Duralumin sections
- PART OF:
- Airship schemes
- Made:
- 1924-08-20-1925-02-20
- part of archive:
- Papers of Sir Barnes Neville Wallis
Graphs, calculations, reports and correspondence related to duralumin section. Includes
- Calculations about helical tubes
- Correspondence between the Airship Guarantee Company Ltd., Vickers and James Booth & Co. Ltd., duralumin manufacturers, regarding samples and orders of duralumin tubes
- Correspondence with Professor Burstall at the University of Birmingham regarding the testing of duralumin tubes
- Handwritten calculations of the properties of special sections
- Laboratory report on compression tests carried out on duralumin tubes
- Two Vickers Duralumin leaflets, one entitled ‘List of sizes and weights of sections’ and the other ‘Various sizes of extruded angles, channels, tees, etc.)
- Three laboratory reports on the test results on duralumin test sections
Details
- Extent:
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1 file
- Identifier:
- BNW/BB1/6
- Access:
- Open Access
- copyright:
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