Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List Of Illustrations xi
4. Foreword xiv
5. Preface xvii
6. Before The War
7. Before The Laboratories 3
8. Directors Appointed 6
9. The Associate Committee On Aeronautical Research 10
10. Professional Appointments 15
11. The John Street Laboratories 20
12. Aviation In Canada in the 1930s 24
13. The Work of the Laboratories, 1929-39 26
14. Life In The Laboratories Before the war 45
15. Expansion Of The Laboratories 50
16. Wartime
17. Introduction To Part II 57
18. Aerodynamics 65
19. Hydrodynamics And Hydraulics 81
20. The Engine Laboratory 87
21. The Gasoline And Oil Laboratory 100
22. The Instrument Section 107
23. The Structures Laboratory 112
24. Removal Of Ice From Aircraft 126
25. Mechanical Engineering And Armament 137
26. Development Of Jet Propulsion 147
27. The Fire-Hazard Laboratory 151
28. Shops And Services During The War 153
29. The Division In Wartime 156
30. Transition To Peace 160
31. After The War
32. Introduction To Part III 167
33. Aerodynamics 177
34. Flight Research 192
35. The Engine Laboratory 199
36. Gas Dynamics 207
37. Fuels And Lubricants 214
38. Hydrodynamics 219
39. The Structures Laboratory 229
40. The Engineering Section 237
41. The Low-Temperature Section 243
42. The Instrument Laboratory 248
43. The Fire-Hazard Testing Laboratory 255
44. Inter-Sectional Investigations 257
45. Part IV
46. Conclusion: Achievements And Shortcomings 269
47. Index 275