A Royal Navy towed ‘dirigible’

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Frederick Lanchester collectionLAN

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

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

BlueprintsLAN/3

Sketch booksLAN/4

Note booksLAN/5

Glass plate negatives and imagesLAN/7

Portrait of Fred LanchesterLAN/7/3

Fred Lanchester with one of his model glidersLAN/7/4

A Royal Navy towed ‘dirigible’LAN/7/5

A retouched copy of an image showing the first all-British motor boat, launched by the Lanchester brothers in 1894LAN/7/6

The first all-British motor boat, launched by the Lanchester brothers in 1894LAN/7/7

James Whitfield, Director of the Lanchester Motor Co., at the tiller of a boat, with another man in the bowLAN/7/8

James Whitfield, Director of the Lanchester Motor Co., at the tiller of a boatLAN/7/9

The chassis design of Fred Lanchester's first car, on full steering lockLAN/7/10

Chassis design of Fred Lanchester's first car of 1895, showing the side profile featuring chain sprocket driveLAN/7/11

Chassis design of Fred Lanchester's first car of 1895, showing the side profile featuring chain sprocket driveLAN/7/12

The 8 hp Spirit Passenger Phaeton with the hood downLAN/7/13

George Lanchester lighting his pipe, next to the 8hp gold medal Phaeton at the Reading control point on the 1,000 mile trialLAN/7/14

A retouched illustration showing a side view of the 1895 Stanhope Phaeton with 8 hp engine conversionLAN/7/15

Side view of the Stanhope PhaetonLAN/7/16

Retouched image showing off side 3/4 view of the Stanhope PhaetonLAN/7/17

Extract from newspaper published September 1902LAN/7/18

Extract from newspaper published September 1902LAN/7/19

Handbook illustration showing 20 hp/28 hp worm and wheel rear driveLAN/7/20

Handbook illustration showing 20 hp 4-cylinder cross-section (side view)LAN/7/21

Side, overhead and rear drawings of 10 hp tonneauLAN/7/22

10 hp/12 hp handbook illustration showing gear change layoutLAN/7/23

Drawing showing 10 hp ignition cross-section.LAN/7/24

Drawing showing low-tension ignition system with circular armatureLAN/7/25

Illustration showing four phases of twin-cylinder 10 hp engineLAN/7/26

A 10 hp Lanchester and older 8 hp Stanhope Phaeton next to each otherLAN/7/29

Side view of the Lanchester 5 hp Stanhope Phaeton, the first all British 4-wheel, petrol carLAN/7/30

Two soldiers in uniform on the back of a 38 hp Royal Naval Air Service Armoured CarLAN/7/31

Three men in a 10 hp car being driven over rocks at an unknown locationLAN/7/32

Retouched image of two seat Phaeton 8 hp experimental carLAN/7/33

Fred Lanchester at the tiller of a reconstructed Stanhope Phaeton, complete with 8 hp twin-cylinder engine and worm driveLAN/7/34

George Lanchester and Fred Lanchester (at the tiller) in the 8 hp Spirit Passenger PhaetonLAN/7/35

A Lanchester landaulette on a 28 hp chassisLAN/7/36

A beam steam engine on a railway trackLAN/7/37

The Lanchester works 12 hp car at the summit of Orme's Head, Llandudno, North Wales, possibly with George Lanchester at the tillerLAN/7/38

Unknown cars possibly taking part in a 1000 mile road rialLAN/7/39

A woman at the tiller of a white 10 hp car, showing dashboard, multi-angled windscreen and stream-line mudguardsLAN/7/40

Front near-side 3/4 view of a 10 hp tonneau parked outside Lanchester Engine Company's main door at the Armourer Mills, Sparkbrook, BirminghamLAN/7/41

A 30 hp car limousineLAN/7/42

A 40 hp single-seat racer at Brooklands Motor CourseLAN/7/43

A 40 hp limousine (ON 287) parked in the road in front of treesLAN/7/44

A 38 hp limousine open-driveLAN/7/45

Two men sitting on a two-seater motorized tricycleLAN/7/46

A motorized two-seater tricycle with two wheels at the rear and a long tillerLAN/7/47

A 10 hp handbook illustration showing screwdriver adjustmentLAN/7/48

Assembly parts for a 10 hp tonneau body including seats and stream-line mudguardsLAN/7/49

