File on 'Jet Engine Compressor Calculations etc.', 1935-45

File

MS. Marconi 2930

Held at the Weston Library

Contains:

Memoranda, calculations and correspondence relating to the acceptance of the order to make Whittle's experimental jet engine [WU] and the early stages of its design and construction, 1935-8
Memoranda and calculations relating to the Power Jets engine W2, 1940-1
Memoranda and calculations relating to direct Ministry of Aircraft Production orders: these refer initially to W2A, W2B and W2C engines, but rapidly W2B engine units 21 and 22 predominate [see memorandum of 8 Oct 1940 which refers to confusion over the exact nature of the order from MAP], 1940-5

Dates

1 box

MS. Marconi 2930

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