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BONNEY, E. Arthur. Engineering Supersonic Aerodynamics London: Magraw Hill 1950, 8vo, 264pp., bound in contemporary blue cloth, gilt lettering. First Edition. Signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper along with pencil formula and pencilled notes to page 140.
SOLD FOR £460
BONNEY, E. Arthur. Engineering Supersonic Aerodynamics London: Magraw Hill 1950, 8vo, 264pp., bound in contemporary blue cloth, gilt lettering. First Edition. Signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper along with pencil formula and pencilled notes to page 140.
PYE. D.R., The Internal Combustion Engine Volume I, London: Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford 1930 (1946 reprint), Lg. 8vo, 288pp. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and front cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. with D.A.R.D. Library label stamp dated 23 January 1970 and Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd stamp to title page
SOLD FOR £60
PYE. D.R., The Internal Combustion Engine Volume I, London: Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford 1930 (1946 reprint), Lg. 8vo, 288pp. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and front cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. with D.A.R.D. Library label stamp dated 23 January 1970 and Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd stamp to title page
A collection of 7 post-war pamphlets and a document including:- Some Ballistic Contributions to Aerodynamics (initialled B.N.W. to paper cover) 1947, Scientific Man-Power 1946, Report on The Needs of Research in Fundamental Science After the War 1945, 61pp., signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper, The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics Vol II Part 1 March 1949, initialled B.N.W. to paper cover, The Institution of Electrical Engineers initialled B.N.W. to paper cover, Smith Maxwell and O'Farrell M, Aviation fuel, 1954 initialled B.N.W. to paper cover, together with a typed document "Post-War Aviation" (undated with maps)
SOLD FOR £90
A collection of 7 post-war pamphlets and a document including:- Some Ballistic Contributions to Aerodynamics (initialled B.N.W. to paper cover) 1947, Scientific Man-Power 1946, Report on The Needs of Research in Fundamental Science After the War 1945, 61pp., signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper, The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics Vol II Part 1 March 1949, initialled B.N.W. to paper cover, The Institution of Electrical Engineers initialled B.N.W. to paper cover, Smith Maxwell and O'Farrell M, Aviation fuel, 1954 initialled B.N.W. to paper cover, together with a typed document "Post-War Aviation" (undated with maps)
CONWAY H.D., Aircraft Strength and Materials, London: Chapman and Hall 1947, 8vo, 256pp., Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine, Vickers-Armstrongs stamped to title page within a page of handwritten formulae
SOLD FOR £70
CONWAY H.D., Aircraft Strength and Materials, London: Chapman and Hall 1947, 8vo, 256pp., Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine, Vickers-Armstrongs stamped to title page within a page of handwritten formulae
A Rototherm Thermometer with black dial marked Tungum Sales Co. Ltd. Fahrenheit British Patent No. 378314, contained in a red Bakelite case 8.5cm x 8.5cm.
SOLD FOR £260
A Rototherm Thermometer with black dial marked Tungum Sales Co. Ltd. Fahrenheit British Patent No. 378314, contained in a red Bakelite case 8.5cm x 8.5cm.
A collection of 3 binders of Restricted Information including Ministry of Aircraft Production Design Requirements for Aeroplanes in 2 binders Air Publication 970, dated November 1946, Vol 1 with pastedown taped in copy letter dated 1st. November 1946, both volumes with taped in Note to Readers and 1 binder Ministry of Technology Technical Procedural Requirements of Service Aircraft and Their Equipment dated March 1949
SOLD FOR £440
A collection of 3 binders of Restricted Information including Ministry of Aircraft Production Design Requirements for Aeroplanes in 2 binders Air Publication 970, dated November 1946, Vol 1 with pastedown taped in copy letter dated 1st. November 1946, both volumes with taped in Note to Readers and 1 binder Ministry of Technology Technical Procedural Requirements of Service Aircraft and Their Equipment dated March 1949
MITRA S. K. The Upper Atmosphere, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal Calcutta 1948, endpaper signed B.N. Wallis, 8vo, 616pp. Original blue cloth gilt and black lettering, some minor rubbing to edges of corners and spine. 4 Wallis bookmarks offering thoughts and corrections
SOLD FOR £150
MITRA S. K. The Upper Atmosphere, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal Calcutta 1948, endpaper signed B.N. Wallis, 8vo, 616pp. Original blue cloth gilt and black lettering, some minor rubbing to edges of corners and spine. 4 Wallis bookmarks offering thoughts and corrections
