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Corporate author / creator:National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Special Committee on Airships.
Imprint:[Stanford University] Printed by Stanford University Press [1936-37]
Description:4 v. in 1. plates, fold. tab., diagrs. (part fold.) 27 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3899483
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Other authors / contributors:Science Advisory Board.
Notes:At head of title: Special committee on airships.
Nos. 1 and 2 are combined in one issue.
"These reports were prepared by a committee appointed by the Science Advisory Board at the request of the secretary of the navy. Later, on discontinuance of the board in December 1935, the committee was continued by the Government Relations and Science Advisory Committee of the National Academy of Sciences."
Table of Contents:
  • No. 1. General review of conditions affecting airship design and construction with recommendations as to future policy. January 16, 1936
  • no. 2. Review and analysis of airship design and construction past and present. January 30, 1937
  • no. 3. Technical aspects of the loss of the Macon. January 30, 1937
  • no. 4. The metal-clad type of airship construction, with recommendations. August 11, 1936
  • no. 5. The Respess type of airship construction, with recommendations. August 11, 1936.