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Reinventing the Propeller
Jeremy R. Kinney
出版Cambridge University Press, 2017-03-24
主題History / Military / GeneralHistory / Modern / 20th Century / GeneralScience / HistoryTechnology & Engineering / Aeronautics & AstronauticsTechnology & Engineering / HistoryTransportation / Aviation / GeneralTransportation / Aviation / History
ISBN11071428659781107142862
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=L3Q3DgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- A note on terms -- 1 Introduction -- A Culture of Performance and the Reinvention of the Airplane -- Lessons from an "Invention of a Smaller Nature"--2 "The Best Propeller for Starting Is Not the Best for Flying"--The Early History of the Propeller -- A New Technological Community: The Propeller Specialists -- Materials and Mechanisms -- A Specialist Works to Improve the Propeller -- World War I and the Push for Performance -- Identifying a Novel Possibility -- 3 "Engineering of a Pioneer Character" -- Building a Foundation for Engineering Development -- Early Work at East Pittsburgh -- The McCook Field Whirl-testing Facility -- The Propeller Laboratory at Wright Field -- A Service to American Aeronautics -- 4 A "New Type Adjustable-Pitch Propeller" -- The First Step toward Reinvention -- Collaboration with Industry -- Competition with Industry -- Innovation in Germany, Great Britain, and Canada -- Success or Failure? -- 5 "The Propeller That Took Lindbergh Across" -- The Indeterminacy of Materials -- Choosing Duralumin -- The Standard Steel Propeller and the Rise of American Aviation -- Points of Departure -- 6 "The Ultimate Solution of Our Propeller Problem" -- A Lone Inventor and America's Largest Aviation Manufacturer -- The Spectacle of "Progress" -- A Flawed Design -- Persistence and Conflict in the Propeller Community -- Lessons from Failure -- 7 No.1 Propeller Company -- An Industrial-Corporate Community -- Merger of Two Worlds: The Creation of Hamilton Standard -- A Committee of Specialists -- Frank W. Caldwell Reinvents the Propeller -- Corporate Competition in the Aeronautical Marketplace -- 8 A Gear Shift for the Airplane