4 vols. Engineering volumes to include Pippard, A.J.S. The Experimental Study of Structures 1947, 8vo, 114pp. blue cloth, white lettering with dust cover, marked B.N. Wallis From the author 1947 to endpaper. Hunsaker Engineering Applications of Fluid Mechanics 1947, 8vo, 494pp. green cloth, gilt lettering, initialled B.N.W. to endpaper. Churchill Modern Operation of Mathematics in Engineering 1944, 8vo, 306pp. black cloth, gilt lettering, signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper and Fairhurst Arch Design Simplified 1945, 8vo, 61pp blue cloth, gilt lettering, initialled B.N.W 1946 to endpaper
SOLD FOR £100
4 vols. Engineering volumes to include Pippard, A.J.S. The Experimental Study of Structures 1947, 8vo, 114pp. blue cloth, white lettering with dust cover, marked B.N. Wallis From the author 1947 to endpaper. Hunsaker Engineering Applications of Fluid Mechanics 1947, 8vo, 494pp. green cloth, gilt lettering, initialled B.N.W. to endpaper. Churchill Modern Operation of Mathematics in Engineering 1944, 8vo, 306pp. black cloth, gilt lettering, signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper and Fairhurst Arch Design Simplified 1945, 8vo, 61pp blue cloth, gilt lettering, initialled B.N.W 1946 to endpaper
Seven volumes of 1940's Royal United Service Institution Journals, to include November '42, August '44, May '45, May '46, August '46, (written to front cover Tizard's address. initialled B.N.W), May '47, August '47
SOLD FOR £55
Seven volumes of 1940's Royal United Service Institution Journals, to include November '42, August '44, May '45, May '46, August '46, (written to front cover Tizard's address. initialled B.N.W), May '47, August '47
A wooden adjustable catapult designed for and used in the 1955 movie "The Dam Busters" by Michael Redgrave (playing Sir Barnes Wallis). The catapult represents that used by Wallis in his 1941 April Bank holiday garden marble experiments, to prototype the concept of the bouncing bomb. The catapult raised on triform base and mounted on metal collar with tripod supports. The catapult firing rail adjustable in angle by a wing nut, having a projectile receptacle attached to elastic cord running along the top rail of the device. The rail fitted a trigger to release the projectile. 138cm h, catapult rail 93cm l
SOLD FOR £3400
A wooden adjustable catapult designed for and used in the 1955 movie "The Dam Busters" by Michael Redgrave (playing Sir Barnes Wallis). The catapult represents that used by Wallis in his 1941 April Bank holiday garden marble experiments, to prototype the concept of the bouncing bomb. The catapult raised on triform base and mounted on metal collar with tripod supports. The catapult firing rail adjustable in angle by a wing nut, having a projectile receptacle attached to elastic cord running along the top rail of the device. The rail fitted a trigger to release the projectile. 138cm h, catapult rail 93cm l
Barnes Wallis' facsimile copy of the 617 Squadron Grant of Arms granted in March 1944. The badge symbolises the successful attack on the dams in May 1943 with the lightning flashes symbolising the three dams attacked. The French motto "Apres Moi Le Deluge" translating as "After me the flood". The paper is creased and stained and framed in a contemporary 1940's perspex frame with green border 18cm h x 15cm w
SOLD FOR £1300
Barnes Wallis' facsimile copy of the 617 Squadron Grant of Arms granted in March 1944. The badge symbolises the successful attack on the dams in May 1943 with the lightning flashes symbolising the three dams attacked. The French motto "Apres Moi Le Deluge" translating as "After me the flood". The paper is creased and stained and framed in a contemporary 1940's perspex frame with green border 18cm h x 15cm w
Composed by the Fluid Motion Panel of the Aeronautical Research Committee and Others, edited by S Goldstein, Modern Developments in Fluid Dynamics Volume I. Oxford: At The Clarenden Press. 8vo, 330pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. First Edition 1943. Some underlined text and written notes in pencil on page 327 and notes to page 329 together with a note with hand written equations.
SOLD FOR £160
Composed by the Fluid Motion Panel of the Aeronautical Research Committee and Others, edited by S Goldstein, Modern Developments in Fluid Dynamics Volume I. Oxford: At The Clarenden Press. 8vo, 330pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. First Edition 1943. Some underlined text and written notes in pencil on page 327 and notes to page 329 together with a note with hand written equations.
Modern Developments in Fluid Dynamics Volume II. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1943. Lg. 8vo, 702pp. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. On page 601 is a taped folded handwritten page detailing notes and formulae titled "Heat Transfer, Laminar Motion". Fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine.
