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Graetzin Special Carburetor

Description: Corresponding to practical requirements, this carburetor (especially the smaller sizes) may be regarded as the smallest form of a float carburetor and is adapted for use with all small engines, including auxiliary bicycle and similar engines.
Date: February 1923
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[Letter from Irene Williams to B. M. Williams, February 11, 1923]

Description: Letter from Irene Williams to her husband, complaining that he has not been writing to her and updating him on family and local news. She also enclosed clippings of four newspaper articles on various topics related to El Paso, Texas. The envelope is addressed to Mr. B. M. Williams in Long Beach, California.
Date: February 11, 1923
Creator: Williams, Irene
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Aeronautic Instruments

Description: "The development of aeronautic instruments. Vibrations, rapid changes of the conditions of flight and of atmospheric conditions, influence of the air stream all call for particular design and construction of the individual instruments. This is shown by certain examples of individual instruments and of various classes of instruments for measuring pressure, change of altitude, temperature, velocity, inclination and turning or combinations of these" (p. 1).
Date: February 1924
Creator: Everling, E. & Koppe, H.
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Fixed Air-Cooled Engines

Description: "It is proposed to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of large fixed air-cooled radial engines and to explain how the problems have been solved by the Bristol Aeroplane Company" (p. 1).
Date: February 1923
Creator: Fedden, A. H.
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"Am" Gasoline Cock

Description: The "AM" cock was designed specially for gasoline pipes on vehicles using internal combustion engines (airplanes, airships, automobiles, tractors, battle "tanks", boats, etc.). The report descirbes the functioning and construction of the device.
Date: February 1923
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Magnan Glider M-2

Description: The construction of the Magnan glider, M-2, is presented which is designed to fly in so-called horizontal winds. Details of the wings, fuselage, tail surfaces, controls, landing gear, characteristics, operation, photographs, and drawings are provided.
Date: February 1924
Creator: Lesage, M. André
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Parachutes for Aircraft

Description: Report covering some characteristics of parachutes for aircraft. In order to provide the essential data on air resistance, rapidity of opening, shock stresses in opening, etc., for subsequent use, we will first give a few test results.
Date: February 1928
Creator: Müller, Waldemar
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Technical Section of Aeronautics

Description: The duties of the Technical Section are listed along with facilities for testing. Different categories of tests are discussed and some sample results included.
Date: February 1923
Creator: Lesage, André
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Researches on ailerons and especially on the test loads to which they should be subjected

Description: Aileron calculations have hitherto given greatly differing results according to different authors. It seems to be the general opinion that it is only necessary to give the ailerons such dimensions that the airplane can maneuver well, that the stresses they must undergo are relatively small, and that they are strong enough if their framework is of the order of strength as the wings to which they are attached. This article will show that the problem is really quite complex and that it should rece… more
Date: February 1927
Creator: Sabatier, J.
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Longitudinal Balancing of Airplanes

Description: The object of the present communication is to determine the best method for locating the center of lift of an airplane and to provide a method for making corrections. The method employed is very simple, being based on the positions given the elevator during flights at different speeds.
Date: February 1923
Creator: Eteve, Albert
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Specializing for Record-Breaking

Description: This report seeks to determine what constitutes airplane performance and what line should be followed in seeking to break records if the designer is given a free hand. Some of the considerations for designers include the ratio of engine power to wing area, minor refinements, low wing loading, and duration.
Date: February 1924
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
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Soaring Without Rising Currents

Description: Memorandum describing the main problem of soaring flight, which is that it is difficult to maintain altitude and to engage in indefinite continuation of flight without dependence on rising currents from any source. The best chance of success involves utilizing energy stored in the air when the wind speed is constantly and rapidly varying.
Date: February 1923
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
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Marking Airdromes

Description: Necessity of adopting for all aviation fields, civil or military, a single system of markers for giving the direction for starting and landing (with an automatic indicator of the direction of the wind) and of indicating the good part of the field.
Date: February 1922
Creator: James, P.
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