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COX, Harold Roxbee (1902-1997)

  • COX
  • Collection
  • 1999 (1902-1997)

Autobiography of Harold Roxbee Cox, Baron Kings Norton of Wotton Underwood " A Wrack Behind" (Cranfield University Press, 1999), covering his life and career, particularly the design and construction of the airship R.101, his association with Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle and the development of the jet propulsion gas turbine, and his association with Cranfield University.

Cox, Harold Roxbee, 1902-1997, Baron Kings Norton of Wotton Underwood, aeronautical engineer

HUNTER-TOD, AM Sir John (1917-2000)

  • HUNTER-TOD
  • Collection
  • 1950-1951

Two reports: 'The aerodynamic derivatives with respect to sideslip for a delta wing with small dihedral at supersonic speeds' by Sqn Ldr John Hunter-Tod and Abraham Robinson (College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, Dec 1950); 'The aerodynamic derivatives with respect to a rate of yaw for a delta wing with dihedral and at incidence at supersonic speeds' by Sqn Ldr J H Hunter-Tod (HMSO, 1957).

Todd, Sir John Hunter-, 1917-2000, Air Marshal

JACOBS-LARKCOM, Col Eric Herbert Larkcom (1895-1982)

  • JACOBS-LARKCOM
  • Collection
  • 1916-1945

Papers relating to service in World War One, 1917-1919, and in China, 1921-1945, including copies of personal letters from Army colleagues, 1918-1919; copy of manuscript account of service during third battle of Ypres, 1917; typescript narrative diary of 15 Field Company Royal Engineers, 8 Div, 2 Army, Somme, German March offensive, 1918, with copy of manuscript account ofthe German attack, 21 Mar 1918; correspondence relating to road surveys in China, 1921-1927, with copy of typescript account of journey by Jacobs-Larkcom from Yunnan to Sichuan, China, 1921; copies of two manuscript narrative diaries, British Military Mission to China, 1943-1945; three typescript articles relating to China entitled 'Disease', 'For those interested in the Chinese language' and 'River travel-and a question of cash' [1945].

Larkcom, Eric Herbert Larkcom Jacobs-, 1895-1982, Colonel

ROWELL, Sir Robin (1894-1981)

  • ROWELL
  • Collection
  • 1915-[1921]

Copies of papers and photographs relating to his military career, 1915-[1921], dated 1915-[1921], [1970-1980] and 1983, principally comprising letters to his father, 1915-1916; his flying log book, 1915-1917, covering his service with 1 Reserve Aeroplane Sqn, Royal Flying Corps, UK and with 8 and 12 Sqns, BEF, France; notes and texts of lectures relating to aerial combat tactics, produced by instructors at the Royal Flying Corps School of Aerial Gunnery, 1916; his diary, 1918, including details of his work [as an experimental pilot with the Aircraft Directorate and the Air Board]; notebook containing notes on the performance of various aircraft, [1918-1921]; 'Memoir of service with the Royal Flying Corps, 1915 and 1916', written in [1970-1980].

Rowell, Herbert Babington Robin, 1894-1981, Knight, aviation engineer and industrialist

TOMLINSON, Herbert (1845-1931)

  • C/PP4
  • Collection
  • 1881-1889

The papers of Herbert Tomlinson, [1895-1904], comprise a printed volume of lectures delivered to the Royal Society by Tomlinson between 1881 and 1889, mainly concerning the effects of strain in materials and on viscosity.

Tomlinson, Herbert, 1845-1931, physicist