Lot 289
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Supersonic flight in fitted numbered wooden boxes (93 slides, in 2 boxes) Box F, 50 slides Drawings and diagrams relating to Swallow and other jet aircraft and rockets Box G, Supersonic Flight, 43 slides Slides 1-6: Swallow Slides 8-13: Air intake and thrust Slides 15-19: Aerodynamics, swing-wing Slides 21-25: Various Graphs and diagrams Slides 27-31: Stratospheric chamber and wind-tunnel diagrams Slides 33-38: Aerodynamics at various atmospheres; current and future aircraft Slides 40-43: Radio telescope design Slides 45-50: Hyperboloid and other drawings  £100-200