SOLD FOR £500
Modern Developments in Fluid Dynamics Volume II. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1943. Lg. 8vo, 702pp. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. On page 601 is a taped folded handwritten page detailing notes and formulae titled "Heat Transfer, Laminar Motion". Fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine.
MANLEY R.G. Fundamentals of Vibration Study. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1942. 8vo, 128pp. Original red cloth, gilt lettered spine. Some fading to spine, minor rubbing to corners. First Published 1942. Initialled B.N.W. Sept. 1942
SOLD FOR £75
MANLEY R.G. Fundamentals of Vibration Study. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1942. 8vo, 128pp. Original red cloth, gilt lettered spine. Some fading to spine, minor rubbing to corners. First Published 1942. Initialled B.N.W. Sept. 1942
PIAGGIO, H. T. H. Differential Equations - An Elementary Treatise on Differential Equations and Their Applications. London: Bell 1942 8vo 259pp. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. Notepaper with pencilled triangles to page 47. Minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Signed B.N. Wallis
SOLD FOR £140
PIAGGIO, H. T. H. Differential Equations - An Elementary Treatise on Differential Equations and Their Applications. London: Bell 1942 8vo 259pp. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. Notepaper with pencilled triangles to page 47. Minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Signed B.N. Wallis
DIEHL, Walter Stuart. Engineering Aerodynamics. New York: The Ronald Press Company. 8vo, 556pp. Original green cloth, gilt lettered spine. Some rubbing to corners and edges of the spine. Fourth Printing, July 1940. Initialled B.N.W. April 1941
SOLD FOR £200
DIEHL, Walter Stuart. Engineering Aerodynamics. New York: The Ronald Press Company. 8vo, 556pp. Original green cloth, gilt lettered spine. Some rubbing to corners and edges of the spine. Fourth Printing, July 1940. Initialled B.N.W. April 1941
ALLEN, Edgar C. Machinery's Screw Thread Book. London: Machinery Publishing Co, Ltd 1940, 8vo, 147pp. Orange card cover with black lettered spine. Fading to spine, some minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Pastedown and endpaper with stuck labels "MR. WALLIS' PRIVATE COPY". Initialled to front cover B.N.W.
SOLD FOR £190
ALLEN, Edgar C. Machinery's Screw Thread Book. London: Machinery Publishing Co, Ltd 1940, 8vo, 147pp. Orange card cover with black lettered spine. Fading to spine, some minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Pastedown and endpaper with stuck labels "MR. WALLIS' PRIVATE COPY". Initialled to front cover B.N.W.
A Confidential handbook - 53.3 c/m Weymouth Torpedo for Turkish Destroyers. Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. 1940. 4to, 9pp. with 16 pull out cross section plates of torpedos. Original blue cloth, gilt lettering. Rubbing to corners and edges of spine.
SOLD FOR £220
A Confidential handbook - 53.3 c/m Weymouth Torpedo for Turkish Destroyers. Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. 1940. 4to, 9pp. with 16 pull out cross section plates of torpedos. Original blue cloth, gilt lettering. Rubbing to corners and edges of spine.
