Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to Sir Richard Gregory

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Lanchester has made summary and encloses it with this letter. He complains of those who say his aerodynamic work is difficult to follow. Also, a man must be paid for reviewing (synopsis LAN/1/2/50)

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Frederick Lanchester collectionLAN

Correspondence and other documents ('Baxter' series)LAN/1

Biographical and autobiographicalLAN/1/1

AeronauticalLAN/1/2

Typed “Précis of matter wanted to make up new issue of Aerial Flight”LAN/1/2/1

Typewritten letter from F.J. Cleveland, Patent Agency to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/2

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to F.J. ClevelandLAN/1/2/3

Typewritten letter from F.J. Cleveland to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/4

Typewritten letter from H.E. Wimperis, Air Ministry, to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/5

Typewritten letter from F.J. Cleveland to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/6

Typewritten letter from Major F.M. Green, Siddeley-Deasy Motor Car Co. to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/7

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to F.M. GreenLAN/1/2/8

Letter from A. Fage, Aerodynamics Dept., National Physical Laboratory to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/9

Typed notes on “Lanchester’s Vortex Theory of an Airscrew”LAN/1/2/10

Diagrams of vortex theoryLAN/1/2/11

Letter from A. Fage to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/12

Letter from Captain F.L.M. Boothby to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/13

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to F.L.M. BoothbyLAN/1/2/14

Typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to Professor A.V. Hill, Secretary of the Royal SocietyLAN/1/2/15

Typed “Confidential report on the Theory of Auxiliary Propulsion by Exhaust Efflux” by F.W. Lanchester.LAN/1/2/16

Frederick Lanchester article on 'Exhaust Efflux Propulsion' from “Flight"LAN/1/2/17

Continuation of Frederick Lanchester article on 'Exhaust Efflux Propulsion' from “Flight"LAN/1/2/18

Continuation of Frederick Lanchester article on 'Exhaust Efflux Propulsion' from “Flight"LAN/1/2/19

Correspondence on article 'Rocket Efficiency' from “Flight”LAN/1/2/20

Correspondence from “Flight”LAN/1/2/21

Correspondence from “Flight”LAN/1/2/22

Correspondence from “Flight”LAN/1/2/23

Typewritten letter from J.A. Jackson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/24

Typewritten letter from C.C. Walker, De Havilland Aircraft Co. to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/25

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to C.C. Walker, De Havilland Aircraft CoLAN/1/2/26

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to C.C. WalkerLAN/1/2/27

Typed notes on “Written communication by F.W. Lanchester … relating to paper on “Profile Drag …”LAN/1/2/28

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to Capt. L. Pritchard, Secretary, Royal Aeronautical SocietyLAN/1/2/29

Additional matter to written communicationLAN/1/2/30

Working notes for LAN/1/2/30LAN/1/2/31

Unrevised proof of paper “The Part played by Skin-friction in Aeronautics”LAN/1/2/32

Appendix V of LAN/1/2/32LAN/1/2/33

Note “to be ‘taken in’ to paper” (LAN/1/2/32) - d Derivation of Rd oc 1/v2.LAN/1/2/34

“List of slides required” for paper (LAN/1/2/32)LAN/1/2/35

“Abstract” of paper (LAN/1/2/32)LAN/1/2/36

“Abridgement” of paper (LAN/1/2/32)LAN/1/2/37

List “New wall diagrams prepared for paper of November 12th” (LAN/1/2/32)LAN/1/2/38

List - Wall diagrams for paper (LAN/1/2/32)LAN/1/2/39

Printed cuttings - figures for paper (LAN/1/2/32)LAN/1/2/40

Typed “Extract from communication by Mr. C.C. Walker to the discussion” on paper (i.e. LAN/1/2/32)LAN/1/2/41

Typewritten letter from Sir Richard Gregory, Editor of “Nature” to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/42

Proof digest of paper (“Part played by skin friction in aeronautics”)LAN/1/2/43

Typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to Sir Richard GregoryLAN/1/2/44

Typewritten letter from Sir Richard Gregory to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/45

Draft [?] of letter from Frederick Lanchester to Sir Richard GregoryLAN/1/2/46

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to Sir Richard GregoryLAN/1/2/47

Typewritten letter from Sir Richard Gregory to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/48

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to Sir Richard GregoryLAN/1/2/49

Typed “Synopsis of paper … skin friction …” for Sir Richard Gregory, 'Nature'LAN/1/2/50

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to Sir Richard GregoryLAN/1/2/51

Typewritten letter from Sir Richard Gregory to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/52

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to Sir Richard GregoryLAN/1/2/53

