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Selasa, 2026-06-16 10:20:59Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British...
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Minggu, 2026-02-01 13:33:46The Metrovick 950 was a transistorized computer, built from 1956 onwards by British company Metropolitan-Vickers, to the extent of six or seven machines...
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Minggu, 2025-12-21 19:00:10however; the design was passed from Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick) to Armstrong Siddeley when Metrovick left the gas turbine business. Armstrong Siddeley produced...
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Rabu, 2026-07-22 21:45:24supervision in production was the British firm Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick). The firm had actively pursued engineering contracts outside of the UK...
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Rabu, 2026-07-01 02:26:081950s. It was the ultimate development of work that had started as the Metrovick F.2 in 1940, evolving into an advanced axial flow design with an annular...
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Selasa, 2026-06-16 10:21:37MetroVick electric vehicles were a range of battery electric road vehicles produced by the heavy engineering company Metropolitan-Vickers between 1934...
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Sabtu, 2026-05-09 03:54:52(Metro-Vick Type 2) diesel-electric locomotives, known variously as 'Metrovicks', 'Crossleys' or 'Co-Bos', were built under the Pilot Scheme for diesel...
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Jumat, 2026-07-31 04:10:33in 1945, when they bought designs and manufacturing rights from Metrovick. The Metrovick designs were for 4-wheeled vehicles, but they also produced 3-wheeled...
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Sabtu, 2025-09-06 10:33:06in Natal in 1925. The locomotive was designed by Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick) of Manchester while the mechanical parts of the unit were approved by...
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Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:42:14start restoration. Karrier type W trolleybus No. 105, built in 1948 with Metrovick equipment and a Park Royal Vehicles H30/26R double deck body. carried...
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Selasa, 2026-07-28 05:51:55Germany. Later in 1943, the British ground tested the Metrovick F.3 turbofan, which used the Metrovick F.2 turbojet as a gas generator with the exhaust discharging...
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Rabu, 2026-02-11 00:37:55Metropolitan-Vickers in their Metrovick 950, in which all the circuitry was modified to make use of junction transistors. Six Metrovick 950s were built, the first...
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Sabtu, 2023-07-08 13:22:34Belgian electric locomotive introduced in 2007 British Rail Class 28 "Metrovick", British diesel-electric locomotive L&YR Class 28, British 0-6-0 steam...
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Selasa, 2026-06-30 06:45:03referred to them by their numbers. In 1947, MGB 2009 was fitted with a Metrovick gas turbine, thereby becoming the world's first gas turbine-powered naval...
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Senin, 2025-10-27 04:26:22instrumental in reforming accounting practices in the UK. Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick) British Thomson-Houston (BTH) Ferguson, Pailin & Co (switchgear) Edison...
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Rabu, 2026-05-27 07:14:30engine design was Metrovick, who started with a design known as the Metrovick F.2. This engine never entered production, and Metrovick turned to a larger...
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Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:41:00fact that the electrical equipment was supplied by Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick). Four vehicles arrived in 1935, six in 1936, six in 1937, and the final...
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Selasa, 2026-08-04 11:24:35diffusion equipment itself was manufactured by Metropolitan-Vickers (MetroVick) at Trafford Park, Manchester, at a cost of £150,000 for four units (est...
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Rabu, 2024-10-02 07:00:05Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 05:47:11Comparable engines Junkers Jumo 004 Ishikawajima Ne-20 Heinkel HeS 30 Metrovick F.2 Westinghouse J30 Related lists List of aircraft engines "BMW 003 Turbojet...
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Selasa, 2025-12-16 00:05:06arrangement Image India GIPR EA/1 22 1928–1930 SLM, Metrovick 2′Bo(A1) India GIPR EA/2 1 1938 SLM, Metrovick 2’Bo(A1) Switzerland SBB-CFF-FFS Ae 8/14 11851...
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Minggu, 2026-06-07 19:59:33resembled the propfan concept was the 4,710 pounds-force (21.0 kilonewtons) Metrovick F.5, which featured twin contra-rotating fans—14 blades in the fore (front)...
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Rabu, 2026-08-26 18:29:41transmission cables. The Chain Home radar transmitters were built by Metrovick at its Trafford Park Works, which became part of AEI in 1929, GEC in 1968...
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Minggu, 2026-06-21 19:44:50that exhaust thrust is practical. The Metrovick efforts are quickly reworked into a turbojet design, the Metrovick F.2. November: Müller's team restarts...
