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Airships 1922-1929
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Papers of Sir Barnes Neville Wallis
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Papers of Sir Barnes Neville Wallis
BNW/A Barnes Wallis biographical material
BNW/A/1 Barnes Wallis certificates, programmes and honours
BNW/A/1/01 Certificate awarded to Barnes Wallace by the Anti-Cigarette League
BNW/A/1/02 Certificates awarded to Barnes Wallis by Christ's Hospital Drawing School
BNW/A/1/03 Certificate on discharge of Barnes Wallis from Christ's Hospital Mathematical School
BNW/A/1/04 Certificates awarded to Barnes Wallis by the Board of Education, South Kensington
BNW/A/1/05 Ephemera from Christ's Hospital
BNW/A/1/06 List of prizes gained by Barnes Wallis at school
BNW/A/1/07 Discharge information for Barnes Wallis from the Territorial Force
BNW/A/1/08 Documents related to Barnes Wallis' CBE certificate
BNW/A/1/09 Correspondence related to Barnes Wallis' CBE and RDI awards
BNW/A/1/10 Details of Barnes Wallis' admission to the Freedom and Livery of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights
BNW/A/1/11 Receipt for Barnes Wallis' admission fee to the Freedom of the City of London
BNW/A/1/12 Conferment of Honorary Doctor of Science degree on Barnes Wallis by the University of London
BNW/A/1/13 Conferment of Honorary Doctor of Science in Engineering degree on Barnes Wallis by the University of Bristol
BNW/A/1/14 Conferment of Honorary Doctor of Science degree on Barnes Wallis by the University of Cambridge
BNW/A/1/15 Conferment of Honorary Doctor of Science degree on Barnes Wallis by the University of Oxford
BNW/A/1/16 Correspondence related to Barnes Wallis' honorary doctorates from the universities of London and Cambridge
BNW/A/1/17 Correspondence related to Barnes Wallis being awarded the Air League Founder's Medal
BNW/A/1/18 Correspondence between the Prime Minister's Private Secretary and Barnes Wallis regarding his knighthood
BNW/A/1/19 Letters congratulating Barnes Wallis on his knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 1968
BNW/A/1/20 Correspondence between the College of Arms and Barnes Wallis regarding his coat of arms
BNW/A/1/21 Barnes Wallis' replies to messages sent for his 90th birthday
BNW/A/1/22 Service of thanksgiving for the life and work of Sir Barnes Wallis CBE, FRE
BNW/A/2 Correspondence with Professor Jack Morpurgo, author of Barnes Wallis' biography
BNW/A/2/1 Correspondence regarding Barnes Wallis' biography, Nov 1968 - Dec 1969
BNW/A/2/2 Correspondence regarding Barnes Wallis' biography, 1970
BNW/A/2/3 Correspondence regarding Barnes Wallis' biography, Jan - Jun 1971
BNW/A/2/4 Correspondence regarding Barnes Wallis' biography, Jul - Dec 1971
BNW/A/2/5 Correspondence regarding Barnes Wallis' biography, Jan 1972
BNW/A/2/6 Correspondence regarding Barnes Wallis' biography, Feb - Jun 1972
BNW/A/2/7 Correspondence regarding Barnes Wallis' biography, Aug - Dec 1972
BNW/A/2/8 Correspondence regarding Barnes Wallis' biography,1973-1974
BNW/A/3 Barnes Wallis personal reminiscences
BNW/A/3/1 A note on the origin and development of geodetic construction as used on the Wellesley and Wellington aircraft
BNW/A/3/2 Notes on geodetic construction
BNW/A/3/3 Barnes Wallis' thoughts of the Royal Airship Works at Cardington and the R101 Airship
BNW/A/3/4 Letters describing Barnes Wallis' memories of working at Vickers
BNW/A/4 Barnes Wallis BSc Engineering notes
BNW/A/4/1 Barnes Wallis BSc Engineering Hydraulics notes
BNW/A/4/2 Barnes Wallis BSc Engineering Mathematics notes
BNW/A/4/3 Barnes Wallis BSc Engineering Machines and Machine Design notes
BNW/A/4/4 Barnes Wallis BSc Engineering Structures and Structural Design notes
BNW/A/4/5 Barnes Wallis BSc Engineering Heat Engines notes
BNW/A/4/6 Barnes Wallis BSc Engineering Materials notes
BNW/A/5 Barnes Wallis employment details
BNW/A/5/1 Barnes Wallis employment and personal file
BNW/A/5/2 Diary belonging to Barnes Wallis
BNW/A/5/3 Notebook belonging to Barnes Wallis
BNW/A/5/4 Calculation book belonging to Barnes Wallis
BNW/A/5/5 Barnes Wallis list of appointments and works
BNW/A/5/6 Memorandum and articles of association of Vickers (Aviation) Limited.
