Langley's aero engine of 1903 /

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Author / Creator:Meyer, Robert B.
Imprint:Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1971.
Description:xi, 193 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Smithsonian annals of flight ; no. 6
Smithsonian annals of flight ; no. 6.
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Format: U.S. Federal Government Document Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8679710
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
GPO item no.:0922-A
Govt.docs classification:SI 9.9:6
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Influence of the Balzer automobile engine, 1894
  • Influence of the De Dion-Bouton automobile engine, 1900
  • Balzer-Manley aero engine, first stage
  • Balzer-Manley aero engine, second stage
  • Balzer-Manley aero engine, third stage
  • Balzer-Manley aero engine, fourth stage
  • Evaluation of the Balzer-Manley aero engine
  • Evaluation of Balzer's and Manly's contributions to the engine
  • Summary
  • Epilogue
  • List of names.