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Kamis, 2026-06-18 21:15:47Industries (AEI), and in 1928 AEI bought BTH and Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick). BTH had been in the process of buying the Edison and Swan Electric Light...
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Jumat, 2026-07-24 06:53:17company was taken over as the Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company; Metrovick. At the same time they came into Metropolitan's railway interests. A reorganisation...
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Kamis, 2025-09-04 10:13:13only the much simpler "Freda" design would ever see production, as the Metrovick F.2 and later the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire. Much of the pioneering...
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Minggu, 2026-07-19 23:29:51could provide hundreds of sets, demanded "ten that work". The Cossor and MetroVick sets were overweight for aircraft use and the RAF lacked night fighter...
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Jumat, 2026-07-03 15:28:02twin-engined fighter-bomber, the P.1056, based on two fuselage-mounted Metrovick F.2/4 "Beryl" engines. The aircraft used a relatively conventional aerodynamic...
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Selasa, 2026-06-16 14:24:42Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company, its name often shortened to Metrovick. At the same time Vickers gained Metropolitan's railway interests. Wolseley...
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Sabtu, 2026-07-04 23:32:36later becoming a ground instructional airframe. DG204/G, powered by Metrovick F.2 engines, first flew on 13 November 1943; DG204/G was lost in an accident...
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Jumat, 2026-08-14 11:24:09engine – either the Rolls Royce AJ.65 (later known as the Avon), or the Metrovick F.9 (later known as the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire) – was the subject...
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Rabu, 2026-07-01 05:12:28Propulsion Single-shaft COSAG 1 Steam turbine 12,500 shp (9,300 kW) 1 Metrovick G-6 gas turbine 7,500 shp (5,600 kW) Speed 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)...
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Rabu, 2026-03-25 12:00:14turbine rated at 12,500 shp (9,300 kW), which could be supplemented by a Metrovick G-6 gas turbine rated at 7,500 shp (5,600 kW) to reach top speed, with...
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Senin, 2026-08-17 14:16:45Finlay's Casebook John Mathieson Dodds, apprentice and engineer with Metrovick, Manchester and radar pioneer in Chain Home defence system for 1940 Battle...
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Rabu, 2026-06-24 08:13:31turboprop but later re-engineered the design as a pure jet known as the Metrovick F.2. Rolls-Royce had already copied the W.1 to produce the low-rated WR...
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Selasa, 2025-11-11 06:02:24Siddeley Python saw use in the Westland Wyvern. In December 1941, Metrovick ran its Metrovick F.2 engine for the first time. While successful, the engine was...
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Rabu, 2026-08-26 18:26:02the RAF version had Metrovick F.9 engines, although these would soon be known as the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire when Metrovick sold its engine division...
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Kamis, 2025-12-11 04:11:28Beam 64 ft 4 in (19.61 m) Draught 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m) Propulsion 2 x Metrovick double reduction geared steam turbines, 6,800 hp (5,100 kW). Speed 14...
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Senin, 2026-06-15 11:58:15popular. The de Havilland company was also a competitor to Rolls-Royce and Metrovick in the early years of jet engine development. Employing the services of...
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Rabu, 2026-06-17 03:18:21Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...
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Sabtu, 2024-11-16 22:46:43electric locomotive with Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick) in 1944. Although the locomotive was designed by Metrovick who also supplied the electrical equipment...
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Rabu, 2026-08-12 12:18:31examples ever produced. In the UK, their first axial-flow engine, the Metrovick F.2, ran in 1941 and was first flown in 1943. Although more powerful than...
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Selasa, 2026-01-13 11:00:13geared, driving a single screw propeller . The turbines were made by Metrovick, Manchester, Lancashire. They could propel her at 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h)...
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Jumat, 2026-02-13 17:41:23Metro Cammell (Driving Motor Brake and Trailer) and were equipped with Metrovick traction equipment Crompton Parkinson traction motors. Each carriage featured...
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Selasa, 2025-04-15 20:17:126LDA28 Engine type Four-stroke diesel Generator DC Traction motors DC Metrovick MV137, 4 off Transmission Diesel electric Loco brake Westinghouse air...
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Jumat, 2026-08-21 07:46:03physical layout. Engineers for the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company (Metrovick) were given a show trial and deported in 1933, ending the role of British...
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Selasa, 2026-06-16 14:25:46Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...
