Typed results of brake tests carried out on 30 October 1922 (enclosed with LAN/2/7/37) - front wheel brake test (30th October 1922)

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Tests used front, rear, front and rear together, and gearbox brakes. With Frederick Lanchester handwritten notes below the test results.

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Frederick Lanchester collectionLAN

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

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

Biographical information on Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/1

Material on Frederick Lanchester compiled by Dr Peter Kingsford for his biography of LanchesterLAN/2/2

Frederick Lanchester reports for the Advisory Committee for AeronauticsLAN/2/3

Correspondence between Frederick Lanchester and the Advisory Committee for AeronauticsLAN/2/4

Correspondence relating to flightLAN/2/5

Lanchester's Laboratories LimitedLAN/2/6

Material relating to car manufactureLAN/2/7

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to George Lanchester, The Lanchester Motor Company, BirminghamLAN/2/7/1

Letter from H[amilton] B[arnsley], [Director], Lanchester Motor Company, to Frederick Lanchester assuring him that he is chasing George [Lanchester] for tests on unit engine to be doneLAN/2/7/2

Handwritten letter from George Lanchester, Annesley, Dyott Road, Moseley, to Frederick Lanchester about a delay in coupling the unit engine to Froude brakeLAN/2/7/3

Typed letter from George Lanchester, Lanchester Motor Company, to Frederick Lanchester about running his Unit EngineLAN/2/7/4

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to George Lanchester with comments on tests of unit engine (see LAN/2/7/4) and faults identifiedLAN/2/7/5

Statement of account from Lanchester Motor Company to Frederick Lanchester for period June 1917 to May 1918LAN/2/7/6

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Hamilton Barnsley, [Director], Lanchester Motor Company, replying to Barnsley's letter of 24 May [1918]LAN/2/7/7

Statement of account from Lanchester Motor Company to Frederick Lanchester concerning royalty payments on experimental engineLAN/2/7/8

Letter from George Lanchester to Frederick Lanchester replying to his brother's letter of 29 May [1918] concerning the unit engineLAN/2/7/9

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to George Lanchester replying to his letter (LAN/2/7/9) about the unit engineLAN/2/7/10

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to George Lanchester, asking him to send a specimen blueprint drawing to W.F. Rhodes showing the Lanchester method of tolerance notationLAN/2/7/11

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to T.E. Thornley of Lanchester Motor Company, replying to his letter of 16 August [1918] about the details of Lanchester Motor Company sharesLAN/2/7/12

Letter from George Lanchester to Frederick Lanchester asking for use of Froude dynamometer coupled to Frederick Lanchester's engineLAN/2/7/13

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to George Lanchester, replying to LAN/2/7/13LAN/2/7/14

Letter from George Lanchester to Frederick Lanchester, agreeing to clean and prepare unit engine for Frederick Lanchester to inspect (see LAN/2/7/13)LAN/2/7/15

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to George Lanchester asking for unit engine to be greased and packed for storageLAN/2/7/16

Letter from George Lanchester to Frederick Lanchester, asking if the proposed 11-30 worm gear is to be proceeded withLAN/2/7/17

Letter from Lanchester Motor Company to Frederick Lanchester enclosing cheque for dividend on shares for six months to 31 January 1922LAN/2/7/18

Copy letter from H.O. Duncan to George Lanchester asking for return of the manuscript of a section of Duncan's planned book World on WheelsLAN/2/7/19

Letter from George Lanchester to Frederick Lanchester enclosing H.O. Duncan's request (LAN/2/7/19)LAN/2/7/20

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to George Lanchester enclosing notes (LAN/2/7/22) on H.O. Duncan's manuscriptLAN/2/7/21

Typed notes by Frederick Lanchester on H.O. Duncan's planned book World on WheelsLAN/2/7/22

Copy letter from [Frederick Lanchester, Daimler?] to Lanchester Motor Company asking for delivery of a jig ordered against quotation of 6 July 1921 for drilling holes for fitting under-guardsLAN/2/7/23

Handwritten letter from [Gibson?], Highfield House, Moseley, to Frederick Lanchester asking for two days consultancyLAN/2/7/24

Letter from Hamilton Barnsley to Frederick Lanchester, agreeing that two days consultancy would be uneconomic (see LAN/2/7/24)LAN/2/7/25

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to Hamilton Barnsley, accepting the consultancy proposal in LAN/2/7/25LAN/2/7/26

Letter from Hamilton Barnsley to Frederick Lanchester arranging a visit to Armourer Mills for consultancy (see LAN/2/7/26)LAN/2/7/27

