Investigation of Feasibility of Utilizing Available Heat Resistant Materials for Hypersonic Leading Edge Applications: Screening test results and selection of materials, by Frank M. Anthony and Harry A. Pearl.v. 6. Determination and design application of mechanical properities of bare and coated graphite, by Alfred Rudnick, Robert L. Carlson, and George K. Manning


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Technology and the Air Force


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Proceedings of a symposium co-sponsored by the Air Force Historical Foundation and the Air Force History and Museums Program. The symposium covered relevant Air Force technologies ranging from the turbo-jet revolution of the 1930s to the stealth revolution of the 1990s. Illustrations.







Quieting the Boom


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Timelines of Nearly Everything


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This book takes readers back and forth through time and makes the past accessible to all families, students and the general reader and is an unprecedented collection of a list of events in chronological order and a wealth of informative knowledge about the rise and fall of empires, major scientific breakthroughs, groundbreaking inventions, and monumental moments about everything that has ever happened.




Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports


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Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.







Mighty Stonewall


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Presents a comprehensive biography of Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson and traces his life and military career from his childhood and entrance into West Point, years of teaching at the Virginia Military Institute, Civil War campaigns, and death after the Battle of Chancellorsville in May of 1963.




Phonetics, Theory and Application


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Taming the Atom


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Fascinating, accessible study recounts the process of discovery, from atomism of the Greeks to quantum revolutions of the 1920s and the theories and conjectures of today. Topics include components of the atom, quantum mechanics, atomic landscape, atoms in isolation, more. "Lucid and entertaining." — The New York Times Book Review.