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Reference code
STERN 2/23/8
Title
Letter from Professor John Peck to Stern, 8 May 1941, about hydraulic transmission in tanks
Date(s)
- 1941 May 8 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Letter from John Frederick Peck, Professor of Hydraulics, Loughborough College Scientific Society to Stern, outlining the details of hydraulic transmissions for use in tanks with engines in excess of 300 horse power which he wished to obtain from US Col G A Green, Mission of William Averell Harriman, US Special Envoy to the UK in response to Green's offer to provide the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply with information about US heavy tank production. 2pp
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Originals of photocopied personal correspondence (Section 1/17) are at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.