A copy of LAN/2/7/27LAN/2/7/29

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to Hamilton Barnsley with notes on the new car specificationLAN/2/7/30

Copy letter from [Frederick Lanchester, Daimler?] to Lanchester Motor Company concerning information and specifications of gearbox for Mr Orcutt at DaimlerLAN/2/7/31

Letter from George Lanchester to Frederick Lanchester relaitng to the Orcutt spline shaft standardLAN/2/7/32

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to George Lanchester proposing a visit to Lanchester Works to discuss the 20 h.p. carLAN/2/7/33

Letter from Lanchester Motor Company to Frederick Lanchester enclosing cheque for share dividend for six months to 31 July 1922LAN/2/7/34

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to George Lanchester advising him not to accept a particular person as an arbitrator in a dispute [with Colonel Crompton]LAN/2/7/35

Letter from George Lanchester to Frederick Lanchester about an enclosed circular which is similar to something Frederick Lanchester had proposed earlierLAN/2/7/36

Letter from George Lanchester to Frederick Lanchester relating to Lanchester front wheel brakes test, and results (see LAN/2/7/38)LAN/2/7/37

Typed results of brake tests carried out on 30 October 1922 (enclosed with LAN/2/7/37) - front wheel brake test (30th October 1922)LAN/2/7/38

Letter from George Lanchester to Frederick Lanchester concerning the crankshaft on 21 h.p. carLAN/2/7/39

Copy letter from [Frederick Lanchester, Daimler?] to Lanchester Motor Company on gear box problemsLAN/2/7/40

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to J.E. Cooper of Lanchester Motor Company concerning frame aerialLAN/2/7/41

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to Lanchester Motor Company asking about tests of the 21 h.p. carLAN/2/7/42

Telegram from George Lanchester to Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/7/43

Typed internal Lanchester Motor Company memo. from George Lanchester to Hamilton Barnsley on the 21 h.p. carLAN/2/7/44

Letter from Hamilton Barnsley to Frederick Lanchester, enclosing LAN/2/7/44 and making further comments on the 21 h.p. carLAN/2/7/45

Copy letter from [Frederick Lanchester, Daimler?] to Lanchester Motor Company about data by W.L. Fisher of The Automobile Engineer passed on to him by John PughLAN/2/7/46

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester at Daimler to Hamilton Barnsley at Lanchester Motor Company concerning upholsteryLAN/2/7/47

Letter from George Lanchester to Frederick Lanchester enclosing (not included) blueprints of gear wheelsLAN/2/7/48

Typed report on results of tests on Sunbeam Arab engine at Lanchester Motor CompanyLAN/2/7/49

Part of typed report on unit engine tests [possibly from Hamilton Barnsley to Frederick Lanchester on 29 July 1918]LAN/2/7/50

PublicationsLAN/2/8

Personal and business correspondenceLAN/2/9

Frederick Lanchester's views on warfare tacticsLAN/2/10

Correspondence concerning financial matters, and Frederick Lanchester's deathLAN/2/11

Material relating to worm gears, aircraft propellers and wings, and Lanchester's Laboratories Ltd salesLAN/2/12

Reprints of articles and publications written by or about Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/13

Correspondence mostly relating to the publication of Frederick Lanchester's 'Potted Logs'LAN/2/14

Miscellaneous correspondence including with Colonel [Rookes] Crompton, electrical engineering pioneerLAN/2/15

Frederick Lanchester papers on optics and visualsLAN/2/16

Anatomy and vision/opticsLAN/2/17

Anatomy and vision/opticsLAN/2/18

Correspondence mostly concerning articles, papers and talks on vision and opticsLAN/2/19

Correspondence from Frederick Lanchester to Professor Robert LockhartLAN/2/20

Correspondence from Frederick Lanchester to Professor Robert Lockhart and othersLAN/2/21

Correspondence from Professor Robert Lockhart to Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/22

Copy correspondence from Professor Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester, Lanchester family members and othersLAN/2/23

Correspondence between Frederick Lanchester and Robert LockhartLAN/2/24

Correspondence between Frederick Lanchester and Robert Lockhart mostly concerning anatomy, optics, visionLAN/2/25

Supplemental material donated at a later date - mostly aeronautical/militaryLAN/2/26

Supplemental material donated at a later dateLAN/2/27

PatentsLAN/2/28

PatentsLAN/2/29

Notes and correspondence on obtaining copyright on a book in the U.S.A.LAN/2/30

Miscellaneous correspondenceLAN/2/31

Lists compiled by Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/32

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