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Jet web : connections in the development history of turbojet engines 1920-1950 / Dietrich Eckardt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eckardt, Dietrich, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Airplanes--Turbojet engines--History--20th century.
- Airplanes.
- Airplanes--Turbojet engines--International cooperation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 738 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Wiesbaden : Springer, [2022]
- Contents:
- Survey Relevant timeline for aero engine technolgy - from ~ 400 B.C to 1951
- Excursion I: Max Koenig (1893-1975) and Claude Seippel (1900-1986) Detailed personal description of two Swiss engineers, an early 'turbojet prophet' and the important 'Father of the axial compressor'
- Turbomachinery and Aero-Related Activities at BBC and in International Context up to 1935 Internationl description of early turbomachinery design experiences
- Excursion II: Fritz Heppner (1904-1982) and Hellmut Weinrich (1909-1988) Personal description of a German/ English Jewish engineer, and his German partner
- 'Connections' and Early Turbojet Developments 1935-1939 A jet-web type survey of early beginnings in turbojet engine technology, and related basics
- Excursion III: Helmut Schelp (1912-1994) and Max Adolf Mueller (1901-1962) The 'good and the bad guy' in German turbojet engine development
- The War Years 1940-1945 Comparative description of turbojet engine development in Great Britain/ USA and Germany, with Swiss support
- Excursion IV: Hermann Reuter (1911-1981) and Hermann Oestrich (1903-1973) Detailed personal description of two leading German turbojet engineers
- The Post-War Period Turbojet engine techology transfer amongst the Allies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 8, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9783658385316
- 3658385316
- Publisher Number:
- 99993184334
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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