THE ORIGINS OF THE JET ENGINE PROGRAMME IN THE USA
In the USA, as in Britain, the origins of the gas turbine engine were much more complicated than has generally been appreciated. Nevertheless, also as in Britain, the Whittle engine played a crucial role in stimulating development. While still a student at the University of California in 1895, the engineer Sanford Moss had conceived a gas turbine, intended as a…
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