ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS FOR AEROSPACE VEHICLES by Various reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

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ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS FOR AEROSPACE VEHICLES

by Various

New York, 1961: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 392 pages, $13.95

Prepared by the Northrup Institute of Technology, the book contains a detailed explanation of electrical and electronic theory and illustrates principles and their application to both airplanes and rocket propelled vehicles, including missiles and spacecraft. The book is aimed at individuals working in the fields of repair, maintenance and assembly of complete vehicles and their components. Among the subjects considered are solar batteries, semiconductors, missile control systems, space vehicle communication systems, electronic navigation, and automatic pilots. Review questions appear at the end of the individual chapters.


Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III