BNW/A/5/7 Vickers (Aviation) Ltd. research and development staff list 1951
BNW/A/5/8 Vickers (Aviation) Ltd. research and development staff list 1952
BNW/B Airships to 1921
BNW/B/1 Correspondence relating to airships
BNW/B/1/1 Correspondence between Barnes Wallis and Hartley Pratt
BNW/B/1/2 Correspondence between Barnes Wallis, Hartley Pratt and Charles Marlin
BNW/B/2 Airship design and construction
BNW/B/2/1 Drawing office miscellaneous data and routine
BNW/B/2/2 Drawing office data sheets
BNW/B/2/3 Vickers Ltd miscellaneous files
BNW/B/2/3/1 Rigid airship design reports
BNW/B/2/3/2 Reports on German airships
BNW/B/2/3/3 The airship and its possibilities for commerce
BNW/B/2/3/4 Imperial Japanese Navy airship
BNW/B/2/3/5 Protection of airships from damage by electrical discharges
BNW/B/2/3/6 The present state of airship development
BNW/B/2/3/7 Notes and calculations
BNW/B/2/3/8 Notes on water recovery
BNW/B/2/3/9 Notes on helium
BNW/B/2/3/10 Notes on gasbags
BNW/B/2/3/11 Atmospheric characteristics graph
BNW/B/2/4 Miscellaneous airship reports
BNW/B/2/4/1 His Majesty's Airship 23 flight log
BNW/B/2/4/2 Report on visit to Zeppelin company's works at Friedrichshafen, Germany
BNW/B/2/4/3 Report on flight of rigid airship no. 23
BNW/B/2/4/4 Rigid airships 18L and 19L
BNW/B/2/4/5 Development of the airship service
BNW/B/2/4/6 Extracts from official account of the transatlantic flight of R.34
BNW/B/2/4/7 Transatlantic flight of R.34
BNW/B/2/5 Stresses in envelopes of non-rigids
BNW/B/2/6 Stability of airships
BNW/B/2/7 Patents for inventions abridgements of specifications. Class 114, ships, boats, and rafts
BNW/B/3 Duralumin tubing
BNW/B/3/1 Duralumin structural tests
BNW/B/3/2 Strength of materials
BNW/B/3/3 Connection of tubes to sockets
BNW/B/3/4 Preliminary report of tests on duralumin
BNW/B/3/5 Graphs showing tests on tubes
BNW/B/3/6 An investigation into the design of braced girders for airship construction
BNW/B/3/7 Radii of gyration of bracing pieces
BNW/B/4 Items relating to mooring masts
BNW/B/4/1 Mooring gear for non-rigid airships
BNW/B/4/2 Landing and mooring gear for rigid airships
BNW/B/4/3 Rigid mooring gear
BNW/B/4/5 Mooring mast proposals for non-rigid airships for USA
BNW/B/4/6 Airship mooring winch
BNW/B/4/7 Mooring mast
BNW/B/4/8 Mooring mast patents
BNW/B/4/8/1 Improvements in or relating to coupling gear for the mooring masts of lighter-than-air aircraft
BNW/B/4/8/2 Improvements in or relating to mooring mast for lighter-than-air aircraft
BNW/B/4/8/3 Improvements in or relating to winding gear
BNW/B/4/8/4 Improvements in or relating to masts for mooring lighter-than-air aircraft
BNW/B/4/8/5 Improvements in or relating to landing gear for the mooring masts of lighter-than-air aircraft
BNW/B/4/8/6 Improvements in or relating to means for weighing lighter-than-air aircraft at a mooring mast
BNW/B/4/8/7 Improvements in or relating to landing devices for lighter-than-air aircraft
BNW/B/4/9 Mooring reports
BNW/B/4/10 Notes on the Scott system of landing rigid airships at a mooring mast
BNW/B/4/11 Drawings of airships with mooring masts
BNW/B/4/12 Drawings of rigid airships, semi-rigid airships, non-rigid airships and mooring masts
BNW/B/5 Vickers specifications for rigid and non-rigid airships
BNW/B/5/1 Specification of new design of rigid airship R.80-25L
BNW/B/5/2 Cancelled machinery specification of new design of rigid airship
BNW/B/5/4 Proposed rigid airship of 3,500,000 cu. ft. capacity
BNW/B/5/6a Particulars regarding R-80 design
BNW/B/5/6b Particulars regarding R-80 design
BNW/B/5/7 Proposed specification of R80 type rigid airship of 1,200,000 cu. ft. capacity for USA Navy
BNW/B/5/8 Amended machinery specification of rigid airship R-80 (25L)
