heavenly bodies; The business man takes wings - an account of an actual business trip around the country in which much time and money were saved; New light on Sasanian culture - culture of the peoples whose lands were the scene of the wars of Alexander the Great, as shown by recent archeological finds; Concrete bridge makes new record - George Westinghouse Bridge has America's longest concrete span; Is space curved? - some confusing concepts of the physicists cleared up by simple scissors work; Looking at stresses - complex stresses in structures directly vivible by new method; Big Springs - Some springs in this country flow great rivers of water; Why a watch keeps time - two years' time is often required to design a watch that will consistently keep accurate time; Gun recoil control - simple muzzle attachment reduces recoil of guns and prevents lift of the muzzle off the target; Endurance cut from the hillside - stone for modern buildings is cut in huge blocks by methods that have felt the touch of the machine age. Moderate to average wear. No Jacket Soft Cover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

[SW: Features: Announcement, with photos, that after seven years of research, the Caterpillar Tractor Company has applied the diesel engine successfully to the tractor. Contains fascinating two-page wide graphic which illustrates and describes business cycles and patent applications from 1840 to 1932 Articles: The transmission engineer's job - to design a n electrical transmission line, tie in a number of power stations, and solve the many attendant problems oftern requires years of work; Editorials - too old at 40? - airplane engine reliability - peace in radio - expensive babies; Gold from goldfish - goldfish, once imported, now raised in great numbers here; Star colors and star temperatures - the problems with which astrophysicists deal in determining the heat given off by flaming heavenly bodies; The business man takes wings - an account of an actual business trip around the country in which much time and money were saved; New light on Sasanian culture - culture of the peoples whose lands were the scene of the wars of Alexander the Great, as shown by recent archeological finds; Concrete bridge makes new record - George Westinghouse Bridge has america's longest concrete span; Is space curved? - some confusing concepts of the physicists cleared up by simple scissors work; Looking at stresses - complex stresses in structures directly vivible by new method; Big Springs - Some springs in this country flow great rivers of water; Why a watch keeps time - two years' time is often required to design a watch that will consistently keep accurate time; Gun recoil control - simple muzzle attachment reduces recoil of guns and prevents lift of the muzzle off the target; Endurance cut from the hillside - stone for modern buildings is cut in huge blocks by methods that have felt the touch of the machine age. Moderate to average wear.]

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(Chief of the Air Corps; director). AIRPLANE STRUCTURES. Technical Manual No. 1-410. Washington, DC: War Department, 1940.

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped & soiled & the spine & extremities are faded. There are handwritten initials along the top of the front wrap. 132 pages. Black-and-white photographic illustrations & diagrams. There is a small area of light dampstaining to the fore-edge & to the front edges of the pages in the rear three-quarters of the manual. There is also a small area of light dampstaining to the top edge with minor rippling to the top edges of the pages. Good.

[SW: AVIATION; TECHNICAL MANUAL; WAR DEPARTMENT; AIRPLANE STRUCTURES; ILLUSTRATIONS; DIAGRAMS.]

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Niles, Alfred S. & Newell, Joseph S. AIRPLANE STRUCTURES - VOLUME II - THIRD EDITION, NY John Wiley & Sons 1950
Very Good

1950. Terracotta cloth, VERY GOOD, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii + 439 pp, index, illus. numerous figures. Classic text on analyzing and designing aircraft structures. (name blacked out on fep). Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

[SW: AIRPLANE ENGINEERING]

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Airplane Structures: Navy Training Courses Edition of 1945, Washington United States Government Printing Office 1945 ; weicher Einband / soft cover; 1. Ed.
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Book description: Dark blue pictorial covers. 166 pages profusely illustrated with B&W drawings. Book condition. General wear to the covers with rubbing and creasing. Number in marker on front cover. Library stamps and number to front paste down and title page. Last page broken by staple position but page is still held in place. Publishers defect to pages 151 - 154 with creasing. In good condition overall. First Edition No Jacket Paperback Duodecimo Soft Cover; First Edition

[SW: Airplane Structures, Navy Training Courses]

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