Complete Patent Specification from The Patent Office London for 'Locking Means for Axial Flow Turbo-Machine Blading'. Complete Patent Specification for 'Locking Means for Axial Flow Turbo-Machine Blading'.
'Castle Peak Power Station - Turbine-Generators and Associated Plant' for CEPSI 1980. Produced by F.R.L. Creek. B.Sc.Tech., C.Eng., FIEE. Chief Generator Engineer, GEC Turbine-Generators Ltd., Rugby, England; E. Goldwag. B.Sc.,(Eng.), C.Eng., FIMechE. Chief Mechanical Engineer, Power Stations Projects Division, GEC Turbine-Generators Ltd., Rugby, England; and F.R. Harris. A.C.G.I., B.Sc.(Eng.), C.Eng., FIMech.E,Mem. ASME. Chief Turbine Engineer. 'Castle Peak Power Station - Turbine-Generators and Associated Plant', CEPSI 1980.
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Group Discussion titled "The Value of Higher Temperatures From Reactors". Opening speakers were Mr J.R.M. Southwood from the Nuclear Power Group Limited and Mr F.R. Harris from English Electric - A.E.I. (T-G) Ltd. Contains typewritten copy of lecture notes and plans of the gas turbine cycle. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Group Discussion titled "The Value of Higher Temperatures From Reactors"
Manuscript and typewritten notes including a graph on steam/metal temperature matching entitled 'Eggborough Check on PMMM2BG'. Notes on Steam/Metal Temperature Matching.
Complete Patent Specification from The Patent Office London for 'Improvements relating to Gas Turbines'. Complete Patent Specification for 'Improvements relating to Gas Turbines'.
Patent Complete Specification from The Patent Office London for 'Improvements in or relating to a Steam Turbine Plant'. Complete Patent Specification for 'Improvements in or relating to a Steam Turbine Plant'.
Complete Patent Specification from The Patent Office London for 'Improved Protective Control System for Gas Turbine Plant'. Complete Patent Specification for 'Improved Protective Control System for Gas Turbine Plant'.
Report from Electrical Engrg. (Patents) Department of Associated Electrical Industries Limited. Trafford Park. Concerns case M-TG. 1483. F.R.Harris and T.L.Gardner. Gas Turbine Temperature Control. Report from Electrical Engrg. (Patents) Department concerning Case M-TG. 1483. F.R.Harris and T.L.Gardner. Gas Turbine Temperature Control.
Report on 100 MW Steam Turbine for use with SGHWR, Winfrith Heath by F.R.Harris Chief Engineer, Large Steam Turbine Department of Associated Electrical Industries Limited. Report on 100 MW Steam Turbine for use with SGHWR, Winfrith Heath by F.R.Harris.
Series of books and journals including publications from the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd, Associated Electrical Industries Ltd, English Electric-AEI Turbine Generators Ltd, GEC Turbine-Generators Ltd and other sources. The first part of the series [Ref 4/1-61] contains the companies' own publications. Following on from them are various publications collected by Frank Roslyn Harris over the years [Ref 4/62-68], relating to conferences he attended, journals from professional associations and publications given to him by other engineers. The series also includes a large number of Proceedings from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, as well as books published by them [Ref 4/69-140], lastly a number of extracts of journals and magazines from a variety of sources and countries [Ref 4/141-213]. Books and journals representing the development and production of gas turbines by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd and The General Electric Company Ltd.
Provisional Patent Specification from The Patent Office London for 'Improvements in or relating to the Mounting of Turbine, Compressor or like Blades'. Provisional Patent Specification for 'Improvements in or relating to the Mounting of Turbine, Compressor or like Blades'.
The First British-built Locomotive Gas Turbine by F R Harris ACGI, BSc (Eng), FIMechE. The First British-built Locomotive Gas Turbine by F R Harris ACGI, BSc (Eng), FIMechE.
