 | American Society of Naval Engineers - Marine engineering - 1912 - 1696 pages
...during the last two years are of great value ; the work done by the Committee — described as " the scientific study of the problems of flight with a view to their practical solution" — has been accompanied and supplemented by research and experiment carried out by the Director of... | |
 | Education - 1918 - 892 pages
...members, as such, serve wthout compensation. The duties of the committee, as provided by Congress, are to supervise and direct the scientific study of the...and their application to practical questions. The committee's research laboratory and experimental station is located at Langley Field, Virginia. Meetings... | |
 | National Academy of Sciences - Biography & Autobiography - 1976 - 408 pages
...the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA, now NASA), which was "to supervise and direct scientific study of the problems of flight with a view to their practical u> • solution." President Wilson appointed Durand as one of the five civilian §O "C ^ 0 CD members... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences - 1964 - 862 pages
...Historically, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was charged with the responsibility "to suprevise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight with a view to their practical solutions, to determine the problems which should be experimentally attacked, and to discuss their... | |
 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1911 - 410 pages
...experimental methods of research." The Committee in its Report admirably defines its duties as embracing " the scientific study of the problems of flight with a view to their practical solution." Little need be said regarding the constitution of the Committee. Lord Rayleigh, the Chairman, with... | |
 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1911 - 428 pages
...experimental methods of research." The Committee in ita Report admirably defines its duties as embracing "the scientific study of the problems of flight with a view to their practical solution." Little need be said regarding the constitution of the Committee. Lord Rayleigh, the Chairman, with... | |
 | Mathematics - 1913 - 600 pages
...during the last two years are of great value ; the work done by the Committee — described as " the scientific study of the problems of flight with a view to their practical solution" — has been accompanied and supplemented by research and experiment carried out by the Director of... | |
 | Mathematics - 1913 - 503 pages
...during the last two years are of great value ; the work done by the Committee — described as " the scientific study of the problems of flight with a view to their practical solution " — has been accompanied and supplemented by research and experiment carried out by the Director... | |
 | United States - 1915 - 558 pages
...theoretical and experimental methods of research. The work desired thus falls into three sections: (1) The scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practical solution. (2) Research and experiment into these subjects in a properly equipped laboratory with a trained staff.... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1915 - 744 pages
...be the duty of the Advis Committee for Aeronautics to supervise and direct the scientific study of problems of flight, with a view to their practical solution, and to determine problems which should be experimentally attacked, and to discuss their s< tion and their application... | |
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Aeronautics to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practical solution, and to determine the problems which should be experimentally attacked, and to discuss their solution and their application to... 
