CONTENTS
A Study of the Economical Loading and Operation of Motor Trucks - A. J. Scaife...............................
Bringing Italian Skies Down to the Earth - M. E. Meniman ................................................
When Is a Truck Tire Overloaded? - J. E. Hale................................................................
Harry L. Horning (Obituary)................................................................................
Engine Roughness - Its Cause and Cure - P. U. Heldt....................-.....................................
Service Problems from Manufacturer and Operator Vievpoints - O. M. Brede....................................
Fuel Consumption Problems - Alex Taub......................................................................
Airplane Design Needs for Unskilled Pilots....................................................................
The Measurement of Engine Knock by Electro-Acoustic Instruments -Neil MacCoull and G. T. Stanton.............
Eliminating Crankshaft Torsional Vibration in Radial Aircraft Engines - E. S. Taylor...........................
Relation of Exhaust Gas Composition to Air-Fuel Ratio - B. A. UAlleua and W. G. Lopell.........................
Spring, Tire and Shock Absorber Testing Development - S. Ward Widney......................................
Cylinder Wear, Where and Why - S. W. Sparrow and T. A. Scherger................................
Air Springs - Tomorrow^ Ride - Roy W. Brown.......................................................
The Operator'5 Woes on Lubrication - F. L. Faulkjier.......................................................
Engine Nacelles and Propellers and Airplane Performance - Donald H. Wood......................
Rating Aviation Fuels - In Full-Scale Aircraft Engines (A Report of the Cooperathe Fuel Research Conumttee) C. B. Veal......................................................................................
EverymanJs Airplane - A Move Toward Simpler Flying - Fred E. Weic.....................................
Fuel Economy - The Operator^ Vievvpoint - Edmund T. Allcn...........................................
Cylinder Wear in Gasoline Engines - C. G. Williams.............................................
Cylinder Wear in Diesel Engines - G. D. Boerlage and B. f. J. Grauesteyn..........................
The Effect of Gas Pressure on Piston Friction -Morris P. Taylor............................
Cetane Rating of Diesel Fuels - P. H. Schweitzer and T. B. Hełzel...........................................
Diesel Fuels - Significance of Ignition Characteristics - J. R. MacGregor......................
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What Yariable Speed Transmissions Must Do...............................................................
Report of the Yolunteer Group for Compression-Ignition Fuel Research - T. B. Rendel............................ 225
Sales Engineering Involves Cooperation - and Facts............................................................. 233
Air-Cooled Radial Aircraft-Engine Performance Possibilities - Raymond W. Young. ................................ 234
Engine Types and Reąuirements for Preparation of Fuels - F C. MoĄ........................................... 257
Standards Committee Reports..............................................................................
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Liquid-Cooled Aero Engines - H. Wood...................................................................
(AuthorJs conclusion, page 400)
The Development of ^roferalT Cast Camshafts - D. J. Vail...................................................... 288
Laminated Safety Glass....................................................................................... 292
Extreme-Pressure Lubricants Testing - George L. Neely......................................................... 293
Slow Motion Shows Knocking and Non-Knocking Explosions - Lloyd Withrow and Gerald M. Rasswciler............ 297
Future Possibilities of 100-Octane Aircraft-Engine Fuel - Lieut. F. D. Klein....................................... 304
Safety in Motor-Vehide Operation and Maintenance -J. M. Orr.................................................. 313
Design of Two-Engined Aircraft - Hali L. Hibbard............................................................ 324
Cylinder Temperaturę - Macy O. Teetor..................................................................... 328
A New High-Octane Blending Agent - H. E. Buc and Major Edwin E. Aldrin.................................. 333
Air-Cooled Radial Aircraft-Engine Installation - P. A. Anderson................................................ 341
The Correlation of Car and Fuel Vapor-Locking Characteristics - E. M. Barber and B. A. Kulason ................ 351
Body Designing Procedurę - George J. Mercer.................................................................. 358
The Construction and Operation of Six-Wheel Trucks - Austin M. Wolf......................................... 362
The Ear as a Noise-Measuring Instrument - John S. Parinson................................................... 381
A Survey of Air Transportation............................................................................... 387
Practical Noise Treatment of Automobile Bodies - George R. Cunnington....................................... 388
Cooling Streamliners ............................................................. ,c,
Manufacturing Phases of Metal-Aircraft Construction - Fred W. Herman m,
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Author!s Conclusion to Discussion of 1ILiquid-Cooled Aero Engines11 - (page 267) - H. Wood 400
Human Reactions to Vibration - H. M. JacĄlin..................
Thermodynamic Properties of the Working Fluid in Internal-Combustion Engines - R L Hershey J E Eberhardt and
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Trends in 1937 Car Design - Austin M. Wolf
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Manufacture of Elliptical-Skirted Pistons - E. S. Chapman
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Stressed-Skin Structures for Aircraft - Don R, Berlin............................................................. 444
Sapphire and Other New Combustion-Chamber Window Materials- George Calingaert, S. D. Heron and Ralph Stair. . . 448
The Chassis Frame - Its Functions and Means for Increasing Efficiency - D. W. Sherman............................ 451
Photo-Electric Combustion Analysis - R. A. Rosę, G. C. Wilson and R. R. Benedict ................................ 459
Vibration of Crankshaft-Propeller Systems - Kań Lurenbaum.................................................... 469
Safety in Body Design Through Chassisless Construction - Fran R. Fageol.................................... 480
Heat Rejection from Diesel Engines........................................................................... 483
Flight in the Sub-Stratosphere - J. C. Edgerton...............:................................................. 484
Development and Application of the Cathode-Ray Engine Indicator - E. M. Dodds................................ 487
Radiator Development and Car Cooling - L. P. Saunders......................................................... 496
Reliability of Wind-Tunnel Testing.......................................................................... 516
Author Index.....................................................................................-........
Discusser Index........................................................................................
Subject Index.............................................................................................