Letter from F.R. Harris to Professor N.H. Johannesen at the University of Manchester concerning a lecture the Professor made to the Royal Aeronautical Society entitled "The development of jet engines in the post-war decade". A photocopy of the lecture notes were forwarded to Harris by the Professor. Letter from F.R. Harris to Professor N.H. Johannesen at the University of Manchester concerning a lecture the Professor made to the Royal Aeronautical Society entitled "The development of jet engines in the post-war decade".
Letter from F.R. Harris to Basil Wood, consulting Engineer concerning the Electricity Generating Stations situated on Bloom Street and Dickinson Street, Manchester. Letter from F.R. Harris to Basil Wood concerning the Electricity Generating Stations situated on Bloom Street and Dickinson Street, Manchester.
Series of catalogues bound into 6 volumes produced by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Limited to highlight their turbine generator sets, pumps and compressors. The catalogues typically show the various uses the equipment could be put to, from generating electricity through to powering cargo ships and passenger liners. There are also a number of reprints from papers given at professional associations and journal articles written by employees of the company. Catalogues representing the turbines developed and built by Metropolitan-Vickers.
Report on visits to American manufacturers of water separators by F.R. Harris and A. Sidebotham of Associated Electrical Industries Limited - Turbine Generator Division. Included with the report is a series of invoices and plans of equipment to be supplied by the Centrafix Corporation of Houston. Report on Visits to American manufacturers of water separators by F.R. Harris and A. Sidebotham.
Publication titled 'Marine Gas Turbines' by F.R.Harris. Produced by Turbine-Generator Division, Associated Electrical Industries (Manchester) Ltd. Marine Gas Turbines by F.R.Harris.
Report titled 'Development of Components for Large Steam Turbines' by F.R. Harris, A.C.G.I., B.SC. (Eng.), C.Eng., F.I.Mech.E., Mem. A.S.M.E of AEI Turbine Gerators Ltd., Trafford Park. The report appeared in GEC-AEI Journal, Vol.35, No.3, 1968. Report titled 'Development of Components for Large Steam Turbines' by F.R. Harris, A.C.G.I., B.SC. (Eng.), C.Eng., F.I.Mech.E., Mem. A.S.M.E.
Complete Patent Specification from The Patent Office London for 'Improvements in Interstage Diaphragms for Turbines and Axial-Flow Compressors'. Complete Patent Specification for 'Improvements in Interstage Diaphragms for Turbines and Axial-Flow Compressors'.
Complete Patent Specification from The Patent Office London for 'Improvements relating to Expansion Devices for Turbine Casings'. Complete Patent Specification for 'Improvements relating to Expansion Devices for Turbine Casings'.
Complete Patent Specification from The Patent Office London for 'Improvements relating to Gas Turbines'. Complete Patent Specification for 'Improvements relating to Gas Turbines'.
Complete Patent Specification from The Patent Office London for 'Improvements in or relating to Coupling for Shafts and the like'. Complete Patent Specification for 'Improvements in or relating to Coupling for Shafts and the like'.
Manuscript and typewritten notes and two graphs relating to adequacy of running clearances in H.P. and I.P. cylinders. Documents are titled: Comparison of Proposed SECV 8hrs Shutdown, Start-up with Eggborough No1 Unit Hot Start Running Experience and Comparison of Proposed SECV 72 Hrs Shutdown, Start-up with Eggborough No 1 Unit Run-up Tests on 'Cold' Start. Notes on Adequacy of Running Clearances in H.P. and I.P. Cylinders.
Complete Patent Specification from The Patent Office London for 'Improvements in or relating to a Steam Turbine Installations'. Complete Patent Specification for 'Improvements in or relating to a Steam Turbine Installations'.
Report from Electrical Engrg. (Patents) Department at Associated Electrical Industries Limited, Trafford Park. Concerns Catenary Blade Shroud. Report from Electrical Engrg. (Patents) Department concerning Catenary Blade Shroud.
Bundle of various extracts of articles from engineering journals and other publications kept by F.R. Harris ranging between 1921-c.1980. Various extracts of articles from engineering journals and other publications kept by F.R. Harris.