Proof of synopsis of paper (“Part played by skin friction in aeronautics”)LAN/1/2/54

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to The Editor, “Nature”LAN/1/2/55

Typewritten letter from Major P.J. Cowan, Editor of “Engineering” to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/56

Proof of review of Frederick Lanchester’s paper on skin friction in “Engineering"LAN/1/2/57

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to Major P.J. CowanLAN/1/2/58

Typed “Note re proof of review submitted for reading by “Engineering”LAN/1/2/59

Draft of article for “The Engineer”LAN/1/2/60

Copy typewritten text of article for “The Engineer”LAN/1/2/61

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to Dr. T.W. Chalmers, Editor “The Engineer”LAN/1/2/62

Drawings of figures and caption for Frederick Lanchester’s article (LAN/1/2/61)LAN/1/2/63

Working papers and notes for additional note on skin frictionLAN/1/2/64

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to Capt. L. Pritchard, Secretary, Royal Aeronautical SocietyLAN/1/2/65

Typewritten text of additional note on skin frictionLAN/1/2/66

Introductory note to additional note on skin frictionLAN/1/2/67

Corrected proof of additional note on skin frictionLAN/1/2/68

Second copy of corrected proof of additional note on skin frictionLAN/1/2/69

Typewritten letter from G.C. King, Norman Thompson Flight Company, Ltd. to G. Simms, R.N. Air Station, KillingsholmeLAN/1/2/70

Written copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/71

Press cutting concerning the award of £2,250 by the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors to the Norman Thompson Flight Company “in recognition of the utility during the war of Mr. Thompson’s inventions in flying-boats”LAN/1/2/72

Copy of postcard from Frederick Lanchester to Norman Thompson, 14 Queens Road, RichmondLAN/1/2/73

Letter from Rupert Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/74

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to Rupert ThompsonLAN/1/2/75

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/76

Letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/77

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/78

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/79

Handwritten letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/80

Copy typewritten letter of LAN/1/2/80LAN/1/2/81

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/82

Letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/83

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/84

Letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/85

Typewritten letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/86

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/87

Typewritten letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/88

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/89

Letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/90

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/91

Typewritten letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/92

Typewritten letter from N.A. Th0ompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/93

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/94

Typewritten letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/95

Letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/96

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/97

Typewritten letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/98

Card from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/99

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/100

Handwritten letter from Douglas White to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/101

Copy typewritten letter of LAN1/2/101LAN/1/2/102

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/103

Letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/104

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/105

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/106

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/107

Letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/108

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/109

Letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/110

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/111

Letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/112

Typewritten letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/113

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/114

Typewritten letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/115

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/116

Typewritten letter from N.A. Thompson to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/117

Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to N.A. ThompsonLAN/1/2/118

Letter from Wilbur Wright to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/119

Photographic copy of LAN/1/2/119LAN/1/2/120

Typed copy of LAN/1/2/119LAN/1/2/121

Letter from P.J. Cowan, Editor “Engineering” to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/122

Typewritten letter from Orville Wright to Frederick LanchesterLAN/1/2/123

Patent Specification 9413 A (1907) on Improvements in Driving Mechanism for Aeronautical or Marine Propellers (second edition)LAN/1/2/124

Photographic negative copy of LAN/1/2/124LAN/1/2/125

Patent Specification 129,727 (1917) on An Improved Lateral Plumb Indicator for AircraftLAN/1/2/126

Patent Specification, 130,025 (1917) on Improvements in the Attachments of Aeronautical Propellers and in Bosses thereforeLAN/1/2/127

E.A. Sperry Patent Specification 152,008 (1918) on Gyroscopic Indicator Apparatus for Aircraft (second edition)LAN/1/2/128

Aircraft In Warfare'LAN/1/3

BombsLAN/1/4

The Daimler CompanyLAN/1/5

GibraltarLAN/1/6

The Lanchester CompanyLAN/1/7

OpticsLAN/1/8

PhotographyLAN/1/9

SoundLAN/1/10

UnitsLAN/1/11

Miscellaneous lettersLAN/1/12

Miscellaneous documents (scientific and technical)LAN/1/13

Miscellaneous documents (general)LAN/1/14

VersesLAN/1/15

PhotographsLAN/1/16

Manuscripts of published and unpublished worksLAN/1/17

Frederick Lanchester correspondence and documents ('Fletcher' series)LAN/2

BlueprintsLAN/3

Sketch booksLAN/4

Note booksLAN/5

Glass plate negatives and imagesLAN/7

Photographic negatives of the blueprints (LAN/3)LAN/8

Sales and marketing photographsLAN/9