Reinventing the Propeller - Aeronautical Specialty and the Triumph of the Modern Airplane (Hardcover)

An international community of specialists reinvented the propeller during the Aeronautical Revolution, a vibrant period of innovation in North America and Europe from World War I to the end of World War II. They experienced both success and failure as they created competing designs that enabled increasingly sophisticated and 'modern' commercial and military aircraft to climb quicker and cruise faster using less power. Reinventing the Propeller nimbly moves from the minds of these inventors to their drawing boards, workshops, research and development facilities, and factories, and then shows us how their work performed in the air, both commercially and militarily. Reinventing the Propeller documents this story of a forgotten technology to reveal new perspectives on engineering, research and development, design, and the multi-layered social, cultural, financial, commercial, industrial, and military infrastructure of aviation.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Centennial of Flight
Release date:	March 2017
Authors:	Jeremy R. Kinney
Dimensions:	236 x 160 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	386
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-14286-2
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Inventions & inventors Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Aerospace & aviation technology > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Transport industries > Aerospace & air transport industries > General Promotions
LSN:	1-107-14286-5
Barcode:	9781107142862

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