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Typescript lecture by William Owen, given while Head of Research & Development at Craven Brothers (Manchester) Ltd. Lecture relates to Gear Hobbing Machines for Turbine Reduction Gearing.

Paper - 'Gear Hobbing Machines for Turbine Reduction Gearing'
Series of drawings of machines made by William Owen.

Drawings
Typescript paper by William Owen while working at Craven Bros, relating to Undulations in Creep-Cut Marine Turbine Reduction Gearing: Their Causes and Prevention. The article is annotated and has diazo blueprints at the end.

Paper - 'Undulations in Creep-Cut Marine Turbine Reduction Gearing'
Black and white photograph showing an unknown machine part, neg ref H850, Craven Bros.

Photograph - Unknown machine part
Bundle of 18 professional technical qualification certificates awarded to William Owen between 1895 and 1902. Certificates are from 'The Committee of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council on Education, Department of Science and Art, London'; 'The Royal Technical Institute Salford'; The Board of Education, Kensington' and 'The Union of Lancashire and Cheshire Institutes'. They cover subjects such as mechanical engineering calculations; machine construction and drawing; practical plane and solid geometry; practical and applied mechanics.

Certificates - Professional Qualifications
Series of mostly black and white photographs showing various machines and machine parts at both Craven Bros. and William Muir & Co.

Photographs
Tracing of a drawing on linen paper of a Double Helical Gear Hobbing Machine, signed by W R Owen.

Drawing - 'Double Helical Gear Hobbing Machine'
Copy of an article by William Owen from Engineering magazine relating to Hobbing High Prime-Number Spur-Gears without Special Mechanism. The article is a print version of item 2023-353/1/1.

Article - 'Hobbing High Prime Number Spur Gears Without Special Mechanism'
Three copies of an article by William Owen for American Machinist magazine relating to The Solution of Bezel-Geared Epicyclic Trains.

Article - 'The Solution of Bezel-Geared Epicyclic Trains'
Three copies of an article by William Owen for American Machinist magazine relating to Calculations Respecting Epicyclic Wheel Trains.

Article - 'Calculations Respecting Epicyclic Wheel Trains'
Black and white photograph showing the measurement of gear teeth [possibly documenting a pattern maker's work], reg ref H698, Craven Bros.

Photograph - Measurement gear teeth

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