BNW/B/5/9 Proposed specification of R80 type rigid airship of 1,250,000 cu. ft. capacity for USA
BNW/B/5/10 Proposed specification of rigid airship of 3,500,000 cu. ft. capacity for USA government
BNW/B/5/11 Proposed schemes for building rigid airships for USA government
BNW/B/5/12 Specification of rigid airship of 1,250,000 cu. ft. capacity of improved R-80 type
BNW/B/5/13 Specification of non-rigid airship of 360,000 cu. ft. capacity with parseval type envelope
BNW/B/5/14 Specification of Vickers non-rigid airship of 500,000 cu. ft. capacity with parseval type envelope
BNW/B/5/15 Specification of wireless telegraphy & telephony installation for S S Airship
BNW/B/5/16 Specification for S S Airship 100,000 cu. ft.
BNW/B/5/17 Non-rigid for Nigeria
BNWB/5/18 Proposed airship for Swedish air traffic co.
BNW/B/5/19 Specification of electrical installation for R.80
BNW/B/5/20 Specification of sea scout airship of 100,000 cu. ft. capacity
BNW/B/6 Technical booklets
BNW/B/6/1 Flight trials - R26
BNW/B/6/2 Stability and controllability of airships
BNW/B/6/3 Report on experiments with H.P.Vee Spars
BNW/B/6/4 Design of duralumin airship girders (Plates)
BNW/B/6/5 Design of duralumin airship girders (Plates)
BNW/B/6/7 Notes on water recovery
BNW/B/6/8 Speed and air resistance of airships
BNW/B/6/9 Capacity and performance of rigids
BNW/B/6/20 Stresses in rigid airships
BNW/B/7 Publicity booklets
BNW/B/7/1 Airship transport services
BNW/B/7/2 War productions
BNW/B/7/3 Metal aeroplane construction February 1919
BNW/B/7/4 Metal aeroplane construction July 1919
BNW/B/7/5 Landing and mooring gear for airships
BNW/B/7/6 Special tools for rigid airship construction
BNW/B/7/7 London-Paris-Rome airship service
BNW/B/7/8 Preliminary aircraft catalogue
BNW/B/7/9 Landing and mooring gear for airships
BNW/B/7/12 Airships exhibition leaflet
BNW/B/7/13 Airships and balloons catalogue
BNW/B/7/14 Aéronerfs et Aérostats catalogue
BNW/B/7/15 Airship transport services
BNW/B/8 Booklets
BNW/B/8/1 All about the zeppelins and other enemy aircraft
BNW/B/8/2 Airships for pleasure and sport
BNW/B/8/3 Airship attacks on England
BNW/B/9 Airship ephemera
BNW/B/9/1 R38 airship disaster
BNW/B/9/2 HMA R34 postcard
BNW/BB Airships 1922-1929
BNW/BB1 Airship schemes
BNW/BB1/1 Burney airship scheme
BNW/BB1/2 Vickers passenger and mail airship scheme
BNW/BB1/3 South African airship scheme
BNW/BB1/4 Design committee reports and memoranda
BNW/BB1/5 Miscellaneous airship reports
BNW/BB1/6 Duralumin sections
BNW/BB1/7 Contract for the construction of a rigid airship
BNW/BB1/8 The development of the airship with special reference to transport
BNW/BB2 Airship Guarantee Co Ltd
BNW/BB2/1 Dominion type airship mooring mast
BNW/BB2/2 Airship Guarantee Company organisation structure
BNW/BB2/3 Patent specifications
BNW/BB3 R100 airship structure - transverse frames and gasbag wiring
BNW/BB3/1 Stressing of transverse frames and shear wires
BNW/BB3/2 New strut theory
BNW/BB3/3 The strength of airship structures part 1
BNW/BB3/4 Structure and stresses of airship frames
BNW/BB3/5 R100 calculations
BNW/BB3/6 Spider production
BNW/BB3/7 Girder tests at Birmingham University
BNW/BB3/8 Scheme of structure for R100 wiring and longitudinal members
BNW/BB3/9 R100 transverse frames
BNW/BB3/10 Fins and rudders
BNW/BB3/11 Gersten & R100 bracing
BNW/BB3/12 Reports on subjects relating to R100
BNW/BB3/13 Corrosion
BNW/BB3/14 Girder corrosion
BNW/BB3/15 Tests of mesh of parallel wire on experimental frame
BNW/BB3/16 Report on starfish transverse frame
BNW/BB3/17 Notes about stresses on transverse frames
BNW/BB3/18 Proposals for modifications in mesh and external systems of wiring
