Engineering

Eshelby Manuscripts

Fonds

Reference code: 144

Scope and Contents A collection of papers relating to work on materials science carried out by John Douglas Eshelby. The collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, research papers and miscellaneous documents relating to the working life of John Douglas Eshelby, notably relating to the subject area of materials science, but also including mathematics, theoretical physics, languages and archaeology.For further details of this collection please see the listing in the External Document section...

Dates: 1957 - 1981

Found in: Special Collections and Archives

Exhibition and Entertainments Handbills, c1790 - 1939

Sub-Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 2: Series 178T1

Reference code: 178T1.236-342

Scope and Contents

Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances at a wide range of venues.

Dates: c1790 - 1939

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills

Extension to Ghost Train Track Blueprint, 29 April 1932

Item

Reference code: 178M15.29(xviii)

Scope and Contents

Extension to No.13 track for Belle Vue ghost train, scale 3/8" by Messrs Orton, Sons & Spooner. Drawing X469a.

Dates: 29 April 1932

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Extension to No.13 Track Blueprint, 28 April 1932

Item

Reference code: 178M15.28(xxiii)

Scope and Contents

Blueprint showing extension track for Belle Vue No.13 ride by Messrs Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd. Drawing X469A.

Dates: 28 April 1932

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Fairground Ride Designs and Mechanisms

External Connections for Type H Single Phase Motor Blueprint, 7 June 1926

Item

Reference code: 178M15.1

Scope and Contents

Blueprint of external connections for Type H, single phase motor with twin OB switch by Higgs Motors of Birmingham Z580.

Dates: 7 June 1926

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans

Extraordinary Novelty Handbill, 1843

Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1

Reference code: 178T1.31

Scope and Contents

Grand Centrifugal Railway, and Dubourg's Wax Works at Great Windmill St, Haymarket. 200ft Long roller coaster, down a steep incline through a loop and then up another incline to safety at speed of over 100mph. Accompanied by Dubourg's Waxworks exhibition. Printed by George Stuart, 15 Archr-Street, Great Windmill Street, Haymarket.

Dates: 1843

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills / Piccadilly, Piccadilly Hall and Haymarket Handbills

Extraordinary Novelty Handbill, 1843

Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1

Reference code: 178T1.32

Scope and Contents

Grand Centrifugal Railway, and Dubourg's Wax Works at Great Windmill St, Haymarket. 200ft Long roller coaster, down a steep incline through a loop and then up another incline to safety at speed of over 100mph. Accompanied by Dubourg's Waxworks exhibition. Printed by J.W. Peel, 74, New Cut, Lambeth.

Dates: 1843

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills / Piccadilly, Piccadilly Hall and Haymarket Handbills

Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints, c1921 - 1939

Sub-Series

Reference code: 178M15.29

Scope and Contents

Layout sketches and blueprints for Ghost Train tracks and details drawings, as well as blueprints of sections of cradles, including design for Belle Vue, Brixton, Bournemouth, Weymouth and Hastings.

Dates: c1921 - 1939