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Thesis entitled: "The Distribution of Electricity in Rural Areas 1926 to 1963 An Investigation"

Volume entitled: "Structural Air Raid Protection in England and Abroad"

Albums documenting the laying of submarine cables (Sierra Leone-Ascension, Durban-Mauritius)

Album, compiled and written, documenting the laying of the Durban-Mauritius and the Sierra Leone-Ascension submarine cables

Album documenting the laying of the Vancouver-Fanning Island-Fiji sections of the Pacific submarine cable

Album documenting the laying of the first three stages of the Mauritius-Rodriguez-Cocos-Fremantle-Glenelg submarine cable

'Photography as an aid to the exploration of new countries' by J. Bridges Lee

An edition of the 'Journal of the Society of Arts' No. 2578, Vol. 1

An edition of 'Nature' Vol. 66, No. 1705

'Radio Division 37 Staff Statistics'

Volume titled 'Newman's Indian Bradshaw, A Guide for Railway Travellers in India No 879 February 1939'

Album documenting the laying of the final stage of the Mauritius-Rodriguez-Cocos-Fremantle-Glenelg submarine cable

Album documenting the laying of the Queensland-Norfolk Island-New Zealand-Fiji sections of the Pacific submarine cable

An edition of 'The Builders Journal and Architectural Record' Vol. XIV, No. 362

Railway Signal Volume 24 (1906)

AVRO Manchester Tender Specification

200

Letter from Sir Kenelm Edward Digby to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of London

160

Letter from Hiram Stevens Maxim to Sir Joseph Wilson Swan

380

Publicity poster: "The New Hudson Silver Arrow; a real sporting sports; light, lively and good looking"

180

Letter from Sir Joseph William Swan to Ellice Clerk

210

'High pressure research at Alkali Division of ICI' - typescript by Frank Bebbington

A collection of glass lantern slides capturing the development of flight from an early set of images from the 1909 aviation meeting held at Reims, France through to images of aircraft from Imperial Airways and flying boats in the late Thirties.

The History of Aircraft and Flying

675

Engineering drawing: Wearmouth Bridge, Reconstruction. Sunderland

205

Bulletin from Lord Chamberlain's office, St. James's Palace, S.W.

115

Printed sale catalogue entitled: "Catalogue of the entire stock of Machinist, Millwright and Implement Agents, including about 60 lots of Farm Implements"

8 items

Collection of monochrome images relating to Percy Lambert and the 25hp 4 1/2 litre side valve Talbot car, the first to cover over 100 miles (103.84) in the hour, at Brooklands, on 13 Feb 1913

12 items

Folder of photos entitled '12 Wembley Snapshots'

735

Engineering drawing of Newcastle-Gateshead Bridge

1 volume

Manual entitled: "The Manufacture of polyethylene by the ICI process. Volume 1A"

2 items

Photographs of vehicles produced by the London General Omnibus Company

120

Membership card of Basil H. Joy of the Automobile Club of Great Britain & Ireland

192 photographic prints

Foulsham and Banfield Ltd Collection

0.04 linear metres

Bever Steam Car Works Letters to a Customer

13 items

Engineering drawings by B. Goodfellow Ltd

Inventory of Machinery Interlaken Mills.

Inventory of Machinery Interlaken Mills

Certificates of Renewal and correspondence relating to Letters Patent No. 1819.

Renewal of Letters Patent No. 1819 of 1897

Leaflets providing information about cost of timber and various commercial and domestic products made from wood the company could supply.

For Anything Wood send your enquiries to Mallinson & Eckersley

A report on the recent improvements in performance of the Full Pressure suit, with particular reference to the positive improvement of adding a separate compensating unit to control air pressure, on the existing helmet.

A Preliminary Report on a Series of Investigations into the Compensating problems on the Full Pressure Suit

A paper describing the results of tests to evaluate the protection of aircrew against high temperatures in prolonged supersonic flight after failure of the cabin cooling system with illustrative tables, graphs, drawings and photographs of the experiment.

Protection of Aircrew against High Cabin Temperatures

A volume of notes taken by Ian B. Wright during an Aviation Medicine Course divided into the following topics: American Oxygen Equipment, Flying Clothing, The Physiological Limitations Governing Oxygen Equipment Design, The Medical Aspects of Parachuting, Survival on Land, Environmental Requirements in Pressurised Aircraft, Physiological Effects of Accelerations of Short Duration, Physiological Problems of Air and Structure Borne Vibrations on Air and Ground Crews, The Physiological Effects of Cold, Water Deprivation during Sea Survival, Oxygen Equipment, Medical Aspects of Navigation, Airsickness, Decompression Sickness, Emergency Escape in Flight, Day Vision, Clo Value: Its Determination and Application to Problems of Clothing Design, Principles of Clothing in Warm Environments, Medical Fitness for Air Travel, Physical Variables in the Atmosphere, Physiological and Psychological Aspects of Fatigue, Accelerations of Long Duration, High Speed Flight, Noxious Substances, and Casualty Air Evacuation.

Summaries of Lectures given during Aviation Medicine Course

Task for students to complete a series of specific performance test readings of a jet engine with equations to aid reading taking and analysis. Also includes graph showing air mass flow calibration for W2/700 engine.

Jet Engine Performance Test and Analysis Task

Task for students to complete a series of specific performance test readings of a jet engine with equations to aid reading taking and analysis.

Jet Engine Performance Test and Analysis Task

Notes on the design and operation of modern gas turbines, with specific reference to the Rolls-Royce Nene with illustrative graphs and schematics of the fuel and pressure systems.

Modern Gas Turbines

Notes on the general processes, equipment and measurements needed for bench testing including engine performance tests, component perfomance tests and pre-flight acceptance tests with illustrative graphs and diagrams.

Bench Testing

Assorted graphs and tables with recorded data from testing a Power Jets W2/700 engine and Whittle W2/700 Aero Gas Turbine.

W2/700 Engine Test Results

Notes on the principles and processes for starting and maintaining Aero-Gas Turbines.

Aircraft Gas Turbine Maintenance and Inspection

A technical memo considering the functional clothing requirements and design of aircrew high altitude suits and proposing alternatives with illustrative photographs, diagrams and tables. Also includes a compliment slip from John.

Some Proposals for Aircrew Functional Clothing

Instructions for students on how to test a Power Jets W2/700 engine including values to be recorded and how to analyse the results with copies of blank data entry sheets for recording results.

Jet Engine Performance Test and Analysis Method

A lecture summary of the differences in aircraft using reciprocating engines and jet engines with illustrative graphs.

The Differences in Performance of Reciprocating Engines and Jet Engines

Notes on the principles and processes for starting and maintaining Aero-Gas Turbines.

Aircraft Gas Turbine Maintenance and Inspection