Photographs of Testing Pressure Suits, P Frankenstein & Sons
- Made:
- 1955-01-01-1974-12-31
Collection of fifteen photographs and one journal. The photographs show the donor and colleagues testing various pressure suits being developed by P Frankenstein & Sons. Some of the suits were attached to Baxter Taylor Woodhouse helmets. Frankenstein & Sons worked with A V Roe at Chadderton to develop a British full pressure suit. The collection also includes a copy of Vol. 17, No. 12 of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, containing an article written by the donor and I B Wright about proposals for a pressurised crew environment conditioning system for a manned orbital vehicle.
Details
- Extent:
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1 box
- Identifier:
- YA2007.40
- Access:
- Open access.
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