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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards, with a square of white fabric paint on the spine, and the word "Characteristics" written on the spine in the same white paint. Measures 8 x 10.5". Individually page numbered sections, presumably separate softcover volumes bound together. Section 1, published in 1926, is titled "The Characteristics of the N.A.C.A. M-12 Airfoil Section (No. 243)". 6 pages plus a table. Section 2, published 1927, is titled "The Characteristics of the N.A.C.A. 97, Clark Y, and N.A.C.A. -M6 Airfoils With Particular Reference to the Angle of Attack (No. 270)." 4 pages, followed by figures and tables. Section 3, published in 1928, is titled "Preliminary Biplane Tests in the Variable Density Wind Tunnel (No. 289)". 15 pages plus figures and tables. Writing in pencil at the end of that section. Section 4, published in 1929, is titled "Tests of Four Racing Type Airfoils in the Twenty-Foot Propeller Research Tunnel (No. 317)." 6 pages plus figures and tables. Section 5, published in 1931, is titled "Lift and Drag Characteristics of a Cabin Monoplane Determined in Flight (No. 362)." 11 pages plus figures and tables. Section 6, published in 1931, is titled "A comparison of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Three Normal and Three Reflexed Airfoils in the Variable Density Wind Tunnel (No.388)."12 pages plus figures and tables. Section 7, published in 1931, is titled "The Aerodynamic Characteristics of Six Commonly Used Airfoils Over a Large Range of Positive and Negative Angles of Attack (No. 397)." 5 pages plus figures and tables. The last section. published in 1935, is titled "Aerodynamic Characteristics of Several Airfoils of Low Aspect Ratio (No. 539)." 7 pages plus figurers and tables. The entire volume, with original paper wraps, has a hardcover library binding. A strip of white bookbinding tape on the inside hinges to reinforce the spine. Two library stamps and some writing in pen on the inside free endpaper and a small amount of pencil writing on the original cover, which now serves as the title page. Pages within are clean and free of foreign markings. Corners of the boards are bumped and the covers are rubbed, especially near the spine. Comes from a large collection of technical memorandums from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics before they became NASA. Be sure to check our other listings for the rest of the collection.