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Selasa, 2026-07-28 18:20:10vessel of the Wallasey fleet, with four diesel generators connected to two Metrovick marine propulsion units. The vessel differed from all the other ferries...
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Kamis, 2026-01-29 21:33:47Tosi OTV-320 diesels were paired with each 7,500 shp (5,600 kW) Tosi-Metrovick G.6 gas turbine to provide a maximum speed of 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)...
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Rabu, 2026-08-26 22:51:51firm of Metropolitan-Vickers in their Metrovick 950, the first commercial transistor computer anywhere. Six Metrovick 950s were built, the first completed...
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Jumat, 2026-07-31 05:33:32"Hythe Pier Railway". Disused Stations. Roberts 2010, p. 13. Signage on Metrovick FWB 784. The Transport Museum, Wythall. Georgano 1996, p. 25. "2-tonner...
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Rabu, 2026-02-04 21:01:23Propulsion Single-shaft COSAG 1 Steam turbine 12,500 shp (9,300 kW) 1 Metrovick G-6 gas turbine 7,500 shp (5,600 kW) Speed 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)...
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Rabu, 2026-03-25 10:42:51Propulsion Single-shaft COSAG 1 Steam turbine 12,500 shp (9,300 kW) 1 Metrovick G-6 gas turbine 7,500 shp (5,600 kW) Speed 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)...
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Kamis, 2026-08-06 12:51:39Metrovick Type T3026 transmitter...
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Rabu, 2026-03-25 09:02:37Propulsion Single-shaft COSAG 1 Steam turbine 12,500 shp (9,300 kW) 1 Metrovick G-6 gas turbine 7,500 shp (5,600 kW) Speed 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)...
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Jumat, 2026-06-26 04:10:09diffusion equipment itself was manufactured by Metropolitan-Vickers (MetroVick) at Trafford Park, Manchester, at a cost of £150,000 (equivalent to £7...
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Selasa, 2025-08-26 05:48:53Newton-le-Willows. The electrical components of all 41 locomotives was built by Metrovick, based on drawings by Brown, Boveri & Cie, Baden, Switzerland. These were...
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Jumat, 2026-01-02 21:40:27Marconi Marconi Transistorised Automatic Computer (T.A.C.) Marconi Myriad Metrovick 950 MOSAIC Pilot ACE Royal Radar Establishment Automatic Computer SOLIDAC...
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Kamis, 2026-07-23 17:54:56Order of the British Empire. Later he worked for Metropolitan-Vickers (MetroVick), the company that had once been British Westinghouse. In 1923 he was...
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Kamis, 2026-07-30 14:53:40A 'Metrovick' passing through Grange-over-Sands, June 1963...
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Senin, 2026-07-27 22:21:35Kenyon Taylor (1908–1996); invented 1947 by Ralph Benjamin. 1956 onwards: Metrovick 950, the first commercial transistor computer, built by the Metropolitan-Vickers...
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Kamis, 2026-08-27 03:28:39Station 2LO". On 16 May 1922, the Metropolitan Vickers Company Ltd. ("Metrovick") with links to Westinghouse in the USA commenced test broadcasting from...
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Minggu, 2025-07-20 12:15:23Taunton; Metrovick) 1997-2001 Lisbon (in service) Motor cars built in 1936-1940 by Lisbon’s Carris on Maley & Taunton trucks with Metrovick equipment...
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Selasa, 2025-11-18 07:58:13Propulsion Single-shaft COSAG 1 Steam turbine 12,500 shp (9,300 kW) 1 Metrovick G-6 gas turbine 7,500 shp (5,600 kW) Speed 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)...
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Kamis, 2026-04-16 02:52:45reached an agreement with the steam turbine company Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick) in 1937, starting their turboprop effort based on the Griffith design...
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Rabu, 2026-06-17 00:30:27Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...
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Selasa, 2026-04-28 00:18:09Class 303 units utilised electrical gear made by Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick). They were originally dual voltage; parts of the North Clyde Line and...
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Minggu, 2026-06-14 08:50:10reliable junction transistors. The production version was known as the Metrovick 950 and was built from 1956 to the extent of six or seven machines, which...
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Minggu, 2026-06-21 15:36:30seats for 54 passengers, mounted on a 4-wheel Peckham P22 truck with two Metrovick 102DR 60 hp motors using BTH B510 controllers, with braking systems being...
