SOLD FOR £85
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Aircraft performance and air travel in fitted numbered wooden boxes (96 slides, in 2 boxes)
Box M, 46 slides
Slides 1-31 Text and Tables relating to aircraft performance, conventional and supersonic
Slides 33-38 Text etc for a lecture on the role of research
Slides 40-44 Tables for land, sea and air travel and transport
Slides 47-50 Miscellaneous
Box Q, Formulae, Graphs and Tables, 50 slides (one slide cracked)
Metal alloy testing. Aircraft loading, performance. Paraboloids. Some slides in French.
SOLD FOR £420
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Airships and Aircraft in fitted numbered wooden boxes (106 slides, in 3 boxes)
Box H, mainly aircraft, 36 slides
Slides 1-6 Geodetic structure, Aircraft wheel, viaduct architecture, miscellaneous
Slides 8-10 Photos of cracks in materials
Slides 12-17 Photos of aircraft, cutaways of Wellington to show structure
Slides 19-21 Photos, seagull in flight, ballistics, jet engine
Slides 35-43 Photos of prototype jet-propelled bomb?
Slides 45-50 Photos of model aircraft and construction of stratospheric chamber
Small Box O, 22 slides (5 slides cracked)
Starting at piece of paper which says "Start Here"
7 world or regional maps, 1 table about trade, 3 photos of R100 (2 interior, 1 exterior; damaged), 2 tables and 6 photos related to flight testing (normal and hypersonic), 3 diagrams of swing-wing Swallow
Box V, Airships, miscellaneous, 48 slides (1 slide broken)
Slide 1 1919 drawing of Airship for England New Zealand travel
Slide 2 Photo of mystery item (1920s?)
Slides 4-30 Photos of manufacture of airship R100 (one drawing)
Slides 31-36 Photos of R100 in flight
Slides 38-39 Drawings of 1919 airship
Slides 40-42 b/w copies of paintings of 1919 in flight and mooring to ship
Slides 43-45 Photos of cabins slung below airship (1920?)
Slides 46-50 Miscellaneous
SOLD FOR £340
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Radio telescopes and Wallis' Interests in fitted numbered wooden boxes (114 slides, in 3 boxes)
Small Box R, Misc. Formulae, 25 slides
Graphs, tables and photos showing the results of tests on duralumin, aluminium and other metals
Box T, Miscellaneous, 48 slides
Slides 1-6 Microscopic cross-sections of materials.
Slides 7-14 Manufacture of mystery cylinders.
Slides 15-21 Radio telescopes, mainly photos, 1 design.
Slides 22-29 Architecture: photo of the Pantheon, plans of church rooves and domes.
Slides 30-34 Architecture: photos of a bridge, photo of a chiming clock.
Slides 36-42 Miscellaneous.
Slides 44-50 Lines of poetry and sayings.
Box X, Personal (Sir Barnes Wallis), 39 slides
Back group - Five slides of old architecture.
Middle group - 18 slides of ancient/old architecture.
Front group - 10 slides of old/modern architecture and 18th century sailing ships. Three slides of architectural ground plans. Four slides of children's swings, slide, roundabout. Two other slides.
SOLD FOR £840
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about airships in fitted numbered wooden boxes (88 slides, in two boxes)
Black Box, Graphs (crossed out in red), 27 slides (4 cracked)
Staring at the two-holes end:
Section A: 11 slides (1 cracked), two diagrams of airships, two tables and a list of WW2 shipping data, a table of rocket propellant performance, two photos of girders, three slides of text, equations and table
Section B: 10 slides (2 cracked), 7 diagrams relating to the performance of airships, three photos of the construction of R100
Section C: 4 slides, 2 diagrams relating to airships, 1 photo ditto, 1 world map showing trade
Section D: 8 slides (1 cracked), 1 diagram and 5 photos of the construction of the R100, 1 diagram and photo of the Graf Zeppelin
Box 1, Current Lecture, 61 slides (slides are not completely in order; 2 cracked slides)
From "Start Here" label:
Section A: 16 slides showing world maps and diagrams of airships for long-distance travel
Section B: 19 slides (1 cracked) showing the early development of long-distance Zeppelins (Germany to America) compared with British dirigibles and the late development of British airships, culminating with the R100
Section C: 18 slides showing the construction of the R100, the development of BOAC routes around the world, the long-distance Vulcan bomber and an image of the swing-wing Swallow
Section D: 8 slides (1 cracked) showing the potential of supersonic travel
SOLD FOR £120
7 vols. Engineering and conversion table volumes to include Engineering Tables and Data 32pp. (small booklet pencilled B.N.W to cover). NEL Steam Tables 1964, Edinburgh: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1964, 4to, 146pp. The endpaper signed B.N. Wallis with taped in note paper pencilled formulae and taped in printed correction slip, also with loose printed supplement and taped in printed conversion Table 8 to the back. Conversion Tables And Technical Data 1962 by Bristol Siddeley 12mo, 128pp. (dedication inside "With best wishes from R illegible?"). A Pocket Book of Tables by Shell (dedication inside To B.N.W. from P.L.T.) 1956 12mo, 255pp. Rolls Royce Conversion tables circa 1950 12mo, 97pp. A booklet Direct & Inverse Log-Log Differential scales, signed to cover B.N. Wallis and A Selection of Tables for use in Calculations of Compressible Airflow 1952, 4to, 143pp.