Three car parts including a tapered shaftLAN/7/50

A handbook illustration showing a 10 hp.2-cylinder car with flywheel at the frontLAN/7/51

A 38 hp armoured car followed by 25hp wagons in a convoyLAN/7/52

A handbook Illustration showing a 20 hp or 28 hp stub-axle with wheel offLAN/7/53

A double landau 40 hp state coach with extended chassis for the Maharajah of AlwarLAN/7/54

Front 3/4 view of a 30 hp Straight 8 saloonLAN/7/55

Side view of a 30 hp Straight 8 drop-head coupeLAN/7/56

George Lanchester's daughter Nancy in the drivers seat of a 4-door Straight 8 LanchesterLAN/7/57

Front 3/4 view of a 40 hp 6 cylinder, seven seat limousineLAN/7/58

Front 3/4 view of a 21 hp 6 cylinder, 6/7 seater limousineLAN/7/59

Handbook illustration showing 20 hp. chassis, tiller and engineLAN/7/62

Handbook illustration with two countershaft images - clutch actuating lever and links, screws, clutchLAN/7/63

Handbook image of water-cooled 12 hp car with cane work panelling and stream-line mudguardsLAN/7/64

George Lanchester driving a 10 hp car up a hill over tram tracks (with two passengers in the back)LAN/7/65

A 10 hp tonneau image used in a War Office advertisement showing two soldiers in front with George Lanchester (behind driver) and Frank Lanchester in the backLAN/7/66

A 10 hp tonneau driven by chauffeur in cap and with three female passengers going through water by a bridgeLAN/7/67

A 10 hp chassis with no bodyworkLAN/7/68

Two air-cooled 16 hp tonneau overtaking another car in the Gordon Bennett Trials, IrelandLAN/7/69

Handbook illustration of a 10 hp tonneau with the driver’s front wheel on a wooden trestle to show the Lanchester suspension allowing full movement with no chassis twist and no wheels off the groundLAN/7/70

10 hp car with people on Orme Head summit?LAN/7/71

Passenger side view of George Lanchester driving a 10 hp tonneau at the top of a hill (with two back seat passengers)LAN/7/72

Driver's side rear 3/4 view of George Lanchester driving a 10 hp tonneau at the top of a hill (with two back seat passengers)LAN/7/73

A KPL omnibus designed by Fred Lanchester, with Knight engine and Pieper electricsLAN/7/74

A KPL omnibus designed by Fred Lanchester, with Knight engine and Pieper electricsLAN/7/75

A car in the Gordon Bennett Trials, Ireland with an air-cooled 16 hp tonneau behindLAN/7/76

Man in a horse drawn two wheel cart/carriageLAN/7/77

Illustration in a publication of Cugnot's steam carriage 1770LAN/7/78

Illustration in a publication of Murdock's model steam carriage 1784LAN/7/79

Illustration in a publication of Burstall and Hill's steam carriage 1824LAN/7/80

Two views from a publication showing the first Benz car (in the Science Museum)LAN/7/81

Illustration in a publication of Gurney's steam coach 1827LAN/7/82

Illustration in a publication of Hancock's steam carriage 'Autopsy' 1833 used for the City and Paddington omnibus serviceLAN/7/83

Illustration in a publication of Church's steam coach 1933LAN/7/84

Illustration in a publication of the first Daimler Motor Car 1886 (original in Munich Museum)LAN/7/85

A 38 hp engine on large wheels, used to power observation balloonsLAN/7/86

A Royal Navy ‘dirigible’ on a boat winchLAN/7/87

Image from a publication showing an unknown 'gun complete'LAN/7/88

Illustration of unknown engine with two spark plugs at the topLAN/7/89

Image showing 12 examples of rear axle worm gears meshing efficiencyLAN/7/90

Image showing 12 examples of rear axle worm gears meshing efficiencyLAN/7/91

Two views of worm and wheel meshing gearsLAN/7/92

Image showing twelve examples of gear meshingLAN/7/93

Illustration from publication showing top and bottom views of [gun] magazineLAN/7/94

Image showing twelve examples of gear meshingLAN/7/95

Image showing twelve examples of gear meshingLAN/7/96

Close up of a 6-cylinder 28 hp engine with steering column and gear leverLAN/7/97