Article produced for Steam and Heating Engineer titled 'The Development of Large Steam Turbine Plant' by F.R Harris, ACGI, B.Sc.(Eng), M.I.Mech.E, Mem.ASME of the Turbine-Generator Division, Power Group, Associated Electrical Industries Limited. The Development of Large Steam Turbine Plant by F.R Harris, ACGI, B.Sc.(Eng), M.I.Mech.E, Mem.ASME.
Letter from Mr F.R. Harris to Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. A letter from Mr F.R. Harris to Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.
Complete Patent Specification from The Patent Office London for 'Improvements in or relating to Turbines'. Complete Patent Specification for 'Improvements in or relating to Turbines'.
Report from Electrical Engrg. (Patents) Department of Associated Electrical Industries Limited, Trafford Park. Concerns case M-TG. 1811. F.R.Harris. Turbine Rotor Demountable Bellows Expansion Device. Report from Electrical Engrg. (Patents) Department concerning Case M-TG. 1811. F.R.Harris. Turbine Rotor Demountable Bellows Expansion Device.
Metropolitan - Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd Engineering Report No. D.102. Report by F.R. Harris and W. Vernon of the Gas Turbine Engineering Department on Windage Tests on a 3 Stage Turbine. The report compares measured windage losses in a G2 turbine (with vortex flow blading), with those predicted by various known formulae; investigates the casing temperatures reached under test conditions. Engineering Report No. D.102. by F.R. Harris and W. Vernon of the Gas Turbine Engineering on Windage Tests on a 3 Stage Turbine.
Complete Patent Specification from The Patent Office London for '(54) Improvements In Or Relating To Turbine Blading'. Complete Patent Specification for '(54) Improvements In Or Relating To Turbine Blading'.
Document prepared by A.E.I Summer School concerning Steam Turbine Development. Report by A.E.I Summer School concerning Steam Turbine Development.
Letter from F.R. Harris to Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry concerning the Electricity Generating Stations situated on Bloom Street, Manchester. Letter from F.R. Harris to Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry concerning the Electricity Generating Stations situated on Bloom Street, Manchester.
Report by F.R. Harris and J. Haffenden of A.E.I. Turbine-Generator Division. This report is a record of the visit to the congres International des Machines a Combustion (C.I.M.A.C.) at Copenhagen. The theme was "The latest developments of diesel engines and gas-turbines for out-puts above 3000 H.P. and of dual fuel engines for above 1500 H.P." Report on attendance at the congres International des Machines a Combustion (C.I.M.A.C.) at Copenhagen, June 1962.
Report titled 'Recent Trends in Large Steam Turbine Development' by J.C. London B.Sc., M.I.Mech.E., A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Mar.E. and F.R. Harris A.C.G.I. B.sc.(Eng), M.I.Mech.E.,Mem. A.S.M.E. The main channels of large steam turbine development are briefly discussed, with particular reference to the reduction in cost of generating electrical energy. factors contributing to such a reduction include improvements in thermal effieciency, reduction in installed costs, and improvement in reliability. Report on Recent Trends in Large Steam Turbine Development by J.C. London B.Sc., M.I.Mech.E., A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Mar.E. and F.R. Harris A.C.G.I. B.sc.(Eng), M.I.Mech.E.,Mem. A.S.M.E.
Notes on Discussions with AEG by F.R.H. of Associated Electrical Industries Limited - Turbine-Generator Division. Notes on Discussions with AEG by F.R.H.
Associated Electrical Industries Limited - Turbine-Generator Division article titled 'The development of large turbines'. This article is based on a paper presented by Mr F R Harris, ACGI, BSc(Eng), CEng, MIMechE, MemASME, Chief Engineer, Large Steam Turbine Department, AEI Turbine-Generator Division, to the Symposium on Steam Power Stations, Delhi, January 1965 and subsequently printed in the Steam & Heating Engineer, August/September/October 1966. Publication 1105-81. Eda 1500 0267. Article titled 'The development of large turbines'.
