Whittle, Frank, Air Commodore Sir, 1907-1996
Person
Biography
Locale: Great Britain
Inventor of jet engine
Occupations
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Jet: The Story of a Pioneer, 1954
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 210, Call No.: TL 540 .W48 A3 1954
Identifier: 20180008
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:
Publication: 1954