Aeronautics, Volume 16

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King Sell & Olding, Limited, 1919 - Aeronautics

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Page 69 - He was followed by the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretary of State for War and the Secretary of State for Air, each of whom explained to the Conference the aspects of defence which concerned his special responsibilities.
Page 291 - The water pump, however, was evidently driven by thi short transverse shaft which drives the oil pump at the rear end of the engine. This shaft is situated directly underneath the floating distribution bevel gear on the rear end of the crankshaft, as shown in the general arrangement drawing of the engine, in which the oil pump, for the sake of clearness, is drawn on the exhaust side of the engine. The air pump, which was driven by a small crank fixed in the front end of the camshaft, was probably...
Page 116 - The committee may also exercise its functions for any individual, firm, association, or corporation within the United States, provided that such individual, firm, association, or corporation defray the actual cost involved. Third. The committee institutes research, investigation, and study of...
Page 192 - Act ; and (b) the names and addresses of the persons who are the directors of the company at the date of the summary.
Page 195 - Cabinet as an equal partner (as least in theory) of the secretary of state for war and the first lord of the admiralty.
Page 265 - August 7 con tained a list of those whose names had been brought to the notice of the Secretary -of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the war : — Quartermaster and Hon.
Page 223 - ... it became necessary to attack what I may call the German Army in Germany, and to strike at its most vital point— its sources of supply : and the Independent Force was formed with this object. The question I had to decide was how to use thi.s force in order to achieve the object, ie, the breakdown of the German Army In Germany, its government, and the crippling of its sources of supply.
Page 57 - At present the moral effect of bombing stands undoubtedly to the material effect in a proportion of 20 to 1, and therefore It was necessary to create the greatest moral effect possible.
Page 318 - Being greatly exhausted, he dived out of the figlit to regain our lines, but was met by another formation, which attacked and endeavoured to cut him off, but after a hard fight he succeeded in breaking up this formation and reached our lines where he crashed on landing.
Page 237 - And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountain green ? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen ? " And did the countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills ? And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark, Satanic...

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