The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story, Part 2 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story, Part 2 write by Peter Pugh. This book was released on 2015-04-02. The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story, Part 2 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Magic of a Name tells the story of the first 40 years of Britain's most prestigious manufacturer - Rolls-Royce. Beginning with the historic meeting in 1904 of Henry Royce and the Honourable C.S. Rolls, and the birth in 1906 of the legendary Silver Ghost, Peter Pugh tells a story of genius, skill, hard work and dedication which gave the world cars and aero engines unrivalled in their excellence. In 1915, 100 years ago, the pair produced their first aero engine, the Eagle which along with the Hawk, Falcon and Condor proved themselves in battle in the First World War. In the Second the totemic Merlin was installed in the Spitfire and built in a race against time in 1940 to help win the Battle of Britain. With unrivalled access to the company's archives, Peter Pugh's history is a unique portrait of both an iconic name and of British industry at its best.
The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story, Part 1
The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story, Part 1 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story, Part 1 write by Peter Pugh. This book was released on 2015-04-02. The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story, Part 1 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Magic of a Name tells the story of the first 40 years of Britain's most prestigious manufacturer - Rolls-Royce. Beginning with the historic meeting in 1904 of Henry Royce and the Honourable C.S. Rolls, and the birth in 1906 of the legendary Silver Ghost, Peter Pugh tells a story of genius, skill, hard work and dedication which gave the world cars and aero engines unrivalled in their excellence. In 1915, 100 years ago, the pair produced their first aero engine, the Eagle which along with the Hawk, Falcon and Condor proved themselves in battle in the First World War. In the Second the totemic Merlin was installed in the Spitfire and built in a race against time in 1940 to help win the Battle of Britain. With unrivalled access to the company's archives, Peter Pugh's history is a unique portrait of both an iconic name and of British industry at its best.
The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story, Part 3
The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story, Part 3 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story, Part 3 write by Peter Pugh. This book was released on 2015-04-02. The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story, Part 3 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Magic of a Name tells the story of the first 40 years of Britain's most prestigious manufacturer - Rolls-Royce. Beginning with the historic meeting in 1904 of Henry Royce and the Honourable C.S. Rolls, and the birth in 1906 of the legendary Silver Ghost, Peter Pugh tells a story of genius, skill, hard work and dedication which gave the world cars and aero engines unrivalled in their excellence. In 1915, 100 years ago, the pair produced their first aero engine, the Eagle which along with the Hawk, Falcon and Condor proved themselves in battle in the First World War. In the Second the totemic Merlin was installed in the Spitfire and built in a race against time in 1940 to help win the Battle of Britain. With unrivalled access to the company's archives, Peter Pugh's history is a unique portrait of both an iconic name and of British industry at its best.
Making Jet Engines in World War II
Making Jet Engines in World War II - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Making Jet Engines in World War II write by Hermione Giffard. This book was released on 2016-10-10. Making Jet Engines in World War II available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Our stories of industrial innovation tend to focus on individual initiative and breakthroughs. With Making Jet Enginesin World War II, Hermione Giffard uses the case of the development of jet engines to offer a different way of understanding technological innovation, revealing the complicated mix of factors that go into any decision to pursue an innovative, and therefore risky technology. Giffard compares the approaches of Britain, Germany, and the United States. Each approached jet engines in different ways because of its own war aims and industrial expertise. Germany, which produced more jet engines than the others, did so largely as replacements for more expensive piston engines. Britain, on the other hand, produced relatively few engines—but, by shifting emphasis to design rather than production, found itself at war's end holding an unrivaled range of designs. The US emphasis on development, meanwhile, built an institutional basis for postwar production. Taken together, Giffard's work makes a powerful case for a more nuanced understanding of technological innovation, one that takes into account the influence of the many organizational factors that play a part in the journey from idea to finished product.
In Turbulent Skies
In Turbulent Skies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook In Turbulent Skies write by Peter Reese. This book was released on 2020-01-24. In Turbulent Skies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1945 confidence in British aviation was sky-high. Yet decades later, the industry had not lived up to its potential. What happened? The years that followed the war saw the Brabazon Committee issue flawed proposals for civil aviation planning. Enforced cancellations restricted the advancement of military aircraft, compounded later on by Defence Minister Duncan Sandys abandoning aircraft to fixate solely on missiles. Commercially, Britain's small and neglected domestic market hindered the development of civilian airliners. In the production of notorious aircraft, the inauspicious Comet came from de Havilland's attempts to gain an edge over its American competitors. The iconic Harrier jump jet and an indigenous crop of helicopters were squandered, while unrealistic performance requirements brought about the cancellation of TSR2. Peter Reese explores how repeated financial crises, a lack of rigour and fatal self-satisfaction led British aviation to miss vital opportunities across this turbulent period in Britain's skies.
