Propulsion Collection

H. M. S. Pincher - Algerine-Class Fleet Minesweeper
H.M.S. Pincher (J294 - later M294) - Algerine-Class Fleet Minesweeper fitted with Turbine propulsion machinery - commissioned in 1943, built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Date: circa 1950s

HMS Habbakuk in section
Illustration showing a cross section of the top secret design for HMS Habbakuk a giant aircraft-carrier built of ice and wood pulp, which was proposed as a secret weapon in the Second World War

D Napier and Son - Deltic
General arrangement of Deltic 18-11B MTB Driving End

RAF personnel completing Thor missile training course
RAF personnel, completing a 13-week training course on the Thor propulsion system at Rocketdyne. From left: Chief Technician Sidney Allen, Junior Technician Graham R.J

Original marine steam engine invented by Symington
The original marine steam engine invented by William Symington, 1787, placed on the deck of a pleasure boat, producing a speed of five miles per hour. Date: 1787

Roller skating with goat propulsion, Henry cartoon by Carl Anderson Date: 1936

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy T. 2 9Q-COA
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy T.2 9Q-COA Jason (msn 6791, ex XR136), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport, in November 1977

D Napier and Son - Special projects
Helicopter gas generator integral with rotor

D Napier and Son - Bristol centaurus
Bristol Centaurus 661 engine

D Napier and Son - Turbocharger prints
Napier turbocharger. Type NA-150

D Napier and Son - Nomad
Napier 5000 BHP E124 aero engine

D Napier and Son - Sabre E107
Gear idler LH sleeve & blower drive

D Napier and Son - Special projects
Breguet scheme for augmented lift

D Napier and Son - Gazelle
Gazelle Mk. 10101 ECU. Air diagram 6983

D Napier and Son - Sabre I, II & V
Diagrammatic Layout of Hobson-RAE. Master Control Injector Type: NS2 & NS4

D Napier and Son - Turbocharger
Napier na 450 Turbo-charger

D Napier and Son - Hercules
Bristol Hercules 730 Engine TP1536

D Napier and Son - Sealion
60-0 Power MTB Section through Camshaft Drives

How a railway train is propelled -- two diagrams of a locomotive engine, showing firebox, boiler, smoke box, steam chamber, cylinder and piston, safety valves, steam whistle and feed pipe. Date: 1841

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy C. 1 9Q-COE
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy C.1 9Q-COE (msn 6778, ex XP446), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy T. 2 9Q-COA
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy T.2 9Q-COA Jason (msn 6791, ex XR136), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport

Diagram of a German ME-262 Airplane, Second World War, 1945
Diagrammatic drawing of a German Messerschmitt 262 jet fighter, showing its construction and propulsion unit

Magnetic evitated train by Emile Bachelet 1914
Diagram for a magnetic evitated trains, primarily the invention is designed for the carrying of mail at the speed of 300 miles per hour

Paddle boat. Study by Leonardo da Vinci, 15th century. Mode
Paddle boat. Study by Leonardo da Vinci for a paddle propulsion boat. Windsor, Royal Library, sheet 12650, about 1490. Model by Louis Tursini, 1952

Mixed ship propulsion (sail and steam), and Spanish naval sh
History of navigation. 19th century. Mixed ship propulsion (sail and steam), and Spanish naval ship. Color engraving

Robert Fultons steamboat. Constructed by the North American engineer Robert FULTON (1765-1815). Colored engraving of the 19th century

Cycloscaphe 1896
The CYCLOSCAPHE gives a new meaning to the phrase three men and a boat with its adaptation of the bicycle to boat propulsion, the pedals turning the propeller. Date: 1896

Mikoyan I-250 -the Soviets were just starting to develop jet propulsion at wars end, this type being first flown in March 1945

Jet propulsion explained by G. H. Davis
Jet propulsion explained: a system in its practical stage at this phase of the Second World War. Drawings explaining the principle employed in Britains new jet-propelled fighter aircraft. 1944

Russian Wind Propelled Skier
A Russian skier clutching a large sail, used to provide propulsion via harnessing wind. Date: Circa 1900

Fernand Forest - French Inventor
Fernand Forest (1851-1914) French inventor and specialist in propulsion technologies. Played a key role in the history and development of the automobile. Date: 1888

A 1949 jet deflection vectored-thrust propulsion concept by Percy Walwyn. Date: 1949

George Cayleys third design for an airship, showing, left, head-on view with airscrew propulsion and, right, side view with flapper propulsion. 1817. Shown here as re-engraved on 4 March 1837

George Cayleys design (side elevation) for contra-rotating tandem airscrews for airship propulsion; the airscrews have curved blades mounted on rods radiating from the hubs; the whole mounting can be

Blue Steel propulsion test ring at Boscombe Down

Technicians at NACAs Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory
Technicians at the NACAs Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory making final adjustments on a full-scale ramjet engine for a guided missile in the 8 by 6 foot test section of the worlds largest

Experimental model of a supersonic guided missile which is being tested in the 8 by 6 foot supersonic wind tunnel of NACAs Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory

Research model of a guided missile
Constructed for research in the worlds largest supersonic wind tunnel at NACAs Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, this research model of a guided missile incorporates a ramjet engine buried in

Whittle jet propulsion gas turbine. test installation of third model of experimental engine

Nautilus pompilius, nautilus

LCC-LFB Early motorised fire engine
This machine was one of the early self-propelled petrol motor fire engines used by the LFB. It was made by Merryweather and Sons Limited

Proposed design for balloon utilizing sails for propulsion, Paris, 1783. Design drawing shows two men in basket steering balloon by manipulation of a sail

Balloons, airships, and other flying machines designed with some form of propulsion. Date between 1885 and 1904

Shooting birds from floating cycle
A sporting gentleman in top hat hunts ducks out in the middle of a lake thanks to his remarkable floating aquatic cycle - useability possibly determinate on the level of swell

Hydraulic Propellors of HMS Waterwitch, November 1866
Engraving of HMS Waterwitch and her hydraulic propellors, from the Illustrated London News, 17th November 1866. Built in 1866 at Thames Ironworks, Blackwall

Airship of Pluto
The people of Pluto solve the problem, how to fly when theres no atmosphere, by developing this flying wing which uses electro-magnetic force for propulsion

Cayleys Helicopter
CAYLEYs HELICOPTER-AEROPLANE With two lateral helicopter rotors to provide lift, and two propellers for propulsion, this is an astonishingly far- sighted proposal

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
KONSTANTIN EDUARDOVICH TSIOLKOVSKY, Russian pioneer of aeronautics, jet propulsion and space flight technology

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