Engines and Innovation
Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsion Technology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5072329 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John D Holmfeld, Virginia P Dawson (0000-0002-8573-4470) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 968 |
| Publication date | 1993-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3106447 |
| OpenAlex | W1966998048 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This book is an institutional history of the NASA Lewis Research Center, located in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1940, when Congress authorized funding for a third laboratory for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, through the 1980s. The history of the laboratory is discussed in relation to the development of American propulsion technology, with particular focus on the transition in the 1940s from the use of piston engines in airplanes to jet propulsion and that from air-breathing engines to rocket technology when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was established in 1958. The personalities and research philosophies of the people who shaped the history of the laboratory are discussed, as is the relationship of Lewis Research Center to the Case Institute of Technology
Aeronautics · Manufacturing engineering · Propulsion · Aerospace Engineering · Engineering · History and Developments in Astronomy · Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2006 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |