The engines about which this paper is written are called "Liberty." They came in series of 4, 6, 8, and 12 cylinders and were developed for interchangeability of parts and ease of production. Without doubt, the ...
In this fifth number of <I>Smithsonian Annals of Flight</I> Leonard S. Hobbs analyzes the original Wright Kitty Hawk Flyer engine from the point of view of an aeronautical engineer whose long experience in the development ...