BNW/BB4 R100 airship design and testing
BNW/BB4/1 R100 documents
BNW/BB4/2 National Physical Laboratory reports and correspondence
BNW/BB5 R100 airship gasbag fabric, engines, tanks, fuel and trials
BNW/BB5/1 The disadvantages of helium for airships
BNW/BB5/2 Airworthiness of R100
BNW/BB5/3 R100 engines
BNW/BB5/4 Suggestions re engine systems for R100
BNW/BB5/5 Fuel tanks
BNW/BB5/6 R100 fabric
BNW/BB5/7 Supply and testing of gasbags for R100
BNW/BB5/8 R100 first inflation
BNW/BB5/9 Report on lift and trim trials of R100
BNW/BB5/10 Weights of R100 components
BNW/BB5/11 R100 performance graphs
BNW/BB5/12 Letter describing the launch of R100
BNW/BB6 Airship correspondence
BNW/BB6/1a Correspondence with A J Sutton Pippard
BNW/BB6/1b Correspondence with Commander Burney
BNW/BB6/2 Correspondence with Thomas Rowntree and Major Teed
BNW/BB6/3 Correspondence with A Palmer, J Temple and Major Walstell
BNW/BB6/4a Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letter A
BNW/BB6/4b Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letter B
BNW/BB6/4c Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letter C
BNW/BB6/4d Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letter D
BNW/BB6/4e Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letter E
BNW/BB6/4f Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letter F
BNW/BB6/4g Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letter H
BNW/BB6/4h Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letters I and J
BNW/BB6/4i Airship correspondence with K Kinrade
BNW/BB6/4j Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letter L
BNW/BB6/4k Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letter M
BNW/BB6/4l Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letter N
BNW/BB6/4m Airship correspondence with Colonel E O'Brien
BNW/BB6/4n Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letter P
BNW/BB6/4o Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letter R
BNW/BB6/4p Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letter S
BNW/BB6/4q Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letter T
BNW/BB6/4r Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letters U and V
BNW/BB6/4s Airship correspondence with organisations and surnames beginning with the letter W
BNW/BB6/4t Correspondence regarding transfer of Barnes Wallis' employment
BNW/BB7 Aeronautical Research Committee - Airship Stressing Sub-Committee
BNW/BB7/1 Aeronautical Research Committee reports
BNW/BB7/2 Correspondence inviting Barnes Wallis to become a member of the Airship Stressing Sub-Committee
BNW/BB7/3 Airship Stressing Panel reports AS1-AS22
BNW/BB7/4 Airship Stressing Sub-Committee agendas and minutes
BNW/BB8 Printed material and BNW lecture notes on airships
BNW/BB8/1 Lecture given by Barnes Wallis at Lloyd's register staff association
BNW/BB8/2 Booklet entitled 'Airship R100'
BNW/BB8/3 Booklet entitled 'Visit of his Majesty's Airship R-100, Canada 1930'
BNW/BB8/4 Five articles about the R100 published in Aircraft Engineering magazine
BNW/BB8/5 Article entitled 'The airship venture'
BNW/BB8/6 Royal Aeronautical Society lecture
BNW/BB8/7 Miscellaneous airship lecture notes and materials
BNW/BB8/8 Airship correspondence with German colleagues
BNW/C Aircraft - geodetic construction
BNW/C1 BNW and Vickers (Aviators) Ltd early notes and numbered files
BNW/C1/1 Series of miscellaneous articles on the stressing of geodetic fueslage
BNW/C1/2 Tubes
BNW/D Work on bombs
BNW/DA Investigation of V2 rockets
BNW/E Post-war aircraft developments
BNW/EA Guided missile and pilotless wing controlled aerodyne
BNW/EB Wing controlled aerodyne - Wild Goose
BNW/EC Wing controlled aerodyne - Swallow
BNW/ED Hypersonic aircraft
BNW/F Submarines
