Waters, Leslie
Person
Biographical Note
Mr. Leslie (Les) Waters was involved in diesel and gasoline engine design and development for 50 years, including 5 years of fuels and lubricants research at Shell Oil. He worked for Ricardo Group, and from 1975 to 1982 was Vice President for Engineering at Teledyne Continental Motors.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
I Kept No Diary: 60 Years with Marine Diesels, Automobile and Aero Engines, 1978, 1978
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 207, Call No.: TL 540 .B353 A34
Identifier: 20123043
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Preface): "This autobiography is not strictly a technical treatise, though certain aspects of my work might be of historical interest to those who have been similarly involved. I have for more than sixty years been engaged in the development and running problems of the internal combustion piston engine (marine diesels, automobile and aero engines)....
Dates:
Copyright: 1978; Publication: 1978
Memories and Machines: The Pattern of My Life, 1968, 1990
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 206, Call No.: TJ 140 .R53 A3 1990
Identifier: 20123044
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Foreword): "This book recounts the episodes that the author considers most significant both as regards his own full life and the technical developments which he has seen and influenced. It is of interest that the year of his birth (1885) was also the birth of the first real motor cars, for in that year both Daimler and Benz in...
Dates:
Publication: 1968; Issued: 1990
Whittle: The True Story, 1987, 1987
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 211, Call No.: TL 540 .W48 G65 1987
Identifier: 20123036
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.NB: Inside cover are three articles from 1981, 1996 and 1999 about Frank Whittle. Materials moved to folder in series 7 Subseries B (ID #20123036.01)Scope: Semi-autobiography of Sir Frank Whittle.Preface: "This is the human and dramatic story of a very great Englishman.By creating and giving birth to the turbojet, Sir Frank Whittle became one...
Dates:
Copyright: 1987; Publication: 1987