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Jumat, 2025-11-21 16:00:27locomotive ever employed on British Railways, even more so than the ill-fated Metrovick Co-Bo. The twin Paxman engines were unreliable, being prone to camshaft...
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Rabu, 2026-03-25 08:54:45turbine rated at 12,500 shp (9,300 kW), which could be supplemented by a Metrovick G-6 gas turbine rated at 7,500 shp (5,600 kW) to reach top speed, with...
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Selasa, 2026-06-16 10:55:09and using separate transmit and receive antennas. Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick) was contracted to build a test system, which consisted of a gantry framework...
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Jumat, 2026-07-24 23:02:23Babcock & Wilcox boilers, geared steam turbines, 30,000 shp (22,000 kW) 4× Metrovick G6 gas turbines, 30,000 shp Speed 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) Range 3,500...
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Rabu, 2026-07-15 09:10:52completed 1956, Japan's first transistorized stored-program computer MIT TX-0 Metrovick 950 Burroughs SM-65 Atlas ICBM Guidance Computer MOD1, AN/GSQ-33 (no relation...
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Rabu, 2026-03-25 10:17:12turbine rated at 12,500 shp (9,300 kW), which could be supplemented by a Metrovick G-6 gas turbine rated at 7,500 shp (5,600 kW) to reach top speed, with...
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Selasa, 2026-06-16 08:28:23(MV) which drew supplies from the BTH factories, selling them under the 'Metrovick' brand; and the Edison & Swan Electric Light Company (Ediswan), which...
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Minggu, 2026-05-10 06:24:55List of computer hardware manufacturers Manchester Transistor Computer Metrovick 950 Transistor Castanias, R. P., and J. E. Sherman. "Review of Computer...
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Sabtu, 2026-03-28 03:45:26Rail Museum, New Delhi Type and origin Power type Electric Builder SLM, Metrovick Build date 1928–1930 Total produced 22 Specifications Configuration: ...
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Minggu, 2026-07-12 00:34:26800 kPa) and 700 °F (371 °C; 644 K)) from Babcock & Wilcox boilers) and two Metrovick G6 gas turbines (each rated at 7,500 shaft horsepower (5,600 kW)), with...
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Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:42:0672-seat BUT (1952-56, and 10 72-seat Sunbeam S7 (1959, 1967-68). Most had Metrovick electrical equipment, with bodies by Brush, East Lancs, Park Royal, Roe...
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Jumat, 2026-08-07 06:38:08Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...
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Minggu, 2025-03-02 09:07:21Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...
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Minggu, 2026-08-09 09:58:03relativity, and started a basis for an enhanced SI unit system. 1956 Metrovick 950, the first commercial transistor computer, is built by the Metropolitan-Vickers...
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Rabu, 2026-05-20 20:11:02The trials were a total success and over the next four years, all 94 Metrovicks were fitted with replacement EMD 645 engines. Eighteen new GM locomotives...
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Kamis, 2026-03-19 05:02:55Caproni Ca 311, Caproni Ca 313 F.2/40 Fighter using Whittle jet-propulsion (Metrovick) – written for Meteor – see also F.9/40 Gloster Meteor II B.3/40 OR.80...
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Selasa, 2026-08-11 10:42:34Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...
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Kamis, 2026-08-20 07:42:11Meteor Alfa 5 Metrovick F.1 Metrovick F.2 Freda Metrovick F.2/2 Metrovick F.2/3 Metrovick F.2/4 Beryl Metrovick F.3 Metrovick F.5 Metrovick F.9 Sapphire...
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Rabu, 2026-08-26 11:32:59Laboratory Point-contact transistors, 1,800 diodes, stored program capability Metrovick 950 200 1956 Metropolitan-Vickers Discrete junction transistors NEC NEAC-2201...
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Rabu, 2026-07-29 02:37:17used a two-shaft design, with an axial compressor based on that of the Metrovick F.2 for the low-pressure section, and a single-sided centrifugal compressor...
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Jumat, 2026-08-07 23:50:20which was the fifth Meteor prototype, and the Metropolitan-Vickers (MetroVick) engines outperformed those of Power Jets. The highest speed of any Meteor...
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Kamis, 2026-07-30 17:44:14over 30 mph (48 km/h) on a number of occasions. Donald Campbell had two Metrovick Beryl engines that were interchangeable during K7's life. These were used...
