Typed letter from Richard Glazebrook, The National Physical Laboratory, to Frederick Lanchester suggesting that he will circulate his and Sir George Greenhill's notes on propellers

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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

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

Copy typescript of Frederick Lanchesters notes 'concise history of my career - by F.W. LanchesterLAN/2/26/1

Copy typed letter from R.H. Bacon, Admiralty, Whitehall to The Secretary, Advisory Committee for Aeronautics asking for adviceLAN/2/26/2

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to The Secretary , Advisory Committee for Aeronautics replying to its letter concerning propellers for Admiralty airship (see LAN/2/26/2)LAN/2/26/3

Handwritten letter from [Sir George] Greenhill to Frederick Lanchester concerning frictional drag to be expected on the Admiralty airship under construction by Bacon (see LAN/2/26/2)LAN/2/26/4

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Sir George Greenhill replying to his letter on frictional drag of a balloon (see LAN/2/26/4)LAN/2/26/5

Handwritten letter from Sir George Greenhill to Frederick Lanchester acknowledging his letter of July 24 (see LAN/2/26/5)LAN/2/26/6

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Sir George Greenhil replying to his last letter (LAN/2/26/6)LAN/2/26/7

Typed letter from Richard Glazebrook, The National Physical Laboratory, to Frederick Lanchester suggesting that he will circulate his and Sir George Greenhill's notes on propellersLAN/2/26/8

Typed letter from Richard Glazebrook to Frederick Lanchester with tables showing values of C for Frederick Lanchesters note on Resistance of PlanesLAN/2/26/9

Unsigned copy of LAN/2/26/9LAN/2/26/10

Typed letter from F.J. Selby, Secretary, Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, to Frederick Lanchester sending a copy of Lord Rayleigh's report with reference to Lanchester report no. 15LAN/2/26/11

Copy typed note by Lord Rayleigh on Frederick Lanchesters paper on resistance of a plane plate in fluid, enclosed with LAN/2/26/11LAN/2/26/12

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to F.J. Selby, Secretary, Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, returning a proof version of its report no. 15LAN/2/26/13

Proof version of Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Reports and Memoranda No. 15, as amended by Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/26/14

Copy typed letter from F.J. Selby, Secretary, Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to Frederick Lanchester thanking him for the letter and proof for amendment (LAN/2/26/13-14)LAN/2/26/15

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to F.J. Selby, Secretary to the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, asking for items to be placed on the next agendaLAN/2/26/16

Copy typed Note to Advisory Committee for Aeronautics by Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/26/17

Typed letter from [Colonel O'Gorman], Royal Aircraft Factory, South Farnborough to Frederick Lanchester on adding a note to the request to the [Advisory] Committee [for Aeronautics] for experiments upn the effect of the body on the wings (see LAN/2/26/19).LAN/2/26/18

Typed copy of Advisory Committee for Aeronautics request for an experiment to be done to determine the effect of the presence of the body upon the characteristics of the wings of an aircraft, presented by Mr. Lanchester and Colonel O'GormanLAN/2/26/19

Copy typed Note on the conditions which determine the cyclical component round an aerofoil, by Frederick Lanchester [for the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]LAN/2/26/20

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to F.J. Selby, Secretary, Advisory Committee for Aeronautics enclosing his note on practical tests on surface cooling of radiators and air cooled cylindersLAN/2/26/21

Copy typed notes by Frederick Lanchester 'Re T 794 and T 794 A' on practical tests on surface cooling of radiators and air cooled cylindersLAN/2/26/22

Copy typed Note to the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics by Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/26/23

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to F.J. Selby, Secretary, Advisory Committee for Aeronautics on a note for circulation on bombs for use by aircraftLAN/2/26/24

Copy typed Note to Advisory Committee on Aeronautics 'Bombs for attacking the enemy personnel' by Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/26/25

Copy typed Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Note re Memorandum T779 (Colonel Hill R.F.A.) by Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/26/26

Copy typed Advisory Committee [for] Aeronautics Note re question of skin friction and surface cooling, by Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/26/27

Copy typed Advisory Committee for Aeronautics note on the problem of the silent propeller, by Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/26/28

Copy typed note to Advisory Committee for Aeronautics following a visit by Frederick Lanchester to Barrington at HendonLAN/2/26/29

Typed copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to H.R. Ricardo, in reply to his letter of 19 September 1944 , in which Ricardo acknowledges receipt of 'White paper 1944-1', and 'King's Prayer'LAN/2/26/30

Typed copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to H.R. Ricardo warning him of the problems following the end of the warLAN/2/26/31

Typed copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to H.R. Ricardo, sending Christmas greetings and a copy of a sample of his recent workLAN/2/26/32

Typed notes on 'R. & R. Appendix V; Concerning radio-activity; Preface in the first person' by Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/26/33

Typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to H.R. Ricardo, congratulating him on his success with a two stroke diesel engine, and an oxygen compressorLAN/2/26/34

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