Airplane Engine Encyclopedia (Classic Reprint): An Alphabetically Arranged Compilation of All Available Data on the World's Airplane Engines - Couverture souple

Angle, Glenn Dale Shaler

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ISBN 10 : 1330152921 ISBN 13 : 9781330152928

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A compact, engine-by-engine reference for early aviation power.

This encyclopedia presents concise, important details for a wide range of aircraft engines, helping readers compare designs at a glance. The text emphasizes practical information over long debates, focusing on specifications, construction notes, and performance data. It covers water- and air-cooled designs, vertical, Vee, and radial layouts, with emphasis on what makes each engine distinctive.

• Key specifications such as bore, stroke, displacement, and compression ratios
• Basic construction features, cooling methods, lubrication, and ignition
• Reported horsepower ranges and typical fuel and oil consumption
• Context on different makers and engine families from the era

Ideal for readers who want a clear, reference-style overview of historic airplane engines and how they were built and evaluated.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Airplane Engine Encyclopedia: An Alphabetically Arranged Compilation of All Available Data on the World's Airplane Engines

The Airplane Engine Encyclopedia is intended to serve as a reference book for those who are interested in any phase of airplane engine design and construction. Owing to the large number of airplane engines which have already appeared, the descriptions are necessarily condensed and contain only the important and distinguishing characteristics that are known of each one. Some references are of nothing more than historic interest; however, at the time of going to press, no engine is known to the author to which reference has not been made.

The widely distributed sources of such information are usually inaccessible to the average engineer owing to their international derivation, being in many cases unknown; and when known, extremely cumbersome for reference purposes. The majority of airplane engines have been described in various aeronautical works and periodicals, but often as a basis for a discussion on design. This has been purposely avoided in this work since the subject will be very thoroughly treated in subsequent volumes.

Much repetition of experiment on identical types or details occurs through lack of knowledge in regard to the efforts of other workers on similar lines, and results in a waste of inventive skill which might otherwise be turned to more constructive ends. This work will be justified if it in any way should direct engine development along useful lines, and assist in avoiding methods that have long since proved unsound.

The author cannot, of course, be held responsible in all cases for the reliability of the sources of the information used, and it is inevitable that some types, particularly those experimented with more or less privately, have been left unmentioned.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330152921
• ISBN 13: 9781330152928
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 565
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible