Special collection MC-19
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Contains 231 Results:
Rolls-Royce: The Years of Endeavour, 1978, 1978
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 197, Call No.: HD 9710 .G74 R573 1978
Identifier: 20171006
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: This is the second of three books in the history. Scope: Historical study of the Rolls-Royce company, written by Ian Lloyd, an independent historian.From the dust jacket: "Eagle, Condor, Kestrel and Merlin, Silver Ghost, Phantom and Bentley 3½ Litre - these are the distinctive and now famous names which mark the lineage of Rolls-Royce's...
Dates:
Copyright: 1978; Publication: 1978
Rolls-Royce: The Formative Years, 1906 - 1939 (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #1), 1981, 1982
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 194, Call No.: TL 215 .R6 H39 1982
Identifier: 20171009
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #1.NB: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are closely related. From "Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence" (1984): "Both organisations share the history of the early days and work closely in harmony. This Historical Series of books was started by the Trust and it...
Dates:
Copyright: 1981; Publication: 1982
Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #3), 1984, 1984
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 195, Call No.: TL 215 .R6 H4 1984
Identifier: 20171010
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #3.NB: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are closely related. From "Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence" (1984): "Both organisations share the history of the early days and work closely in harmony. This Historical Series of books was started by the Trust and it...
Dates:
Copyright: 1984; Publication: 1984
Henry Royce – Mechanic (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #12), 1989, 1989
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 200, Call No.: TL 140 .R65 .B37 1989
Identifier: 20171014
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #12.NB: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are closely related. From "Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence" (1984): "Both organisations share the history of the early days and work closely in harmony. This Historical Series of books was started by the Trust and...
Dates:
Publication: 1989; Copyright: 1989
To the Standards of Sir Henry Royce (24th Wings Club General Harold R. Harris "Sight" Lecture, presented 20 May 1987 at Inter-Continental Hotel, New York), 1987-05-20, 1987
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 201, Call No.: HE 9776.5 .R65 1987
Identifier: 20136003
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Presentation (Industry).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: 24th Wings Club General Harold R. Harris "Sight" Lecture, presented 20 May 1987 at the Inter-Continental Hotel, New York by Ralph H. Robins, Mamaging Director, Rolls-Royce plc.Contents: Robins describes the origin and history of both Charles Rolls, Frederick Royce and the company they created. He then focuses on their work on aeroplane engines and...
Dates:
1987-05-20; Copyright: 1987
Rolls-Royce: Hives’ Turbulent Barons (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #20), 1992, 1992
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 202, Call No.: HD 9710 .G72 H37 1992
Identifier: 20171015
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #20.NB: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are closely related. From "Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence" (1984): "Both organisations share the history of the early days and work closely in harmony. This Historical Series of books was started by the Trust and...
Dates:
Copyright: 1992; Publication: 1992
Fedden: The Life of Sir Roy Fedden (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #26), 1998, 1998
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 203, Call No.: TL 540 .F35 G86 1998
Identifier: 20171017
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #26.NB: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are closely related. From "Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence" (1984): "Both organisations share the history of the early days and work closely in harmony. This Historical Series of books was started by the Trust and...
Dates:
Publication: 1998; Copyright: 1998
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
Parks College: Legacy of an Aviation Pioneer, 1990, 1990
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 208, Call No.: TL 560.2 .P37 F33 1990
Identifier: 20060304
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Prologue): "Parks College is unique among the world's educational institutions. Its founder, Oliver L. Parks, was one of the pioneer aviators with the vision to see the need to build the College and to nurture it in time of peace and war. He proved to be even more visionary when he gave the school to Saint Louis University, thereby making it part of...
Dates:
Copyright: 1990; Publication: 1990
Jet: The Story of a Pioneer, 1953, 1953
Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 209, Call No.: TL 540 .W48 A3 1953
Identifier: 20171002
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Preface): "This book is not an autobiography. It is primarily the history I of my association with the development of the turbo-jet engine in Great Britain. I have included a very brief account of my life prior to my practical work on the turbo-jet engine, in order that the reader may have some idea of the nature of the soil in which the seed of an...
Dates:
Copyright: 1953; Publication: 1953