KARMAN. Theodore V and BIOT, Maurice A. Mathematical Methods in Engineering. New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1940. 8vo, 505pp. Original black cloth, gilt lettered spine. Minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. First Edition, Second Impression. Initialled B.N.W. 1940. Handwritten pencil notes with diagram to the back page
SOLD FOR £120
KARMAN. Theodore V and BIOT, Maurice A. Mathematical Methods in Engineering. New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1940. 8vo, 505pp. Original black cloth, gilt lettered spine. Minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. First Edition, Second Impression. Initialled B.N.W. 1940. Handwritten pencil notes with diagram to the back page
BACON, Admiral Sir Reginald and MCMURTRIE, Francis E. Modern Naval Strategy. London: Frederick Muller Ltd. 8vo, 208 pp. Original black cloth, white lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine, some minor foxing in places. Initialled BNW Salisbury Feb 15th 1945 and inscription To N Spark. With the authors best wishes Xmas 1940 R H Bacon. Having a loose leaf with pages numbers noted on which comments have been written in pencil
SOLD FOR £95
BACON, Admiral Sir Reginald and MCMURTRIE, Francis E. Modern Naval Strategy. London: Frederick Muller Ltd. 8vo, 208 pp. Original black cloth, white lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine, some minor foxing in places. Initialled BNW Salisbury Feb 15th 1945 and inscription To N Spark. With the authors best wishes Xmas 1940 R H Bacon. Having a loose leaf with pages numbers noted on which comments have been written in pencil
A collection of research pamphlets (14) from 1927-1940 mainly by The Aeronautical Research Committee to include : The Strength of Tubular Struts 1927, 44pp. (initialled B.N.W to front cover), A Non Dimensional Form of The Stability Equations of an Aeroplane March 1927, Light Alloys For Aeronautical Purposes 1934, 32pp., Summary of The Present State of Knowledge Regarding Sheet Metal Construction 1933, 20pp. (back cover missing), Buckling of Thin Plates in Compression 1933, 21pp. (back cover missing), Technical Report Into The Accident To The Aeroplane G-AAZK at Meopham Kent on 21st July 1930, published January 1931, 92pp., The Size-Grading of Sand by Wind 1937, The Optimum Size of Models for Studying Flow Through Nest of Tubes 1939, 9pp., Resistance To Flow Through Nest of Tubes 1939, 20pp. The Manufacture of High Strength Light Alloy Extrusions 1938-1939, 39pp., The Use of Model Data in Aeroplane Design 1939, 16pp., The Stresses in a Circular Ring Supported by Frictionless Radial Pins 1940 marked With the author's compliments (x2) and Sound Control in Buildings 1940
SOLD FOR £120
A collection of research pamphlets (14) from 1927-1940 mainly by The Aeronautical Research Committee to include : The Strength of Tubular Struts 1927, 44pp. (initialled B.N.W to front cover), A Non Dimensional Form of The Stability Equations of an Aeroplane March 1927, Light Alloys For Aeronautical Purposes 1934, 32pp., Summary of The Present State of Knowledge Regarding Sheet Metal Construction 1933, 20pp. (back cover missing), Buckling of Thin Plates in Compression 1933, 21pp. (back cover missing), Technical Report Into The Accident To The Aeroplane G-AAZK at Meopham Kent on 21st July 1930, published January 1931, 92pp., The Size-Grading of Sand by Wind 1937, The Optimum Size of Models for Studying Flow Through Nest of Tubes 1939, 9pp., Resistance To Flow Through Nest of Tubes 1939, 20pp. The Manufacture of High Strength Light Alloy Extrusions 1938-1939, 39pp., The Use of Model Data in Aeroplane Design 1939, 16pp., The Stresses in a Circular Ring Supported by Frictionless Radial Pins 1940 marked With the author's compliments (x2) and Sound Control in Buildings 1940
PLUMMER, H. C. Probability and Frequency. London: Macmillan and Co., 1940. 8vo, 265pp. Original green cloth, gilt lettered spine. Minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Initialled B.N.W. Dec. 1940
SOLD FOR £95
PLUMMER, H. C. Probability and Frequency. London: Macmillan and Co., 1940. 8vo, 265pp. Original green cloth, gilt lettered spine. Minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Initialled B.N.W. Dec. 1940
BAIRSTOW, Leonard. Applied Aerodynamics. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 8vo, 808pp. Original red cloth, gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Second Edition. Initialled B.N.W. 1939
SOLD FOR £100
BAIRSTOW, Leonard. Applied Aerodynamics. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 8vo, 808pp. Original red cloth, gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Second Edition. Initialled B.N.W. 1939
PIERCY, N.A.V. Aerodynamics, London: The English Universities Press Ltd. 1937, 8vo, 423pp. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. Some minor rubbing to corners and edge of spine. Book plate From The Library of Barnes Neville Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S. Handwritten notes and equations on pages 80, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387 and a created page 424
SOLD FOR £280
PIERCY, N.A.V. Aerodynamics, London: The English Universities Press Ltd. 1937, 8vo, 423pp. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. Some minor rubbing to corners and edge of spine. Book plate From The Library of Barnes Neville Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S. Handwritten notes and equations on pages 80, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387 and a created page 424
SOUTHWELL. R.V.. An Introduction To The Theory of Elasticity For Engineers and Physicists. Oxford: At The Clarenden Press 1936. 8vo, 509pp. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. Some fading to spine, minor rubbing to corners and edges of the spine. Signed B.N. Wallis
SOLD FOR £120
SOUTHWELL. R.V.. An Introduction To The Theory of Elasticity For Engineers and Physicists. Oxford: At The Clarenden Press 1936. 8vo, 509pp. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. Some fading to spine, minor rubbing to corners and edges of the spine. Signed B.N. Wallis