SOLD FOR £240
A 1950's oak framed "Table III - Table of the Standard Atmosphere Below 100,000 ft", 36cm h x 43cm w
SOLD FOR £100
JAHNKE Dr Eugen and EMDE Fritz. Funktionentafeln - Tables of Functions. Leipzig: Verlag Und Druck Von B.G. Teubner in Leipzig Und Berlin 1933. 8vo, 328pp. Original brown cloth with black lettered spine. Minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Signed B.N. Wallis
SOLD FOR £80
MILNE-THOMSON, L.M. and COMRIE, L.J. Standard Four-Figure Mathematical Tables. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1931. 4to, 245pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine, Rubbing to corners and edges of spine, scratch marks to covers. Additional loose double sided, un-numbered copy of pages 244 and 245. Initialled B.N.W. Feb 1941
SOLD FOR £220
3 vols. The University Tutorial Series. Clive's Mathematical Tables. London: W. B. Clive, University Tutorial Press Ltd. 8vo, 49pp. Original green cloth with black lettered spine. Fading and damage to spine, rubbing to edges and spine, staining to pastedown, endpaper and backboard. Signed B.N. Wallis and initialled to the title page B.N.W. Cowes 1910. EVERETT, J. D. Deschane's Natural Philosophy Part 4 Sound and Light. London: Black & Son, Limited. 8vo, 318pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Sixteenth edition. Initialled B.N.W Cowes 1911. WHITEHEAD, A.N. An Introduction to Mathematics. London Williams & Norgate 1911, 12mo, 256pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine. Spine in very poor condition, with later added "homemade" dust cover, possibly from a paper bag, handwritten to the front by Sir Barnes Wallis - An Introduction to Mathematics, A.N. Whitehead and signed B.N. Wallis
SOLD FOR £80
A plywood table top reading stand/lectern with metal and Bakelite lamp to the top, with green sponge inset surface above a recess, with original round pin plug 44cm h (67cm h inc light) x 54cm w x 42cm d
SOLD FOR £180
A 1961 painted plywood and applied wood 3 dimensional Christmas card, showing the interior of Barnes Wallis office - draughtsman's table, library table, various books and paintings 23cm x 28cm and marked "1961, A Merry Christmas, A Happy New Year, In This Our Wish We Are Sincere, to Dr Barnes Wallis, Long life And Happiness, From The Workshop Staff" and hand signed by them 23cm x 28cm
SOLD FOR £90
A 1930's Queen Anne style arched plate dressing table mirror, the base in the form of a bureau with fall front revealing a fitted interior with pigeon holes and drawers above 1 long drawer, raised on bun feet 81cm h x 48cm w x 25cm d
SOLD FOR £130
An 18th Century style pink veined marble and carved gilt hardwood console table of serpentine outline with spray decoration, raised on turned and fluted supports 80cm h x 113cm w x 50cm d
SOLD FOR £480
Gaylayde, a 1930's Art Deco inlaid figured walnut 5 piece bedroom suite comprising triple wardrobe, 1 section fitted 2 recesses and 2 trays, raised on bracket feet 189cm h x 146cm w x 50cm d, dressing table with hexagonal bevelled plate mirror above 1 long and 2 short drawers raised on square tapered supports 145cm h x 106cm w x 55cm d, rectangular dressing table stool with upholstered seat on square supports with H framed stretcher 44cm h x 75cm w x 41cm d, a tallboy fitted 4 drawers above cupboard enclosed by panelled doors with ivory handles raised on bracket feet 113cm h x 68cm w x 52cm d and a panel end bedstead 119cm h x 152cm w Ivory Exemption Certificate 2LNC4TWT
SOLD FOR £760
Gaylayde, a 1930's inlaid figured walnut dining suite comprising oval extending dining table with 1 extra leaf, the edge with inlaid decoration, raised on square tapered supports 75cm h x 107cm wide x 142cm l x 182cm long when extended, 6 inlaid dining chairs - 4 standard chairs 88cm h x 48cm w x 41cm d and 2 carvers 90cm h x 52cm w x 45cm d upholstered in yellow material raised on square tapered supports with H framed stretchers and a matching sideboard with raised mirrored back fitted 2 drawers flanked by pair of cupboards, with ivory handles 125cm h x 168cm w x 58cm d (This suite was a gift from the staff of Vokins Department Store in Hove to H Vokin on the occasion of his marriage) Ivory Exemption Certificate MYAJ1H9S
SOLD FOR £90
A Queen Anne feather banded walnut side table fitted 1 long and 2 short drawers with brass swan neck drop handles, raised on cabriole supports 71cm h x 75cm w x 48cm d
SOLD FOR £100
A Georgian mahogany drop flap D end extending dining table, raised on 12 square supports ending in spade feet 73cm h x 120cm w x 165cm when closed x 282cm when open
SOLD FOR £90
A 19th Century bleached mahogany side table fitted 3 short drawers with replacement handles, raised on square tapered supports with box framed stretcher 75cm h x 103cm w x 52cm d
SOLD FOR £90
A Queen Anne style crossbanded walnut side table fitted a frieze drawer with brass swan neck drop handles, raised on cabriole supports 71cm h x 61cm w x 36cm d
SOLD FOR £80
A Victorian quarter veneered and inlaid figured walnut occasional table, on a carved column and tripod base 47cm h x 50cm diam.
SOLD FOR £130
A Victorian bleached pine side table, the top of plank construction, fitted 2 drawers, raised on square supports 77cm h x 124cm w x 65cm d
SOLD FOR £120
An 18th Century bleached oak side table fitted a frieze drawer, raised on turned supports 67cm h x 76cm w x 56cm d
SOLD FOR £80
An 18th Century oak oval drop flap gateleg tea table on turned and block supports 66cm h x 77cm w x 31cm
SOLD FOR £110
An 18th Century oak side table fitted a frieze drawer with brass ring drop handles, raised on square tapered supports 65cm h x 68cm w x 42cm d
SOLD FOR £85
A Victorian circular inlaid figured walnut occasional table, raised on pillar and tripod base 60cm h x 54cm diam.