Pictures from books of the 1950s

218 pictures from 35 books published in the 1950s, all in the public domain and free to use for anything.

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Its books, the most pictures first:

THE TRANSLATION OF ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS INTO SWITCHING OPERATIONS IN DIGITAL COMPUTER DESIGN (1952)14 pictures
A Summary of the Longitudinal and Lateral Stability and Control Characteristics Obtained from Rocket-model Tests of a Swept-wing Fighter-type Airplane at Mach Numbers from 0.5 to 1.9 (1957)10 pictures
Comparison of the Aerodynamic Characteristics at Transonic Speeds of a Plane Wing and a Cambered and Twisted Wing, Both Having 45 Degrees of Sweepback and an Aspect Ratio of 6 (1953)10 pictures
Effectiveness of a Turbojet Tubular Combustor in Screening the Turbine from Foreign Objects (1955)10 pictures
Investigation of Jet Effects on a Flat Surface Downstream of the Exit of a Simulated Turbojet Nacelle at a Free-stream Mach Number of 1.39 (1956)10 pictures
Method for Rapid Graphical Evaluation of Cooled or Uncooled Turbojet and Turboprop Engine or Component Performance (effects of Variable Specific Heat Included) (1955)10 pictures
Self Shielding in Rectangular and Cylindrical Geometries (1956)10 pictures
Subsonic Aerodynamic Characteristics up to Extreme Angles of Attack of an Airplane Model Having an Unswept Wing and a High Horizontal Tail (1958)10 pictures
Effects of Some Primary Variables of Rectangular Vortex Generators on the Static-pressure Rise Through a Short Diffuser (1952)8 pictures
Flight Measurements with the Douglas D-558-II (buaero No. 37974) Research Airplane : Measurements of Wing Loads at Mach Numbers up to 0.87 (1950)8 pictures
System Analyses and Autopilot Design for Automatic Roll Stabilization of a Supersonic Pilotless Aircraft (1951)8 pictures
Tank Investigation of the Grumman JRF-5 Airplane with a Single Hydro-ski and an Extended Afterbody (1951)8 pictures
A Flight Investigation of Laminar and Turbulent Boundary Layers Passing Through Shock Waves at Full-scale Reynolds Numbers (1953)7 pictures
Flow and Force Characteristics of 2-percent-thick Airfoils at Transonic Speeds (1955)7 pictures
Influence of Combustion-chamber Length on Afterburner Performance (1954)7 pictures
Longitudinal Characteristics at Transonic and Supersonic Speeds of a Rocket-propelled Airplane Model Having a 60 Degree Delta Wing and Low Swept Horizontal Tail (1955)7 pictures
Pressure distributions over a retracted leading-edge slat on a 40 degree sweptback wing at Mach numbers up to 0.9 (1951)7 pictures
An Investigation of Longitudinal Control Characteristics of a Wing-tip Control Surface on a Sweptback Wing at Transonic Speeds by the NACA Wing-flow Method (1952)6 pictures
Effects of Symmetric and Asymmetric Thrust Reversal on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Model of a Twin-engine Airplane (1953)6 pictures
Preliminary Investigation of the Static Longitudinal and Lateral Stability Characteristics of a 1/20-Scale Model of the Mcdonnell F4H-1 Airplane at Mach Numbers of 1.59, 1.89, and 2.09 (1956)6 pictures
Effect of Jet-nozzle-expansion Ratio on Drag of Parabolic Afterbodies (1954)5 pictures
Investigation of turbines suitable for use in a turbojet engine with high compressor pressure ratio and low compressor-tip speed IV : effect of increasing blade speed on velocity diagrams of turbine for engine operation at constant rotative speed (1952)5 pictures
SYMBOLIC CODING FOR THE SIMULATION OF SYSTEMS ON DIGITAL COMPUTERS (1953)5 pictures
Time-vector Determined Lateral Derivatives of a Swept-wing Fighter-type Airplane with Three Different Vertical Tails at Mach Numbers Between 0.70 and 1.48 (1956)5 pictures
Aerodynamic Characteristics of NACA RM-10 Missile in 8- by 6-foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel at Mach Numbers from 1.49 to 1.98 II : Presentation and Analysis of Force Measurements (1950)4 pictures
Horizontal-tail Load Measurements at Transonic Speeds of the Bell X-1 Research Airplane (1953)4 pictures
Investigation of a 1/4-Scale Model of the Republic F-105 Airplane in the Langley 19-Foot Pressure Tunnel. Influence of Trailing-Edge Flap Span and Deflection on the Longitudinal Characteristics (1954)4 pictures
Some Measurements of the Buffet Region of a Swept-wing Research Airplane During Flights to Supersonic Mach Numbers (1953)4 pictures
Investigation at High Subsonic Speeds of the Effect of Adding Various Combinations of Missiles on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Sweptback and Unswept Wings Combined with a Fuselage (1954)3 pictures
Investigation of the Air-compression Process During Drop Tests of an Oleo-pneumatic Landing Gear (1951)3 pictures
Bell telephone magazine (1950)2 pictures
Combined Effects of Wing Taper Ratio and Low Horizontal-Tail Position on Longitudinal Stability of a 45 Degree Sweptback Wing-Body Combination at Transonic Speeds (1956)2 pictures
Hydrodynamic Impact Loads on 30 Degree and 60 Degree V-step Plan-form Models with and Without Dead Rise (1958)2 pictures
A Survey of Eniac Operations and Problems 1946-1952 (1952)1 picture
Experimental analysis of multicell wings by means of plastic models (1955)1 picture