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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

Expand 5 - Published reports, articles and lectures on rocketry

5 - Published reports, articles and lectures on rocketry

Collapse 6 - Other Rolls-Royce material

6 - Other Rolls-Royce material

1 - Pamphlet, "The Rise of the Rolls-Royce", reprinted from Country Life, 29 Dec 1906, with further press opinions from newspapers and magazines dated 1906 printed at the end; illustrated with photographs of Rolls-Royce cars - 1906

2 - Pages from Flight, 3 Oct 1958: article on Rolls-Royce's high-altitude test establishment at Sinfin - 1958

3 - Lecture notes for the apprentice school, Derby, on the Rolls-Royce flight development establishment at Hucknall Aerodrome - 1962

4 - Pencil technical drawing of the RB.128 jet engine - 1960s

5 - Postcard showing the Rolls-Royce school at The Grange, Littleover, Derby - 1960s

6-17 - Photographs of flight establishment at Hucknall aeroplanes and of aircraft testing

18 - Circular letter from David Benny relating to election of an employee trustee for the Rolls-Royce staff pension fund 13 May - 1976

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

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

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

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

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