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Collapse D5290 - Rolls-Royce, Derby: Rocket Department - 1906-1999

D5290 - Rolls-Royce, Derby: Rocket Department - 1906-1999

Expand 1 - Written reports and handbooks

1 - Written reports and handbooks

Expand 2 - Drawings, photographs etc

2 - Drawings, photographs etc

Expand 3 - Illustrations and photographs - 1960s

3 - Illustrations and photographs - 1960s

Expand 4 - Rocket Department administrative papers

4 - Rocket Department administrative papers

Collapse 5 - Published reports, articles and lectures on rocketry

5 - Published reports, articles and lectures on rocketry

1 - Pages from Flight, 11 Oct 1957: article on the Rolls-Royce Avon 200 series engine - 1957

2 - "An introduction to rocket missile propulsion", prepared by the Rocketdyne training department - 1958

3 - "The case for liquid hydrogen as a rocket propellant" by A V Cleaver, for presentation at a meeting of G.T.C.C Ramjets and Rockets sub-committee on 29 Jan 1960 - 1960

6 - "Reliability of rocket engines" by S L Bragg, Rolls-Royce Chief Scientist, for presentation at the Second Cranfield Symposium on Rocket Propulsion, 1961 - 1961

7 - Lecture as part of a "Discussion on Rocket Motors" at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2 Oct 1962 (anonymous) - 1962

8 - "Some problems arising from the use of hydrogen fuelled propulsion systems" by L E Maher of Rolls-Royce, for presentation at the Second Rocket Propulsion Symposium, Cranfield, 1962 - 1962

9 - "Aerospace applications of rocket engines" by L E Maher, for presentation at the British Interplanetary Society Symposium on Aerospace Vehicles, Nov 1963 - 1963

11 - "A space programme for Europe?" by A V Cleaver, 9th Chadwick Memorial Lecture of the Manchester branch of the R.Ae.S. - 11 Mar 1964

12 - Hawker Siddeley Review, special aerospace issue, summer 1964; includes articles on Blue Streak's successful launch at the Woomera rocket range, Australia, on 5 Jun 1964 - 1964

13 - Bristol Siddeley "Rocket Engines" colour brochure, Aug 1964 - 1964

14 - "Future aerospace propulsion systems" by A V Cleaver, lecture to the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers and Technologists, Farnborough, 27 Sep 1964 - 1964

15 - Pages from Flight International, 29 Oct 1964: articles on Rolls-Royce turbo rocket and "Space flight and missiles" - 1964

16 - CECLES - ELDO report to the Council of Europe - 1965

17 - ELDO P.A.S. pamphlet, "Injection of satellite into geostationary orbit" - 1960s

18 - "Rocketry and space flight" by A V Cleaver, on the occasion of the Royal Aeronautical Society's centenary: pages from the Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, vol 70, Jan 1966 - 1966

19 - "The design and manufacture of a liquid hydrogen thrust chamber" by T E Steer of Rolls-Royce, presented at the E.L.D.O. symposium on propulsion, Oct 1967, and the British Interplanetary Society autumn meeting, Nov 1967 (copy autographed by Mr Steer) - 1967

20 - Rocketdyne advertising pamphlets illustrating various rocket engines - [1967]

23 - "The design of test plant for the company's giant rocket engines ... and ... the Spadeadam rocket engine test site in Cumbria", Rolls-Royce `Heritage Trust' lecture by J Phillips at the Welfare Hall, Derby, 29 Jan 1986 - 1986

Expand 6 - Other Rolls-Royce material

6 - Other Rolls-Royce material

Expand 7 - Miscellaneous

7 - Miscellaneous

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Strutt family of Belper

Strutt family of Belper

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

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