Series of plans and sections, mostly not to scale, of the various turbines built by Mertopolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Limited and GEC Turbine-Generators Limited. For some of the plans and sections there are customer details and specifications for the turbines. Plans and sections from Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd and Associated Electrical Industries Limited of gas turbines built for various customers.
Series of various reports published both in-house and by other publishers between 1947-1997. A large number concern visits made by employees to other factories abroad; Russia in 1962 to see turbine factories in Kharkov and Leningrad; A.E.G. West Berlin 1963-1969 to establish contacts and co-operate in large steam turbine design; General Electric Company of America 1957-1969 to work on large steam turbine design at the Schenectady and Lynn plants. Also included in this series are various reports on research and development carried out by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd and Associated Electrical Industries Ltd - Turbine-Generator Division. Finally a series of reports roduced to document the number of turbine sets produced by the companies. Reports documenting visits to various foreign factories, development and equipment reports.
Rough notes for 'The first British-built Locomotive Gas Turbine' by F R Harris ACGI, BSc (Eng), FIMechE. Includes photographs to be included in the book, amongst them one of the "first flight engines" developed by Metroplitan-Vickers along with F.2 Engine and successor engines up to Ducted Fan F.3. Sectional Plan of G2/2 Naval Gas Turbine drawn in 1954. Rough notes for 'The first British-built Locomotive Gas Turbine' by F R Harris ACGI, BSc (Eng), FIMechE.
Report from the Electrical Engrg. (Patents) Department of Associated Electrical Industries Limited, Trafford Park. Concerns case M-TG. 1814. F.R.Harris. Turbine Rotor With Inserted Blade Discs. Report from Electrical Engrg. (Patents) Department concerning Case M-TG. 1814. F.R.Harris. Turbine Rotor With Inserted Blade Discs.
Letter from F.R. Harris to The Editor of The Economist magazine concerning liquid hydrogen being used as a coolant. A copy of the letter was sent to the Editor of the Chartered Mechanical Engineer magazine. Letter from F.R. Harris to The Editor of The Economist magazine concerning liquid hydrogen being used as a coolant.
Letter from Captain M L D Kendrick, Royal Navy to F.R. Harris, Director Mechanical Engineering. The letter concerns the number of G6 engines still known to be in service. Letter from Captain M L D Kendrick, Royal Navy to F.R. Harris, Director Mechanical Engineering.
Copy of a type written talk given by F.R. Harris on the history of the development of the gas turbine engine. Type written talk given by F.R. Harris on the history of the development of the gas turbine engine.
Engineering Report No. 101/69/1 concerning an Exchange Visit to A.E.G. Berlin. The report was issued by Mr F.R. Harris of The Large Steam Turbine Engineering Department of Associated Electrical Industries Limited. An agreement existed between A.E.G. and A.E.I. for the exchange of engineers. This is a report on a six month visit to the A.E.G. turbine factory in West Berlin, Germany. Also included are notes on visits to the Siemens, Brown Boveri, M.A.N. and Escher Wys Engineering Report No. 101/69/1 concerning an Exchange Visit to A.E.G. Berlin.
Associated Electrical Industries Limited - Turbine Generator Division report following the visit of J.B.P. Wood, F.R. Harris and G.R. Astin to G.E. America, Scenectady and Lynn. Report on the visit of J.B.P. Wood, F.R. Harris and G.R. Astin to G.E. America, Scenectady and Lynn.
Associated Electrical Industries Limited - Turbine Generator Division report on a visit to General Electric Company, Schenectady and Lynn, by G.R. Astin, F.R. Harris and J.B.P. Wood. Report on a visit to General Electric Company, Schenectady and Lynn, by G.R. Astin, F.R. Harris and J.B.P. Wood.
Departmental Engineering Report D.E.R.101/63/3 following a visit to the U.S.S.R. by Associated Electrical Industries Limited - Large Steam turbine Engineering Department. The report deals in detail with discussions with Soviet engineers and observations made during shop tours of the two main large turbine factories at Kharkov and Leningrad. Departmental Engineering Report D.E.R.101/63/3 about large steam turbines following a visit to the U.S.S.R.