Stone Age theme cartoon drawn by Fred Lanchester (using the name Paul Netherton-Herries) 'she runs better than ever'LAN/7/98

Stone Age theme cartoon drawn by Fred Lanchester (using the name Paul Netherton-Herries) 'she runs better than ever'LAN/7/99

Stone age theme cartoon drawn by Fred Lanchester (using the name Paul Netherton-Herries) 'give it up'LAN/7/100

Stone age theme cartoon drawn by Fred Lanchester (using the name Paul Netherton-Herries) 'very fast on hills'LAN/7/101

Stone age theme cartoon drawn by Fred Lanchester (using the name Paul Netherton-Herries) 'could not wish for better springs'LAN/7/102

End view illustration of 20 hp/28 hp engineLAN/7/103

Stone age theme cartoon drawn by Fred Lanchester (using the name Paul Netherton-Herries) 'What England thinks today Lanchester thought of years ago’LAN/7/104

Illustration from publication showing two cylinder engine's shaft bearing, crank pin, balance weightLAN/7/105

Diagram from publication showing magneto and electrical connectionsLAN/7/106

Illustration of cross section illustration of 20 hp/28 hp engines showing antechambers combustion spaceLAN/7/107

Image of two Lanchester patent worm gear cutting machinesLAN/7/108

Illustration from publication showing two cylinder engine's shaft bearing, crank pin, balance weightLAN/7/109

Illustration from publication showing wick carburettor for 10 hp/12 hp LanchesterLAN/7/110

Negative of article 'vehicles of the future, a new Birmingham industry ' from 'Our City' 12 November 1896LAN/7/112

Negative showing poor quality 3/4 front view of the 1895 Lanchester 5 hp carLAN/7/113

Negative showing the chassis design of Fred Lanchester's first car, on full steering lockLAN/7/114

Negative showing sideview of undercarriage of 1895 5 hp LanchesterLAN/7/115

Negative showing side view of glider resting on ground on catapultLAN/7/119

Negative showing rear view of glider resting on ground on catapultLAN/7/120

Negative showing Fred Lanchester holding glider uprightLAN/7/121

Negative showing glider resting on table in Fred Lanchester's sitting roomLAN/7/122

Negative showing Fred Lanchester with one of his model glidersLAN/7/123

Negative of George Lanchester on a tandem bicycle with Frank Lanchester holding the backLAN/7/124

Negative showing rear view of the first all British motor boat, launched by the Lanchester BrothersLAN/7/125

Negative of George Lanchester at the wheel of the mark 2 wooden car with BSA rear-mounted engine and Consetta body. His wife [Rose] is in the passenger seatLAN/7/126

Negative of cross section illustration of 20hp and 28hp engines showing antechambers combustion spaceLAN/7/127

Negative of two seat Phaeton 8 hp experimental carLAN/7/128

Negative of George Lanchester and Fred Lanchester (at the tiller) in the 8 hp Spirit Passenger PhaetonLAN/7/129

Negative of handbook illustration showing 20 hp chassis, tiller and engineLAN/7/130

Negative of handbook image of water-cooled 12 hp car with cane work panelling and stream-line mudguardsLAN/7/131

Slide transparency of image showing an isometrograph (a device invented by Fred Lanchester for hatching, shading and geometrical design)LAN/7/132

Slide transparency of photo showing a pendulum accelerometerLAN/7/133

Slide transparency of diagram showing an aerial machineLAN/7/134

Slide transparency of diagram showing Fred Lanchester's aircraft with propulsion unit (with contra-rotating propellers)LAN/7/135

Slide transparency of image showing aerodrome [aeroplane]LAN/7/136

Slide transparency of image showing Fred Lanchester with wife Dorothea at home in their garden at Field Broughton with volumes of Shakespeare (an engagement present)LAN/7/137

Slide transparency of image showing an euterpephoneLAN/7/138

Slide transparency of image showing an euterpephone (different angle from LAN/7/138)LAN/7/139

Slide transparency negative of LAN/7/132LAN/7/140

Slide transparency of image from sketchbook (LAN/4/6/125) showing a condenser microphoneLAN/7/141

Slide transparency of image from sketchbook (LAN/4/7/205) showing a pneumatic typewriterLAN/7/142

Slide transparency of image showing a pendulum accelerometerLAN/7/143

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

Sales and marketing photographsLAN/9