BNW/G Outside interests and consultancies
BNW/G/1 Miscellaneous
BNW/G1/1 Correspondence between Barnes Wallis and Aluminium Plant & Vessel Co Ltd
BNW/G1/2 Correspondence between Barnes Wallis and Roadway Automotive Products Ltd
BNW/G1/3 Notes, calculations and diagrams on the design of rowing boats
BNW/G1/4 Correspondence between Barnes Wallis and Bath Institute of Medical Engineering
BNW/G2 Cricket and golf balls
BNW/G2/1 Wind tunnel tests of golf balls
BNW/G2/2 Working papers on cricket balls and surface loading of spheres
BNW/G2/3 Correspondence between Barnes Wallis and cricket clubs, cricket ball manufacturers and the Department of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering
BNW/G3 Isaac Newton Optical Telescope
BNW/G3/1 Correspondence between P L Teed and English Steel Corporation
BNW/G3/2 Notes and calculations on strip wound tube and flexible and inflexible structures
BNW/G3/3 Optical telescope notes
BNW/G3/4 Grubb, Parsons & Company astronomical instruments trade catalogue
BNW/G3/5 Mechanical Design Committee - Isaac Newton telescope
BNW/G3/6 Isaac Newton telescope
BNW/G3/7 Photographic Giants of Palomar
BNW/G4 Radio-Telescope (Australia)
BNW/G4/1 Correspondence between Barnes Wallis, Blackett and Lovell regarding wind loading of Jodrell Bank telescope
BNW/G4/2 A proposal for a giant radio telescope
BNW/G4/3 Letters from Barnes Wallis to E G Bowen et al
BNW/G4/4 Telescope notes and calculations
BNW/G4/5 Report by Barnes Wallis on giant radio telescopes
BNW/G4/6 Specification of a giant radio telescope for which a design study is required
BNW/G4/7 Appendices to specification for giant radio telescope
BNW/G4/8 Notes on radio telescope
BNW/G4/9 Proposed radio telescope design study
BNW/G4/10 Barnes Wallis notes and comments on proposed radio telescope
BNW/G4/11 The giant radio telescope at Parkes
BNW/G4/12 Speeches at opening ceremony of radio telescope
BNW/G4/13 CSIRO 210 foot radio telescope
BNW/G4/14 Offprints relating to the Australian radio telescope
BNW/G5 Central Electricity Generating Board
BNW/G5/1 Correspondence between Barnes Wallis and Central Electiricyt Generating Board
BNW/G5/2 Cooling tower research scheme outline
BNW/G5/3 Cooling tower working papers and notes
BNW/G5/4 Cooling tower heat transfer working notes
BNW/G5/5 Collected reports and reprints regarding Ferrybridge Tower collapse
BNW/G6 Airship revival
BNW/G6/1 General correspondence between Barnes Wallis and others regarding airship revival
BNW/G6/2 Correspondence between Barnes Wallis and Shell International Gas Ltd
BNW/G6/3 Correspondence and technical information regarding cryogenic apparatus for liquefying gas
BNW/G6/4 Draft paper on methane airship
BNW/G6/5 Working notes and calculations for Shell methane airship
BNW/G6/6 Paper entitled 'The Shell International Gas Ltd methane airship'
BNW/G6/7 A note on the efficiency of airships when used as load carriers
BNW/G6/8 Working notes and calculations for Shell airship
BNW/G6/9 Paper entitled 'Airships revival reasons against'
BNW/G6/10 Letter from Rolls-Royce Ltd to Barnes Wallis regarding the risks of ignition of methane when being carried by airship transporters
BNW/G7 Messina Bridge
BNW/G7/1 Notes and calculations on the Messina tunnel and Messina floating bridge
BNW/G7/2 Graphs, notes drawings and calculations on Messina bridge construction and the geotube
BNW/G7/3 Correspondence between Barnes Wallis and Alan Grant & Partners regarding the Messina bridge
BNW/H Barnes Wallis correspondence regarding lectures and talks
BNW/HA BBC TV programme 'Why not? Why not?'
BNW/I Barnes Wallis technical drawings
BNW/J Barnes Wallis photographs
BNW/K Barnes Wallis films
BNW/L Barnes Wallis newspaper cuttings