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Minggu, 2026-03-01 08:42:25started arriving, they found the Metrovick transmitter was also the bench model, and when they protested, Metrovick noted that Watson-Watt had personally...
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Kamis, 2024-09-12 02:05:17After the AW.54 was criticized for lack of power, the AW.54A with two MetroVick F.3 turbojets was submitted. Submissions were also made by Blackburn and...
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Kamis, 2025-12-18 19:36:54Metropolitan-Vickers, also known as Metrovick, was a division of Associated Electrical Industries or AEI. The Metrovick brand was dropped in 1959, and the...
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Jumat, 2026-08-21 19:57:19passengers, and were mounted on a four-wheel Peckham P22 truck with two Metrovick 102DR 60 hp motors operated by British Thomson-Houston B510 controllers...
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Minggu, 2026-03-29 14:56:47design, working with steam turbine manufacturer Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick). After a short period, Whittle's work at Power Jets started to make major...
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Sabtu, 2026-06-13 06:50:432014. Retrieved 27 November 2017. #532-551 were built in 1928, with two Metrovick 45hp motors on Maley trucks. »(…)« #736-745 were 4 wheelers, built in...
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Jumat, 2025-12-12 19:15:13WCP-2) - 2′BoA2′- 22+1 units built in 1928-30 by SLM, Vulcan Foundry and MetroVick. EB/1 and EC/1 (later on WCP-3 and WCP-4) - 2′Co2′ - 1+1 units built in...
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Minggu, 2025-10-19 04:21:37built had to be found. A factory at Yarm Road, Stockton-on-Tees, on which Metrovicks had acquired a lease in 1947, was chosen as the location. The factory...
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Selasa, 2026-08-18 04:11:47Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...
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Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:40:37Nottingham 59–62 2-axle 1950 1960 BUT 9611T MetroVick NCB H28/26R sold to Walsall 63–64 2-axle 1951 1960 Crossley Empire MetroVick Roe H29/25R sold to Walsall...
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Sabtu, 2026-08-08 06:08:20impressive that the 277T was ordered into production at Allen West & Co., Metrovick and the Marconi Company for Army and Royal Air Force (RAF) use as Chain...
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Minggu, 2026-05-10 00:10:36and a power station, loading and unloading without stopping or shunting Metrovick Locomotives constructed by Metropolitan-Vickers, especially the British...
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Minggu, 2026-05-10 03:52:58transistor-based computer. Metropolitan-Vickers later built this commercially as the Metrovick 950, delivering seven. At the time, transistors were very expensive, compared...
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Senin, 2026-06-15 17:44:02Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...
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Kamis, 2025-05-29 22:29:57built in South Africa in quantity. Series 2 of the Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick)-designed 3 kV DC Class 5E1 electric locomotive was built for the South...
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Rabu, 2026-08-19 22:26:00British Westinghouse became Metropolitan-Vickers Electric Company Limited (Metrovick) late in 1919 following its financial collapse and subsequent rescue....
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Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:41:49Nottingham 59–62 2-axle 1950 1960 BUT 9611T MetroVick NCB H28/26R sold to Walsall 63–64 2-axle 1951 1960 Crossley Empire MetroVick Roe H29/25R sold to Walsall...
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Senin, 2025-06-02 17:39:58on valves for some high powered circuitry and was developed into the Metrovick 950. He continued to be an integral part of NCR until his retirement in...
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Sabtu, 2026-01-10 01:40:28Ashton-on-Mersey Ashton-under-Lyne Bowden Congleton De La Salle (Salford) Kersal Metrovick North Manchester Old Bedians Old Salians Tyldesley Vickers The original...
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Rabu, 2026-03-25 08:06:21800 kPa) and 950 °F (510 °C; 783 K) from Babcock & Wilcox boilers) and two Metrovick G6 gas turbines (each rated at 7,500 shaft horsepower (5,600 kW)), with...
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Minggu, 2026-03-08 12:45:40major landmarks in his career with his design and development work on the Metrovick 950, the world's first computer made from transistors rather than valves...
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Kamis, 2026-08-27 03:47:55Central Railway, was originally painted in unauthentic LMS Crimson lake. MetroVick Co-Bo D5705, the sole remaining member of Class 28, was preserved from...
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Sabtu, 2026-02-07 01:18:14production of the transmitters at Metrovick and receivers at A.C. Cossor. These turned out to be the wrong products: Metrovick had been told to directly copy...
