Geoffrey Smith M B E (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 4th Edition. Near fine fourth edition. Binding square and tight. Previous owner's name to front end paper, otherwise pages clean and unmarked.Very minor wear to spine ends and corners. 246 pages plus 24 pages of ads for aviation products.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. Fine third edition. Binding square and tight. Previous owner's name to front end paper, otherwise pages clean and unmarked.Very minor wear to spine ends and corners. Jacket not price clipped with some closed tears and minor wear to spine ends and corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Fine fifth edition. Binding square and tight. Previous owner's name to front end paper, otherwise pages clean and unmarked.Very minor wear to spine ends and corners. Jacket not price clipped with very minor wear to spine ends and corners. 386 pages plus 20 pages of ads for airplanes and aviation-related products.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 2nd Edition. This new copy is bound in printed blue card covers as issued. It has subsequently been professionally been half bound in black calf to black morocco covered sides with bright gilt titling to the spine and the upper board. The contents are bright, tight, white and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Even before the start of World War II, engineers were beginning to realize that engines driving propellers were approaching limits due to issues related to propeller efficiency,[4] which declined as blade tips approached the speed of sound. If aircraft performance were to increase beyond such a barrier, a different propulsion mechanism was necessary. This was the motivation behind the development of the gas turbine engine, the most common form of jet engine. The key to a practical jet engine was the gas turbine, extracting power from the engine itself to drive the compressor. The gas turbine was not a new idea: the patent for a stationary turbine was granted to John Barber in England in 1791. The first gas turbine to successfully run self-sustaining was built in 1903 by Norwegian engineer Ĉgidius Elling. Such engines did not reach manufacture due to issues of safety, reliability, weight and, especially, sustained operation. The first patent for using a gas turbine to power an aircraft was filed in 1921 by Maxime Guillaume. His engine was an axial-flow turbojet, but was never constructed, as it would have required considerable advances over the state of the art in compressors. Alan Arnold Griffith published An Aerodynamic Theory of Turbine Design in 1926 leading to experimental work at the RAE. Ref V V V 2.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 252pp. No date but post 1978. Laminated covers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to back of title page. Both covers slightly creased, o/w clean, tight and bright, a nice copy.

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. of Part II.- Section IV: Effects on Organ Systems Other Than the Nervous and the Cardiovascular System.- 1 Systemic Pharmacology of Adrenergic Activators and Inhibitors: Effects on the Respiratory System.- A. Introduction.- B. Epinephrine: A Unique Example .