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[Photograph of Wayne King]

Description: Photograph of a print of a portrait of Wayne King wearing a light-colored suit, a white shirt, a patterned tie, and a white pocket handkerchief. He is smiling and looking directly at the camera. The text under the image reads "Wayne King, the Waltz King." The print is taped to a wall.
Date: October 30, 1925
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A Preliminary Investigation of Supercharging an Air-Cooled Engine in Flight

Description: "This report presents the results of preliminary tests made on the effects of supercharging an air-cooled engine under airplane flight conditions. Service training airplanes were used in the investigation equipped with production types of Wright J engines. A N.A.C.A. Roots type supercharger was driven from the rear of the engine. In addition to measuring those quantities that would enable the determination of the climb performance, measurements were made of the cylinder-head temperatures and th… more
Date: July 30, 1927
Creator: Ware, Marsden & Schey, Oscar W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Measurement of Maximum Cylinder Pressures

Description: "The work presented in this report was undertaken at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to determine a suitable method for measuring the maximum pressures occurring in aircraft engine cylinders. The study and development of instruments for the measurement of maximum cylinder pressures has been conducted in connection with carburetor and oil engine investigations on a single cylinder aircraft-type engine. Five maximum cylinder-pressure… more
Date: March 30, 1928
Creator: Hicks, Chester W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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