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A. F. Zahm AERIAL NAVIGATION AERO AEROPLANE DESIGN aircraft engines aircraft motors airplane altitude apparatus Automobile Engineers AVIATION barograph Berlin Bibliography BIRD FLIGHT brake horse-power BRITISH PATENT OFFICE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY carburetor COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS Constable construction cylinder density Duchene Dunod et Pinat Eiffel Electric electrical insulating Engineers American experiments F. W. Lanchester FLIGHT OF BIRDS FLIGHT WITHOUT FORMULAE flying machines France fuel G. H. Bryan GAS TURBINE gasoline high speed ignition indicating devices Inst insulation INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE inventive ability J. B. Lippincott J. F. Lehmann Librairie Aeronautique London MECHANICAL FLIGHT muffler Naval Consulting Board Octave Chanute operation Paris plane practical present problem radiator referred to brake reliability RESISTANCE DE L'AIR room for improvement S. P. Langley sighting device spark plug stability technical aerodynamics Technical Societies temperature theory thermal efficiency Thomas Robins Trans treatise weight wind tunnels wing wire wood veneer York
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Page 32 - FE Matthews Dr. John Johnston Dr. Charles Baskerville WD Richardson Chairman DW Brunton American Institute of Electrical Engineers American Society of Civil Engineers American Society of Mechanical Engineers American Institute of Mining Engineers American Gas Association American Electro Chemical Society Illuminating Engineering Society Mining and
Page 7 - is so low that the points rapidly become carbonized and the plug is short circuited. This carbonizing can be corrected by a better system of lubrication. Heating and expansion of the insulated electrode
Page 31 - Engrs.; Patent Attorney; developed and patented electrical hoisting and conveying machinery; developed and patented new methods in continuous casting of soft metal; developed and patented the combined clutch and adjustments device used on modern motorcycles, etc., etc. G. HERBERT CONDICT—Consulting Engineer; Member Am. Inst. Elect. Engrs.; Franklin Inst.; Member Executive Committee, American Peat Society; Past
Page 22 - London, 1914. HM Stationery Office. (Reports and Memoranda, Advisory Commission for Aeronautics. Great Britain.) Designs of Airplanes AEROPLANE DESIGN, Lt. FS Barnwell. London, 1916, McBride, Nast & Co. (Elementary Lecture on General Layout and Balance of an Aeroplane. Bound with "Simple Explanation of Inherent Stability," by WG Sayers. ) THE AEROPLANE, A. Fage. London, 1917, Third Ed.,
Page 3 - and available for flight (0.75 x 0.25) 19 per ct. The field for radical improvements is an extremely broad one, covering all the possibilities of new power cycles and of gas turbines. No suggestions can be offered to those who wish to investigate these possibilities, but they can familiarize themselves with the subject through the bibliography attached.
Page 8 - very great altitudes may be attained. In a few cases air starters have been fitted to aircraft engines mounted in fighting planes. The system makes use of an air bottle for supplying the required amount of air under the proper pressure. This air is either led through a distributor to the motor cylinders or is used to
Page 16 - greater lift with less resistance to forward travel. The development of wing curves of a high speed type which will have a small center of pressure movement through large angles of incidence. In making experiments to this end it will be necessary to use wind
Page 22 - PROPELLERS. Rep. No. 14, 1917. Advisory Com. for Aeronautics. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC EQUIVALENT MASS IN RIGID DYNAMICS, WITH APPLICATIONS TO GYROSCOPE AND SCREW PROPELLERS, AF Zahm and WP Loo. J. Fr. Inst. 183: 207-10 F. '17. LES AVIONS ALLEMANDS, A. Masmejean Librairie,
Page 3 - (Thermal efficiency). For the Indicated HP 30%. For the Brake H. P 25 per ct. Energy consumed by engine friction 5 Energy lost by cooling 30 Energy escaping in exhaust (including that of unburned fuel) 40 Total fuel contents 100 Mechanical efficiency of
Page 31 - Inventions and suggestions received by the Naval Consulting Board are examined in a preliminary way by the Secretary, who is aided by the following committee of examiners : CHARLES MESSICK—Lieutenant (jg), USNRF, detailed to Secretary's office Naval Consulting Board; Member Am. Inst.