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Rabu, 2026-05-20 16:42:09nevertheless classified in a new series. The electrical equipment from Metrovick was installed in the halls of the SLM in Winterthur. After the voltage...
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Senin, 2026-07-13 14:01:18Vickers Company and renamed Metropolitan-Vickers, often shortened to Metrovicks. In 1903 the Cooperative Wholesale Society (CWS), bought land at Trafford...
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Selasa, 2026-06-16 09:15:05Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...
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Kamis, 2025-12-11 03:59:22complement consisted of 60 officers and ratings. She was powered by two Metrovick-Curtis geared steam turbines, each driving one shaft using steam provided...
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Jumat, 2026-01-16 04:15:59Tosi OTV-320 diesels were paired with each 7,500 shp (5,600 kW) Tosi-Metrovick G.6 gas turbine to provide a maximum speed of 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)...
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Kamis, 2024-06-27 06:00:32Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Company, each with four 265 horsepower (198 kW) Metrovick motors, 23 composite trailers from the Clayton Wagon Company, and driving...
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Rabu, 2026-08-19 09:19:05diodes and 200 transistors, and was sold by Metropolitan-Vickers as the Metrovick 950. Kilburn's next project, known as Atlas, aimed to create a fast computer...
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Rabu, 2026-04-08 03:17:440 in) Draught 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) Propulsion 2-shaft CODAG system 2 Tosi/Metrovick G6 gas turbines 15,000 shp (11,000 kW) 4 Tosi V12 QTV-320(-12) diesel...
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Sabtu, 2024-09-07 21:59:02South African Railways (SAR) by Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick) at its Bowesfield Works. Metrovick was one of the companies owned by the Associated Electrical...
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Selasa, 2024-10-08 20:45:54built in 1950. Sunbeam F4 trolleybus - Ipswich Corporation No. 126 with Metrovick equipment and Park Royal H30/25R double deck body - ADX 196 - built in...
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Jumat, 2026-08-21 16:45:19Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...
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Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:47:242-axle 1961 1967-70 Crossley TDD42/3 MetroVick Roe H29/25R ex Cleethorpes 874 2-axle 1962 1970 BUT 9611T MetroVick NCB H26/26R ex Cleethorpes 875-876 2-axle...
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Senin, 2026-06-22 22:21:41under the name ASVS for "Sentimetric". A prototype was available from Metrovick in the summer of 1942, but they predicted it would not be widely available...
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Kamis, 2026-07-23 23:45:10800 kPa) and 950 °F (510 °C; 783 K)) from Babcock & Wilcox boilers) and two Metrovick G6 gas turbines (each rated at 7,500 shaft horsepower (5,600 kW)), with...
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Jumat, 2026-06-12 21:07:52contracts with Ferranti for production electronics and Metropolitan Vickers (Metrovick) for the scanning antenna system, which would be known as ASV Mark III...
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Minggu, 2026-07-05 23:04:10a private venture. This was a 56 ft span medium bomber powered by two Metrovick F.2/4 "Beryl" engines located within the fuselage and he persuaded the...
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Kamis, 2025-05-29 22:27:54arrangement in mainline service. Series 4 of the Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick)-designed 3 kV DC Class 5E1 electric locomotive was built for the South...
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Rabu, 2026-02-11 05:16:10appointment in April 1945. Petter's original B1/44 concept used a pair of Metrovick centrifugal engines mounted in the fuselage. Page was certain that to...
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Jumat, 2026-07-24 23:35:26De La Salle (Salford) 1993–94 13 Fleetwood Tyldesley Smith Brothers, Metrovick, Moresby 1994–95 13 Windermere Workington De La Salle (Salford) 1995–96...
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Sabtu, 2026-07-11 09:15:29Siddeley Orpheus Bristol Proteus de Havilland Gipsy Major Gnome Monosoupape Metrovick Beryl Napier Gazelle Napier Lion Napier Naiad Napier Sabre Napier Scorpion...
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Kamis, 2026-07-23 23:54:14800 kPa) and 950 °F (510 °C; 783 K)) from Babcock & Wilcox boilers) and two Metrovick G6 gas turbines (each rated at 7,500 shaft horsepower (5,600 kW)), with...
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Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:45:14Electric Park Royal H30/26R 158-169 3-axle 1948-51 1955-56 Karrier E6 MetroVick Brush H34/30R 170-181 3-axle 1950 By 1967-68 Sunbeam S7 BTH Park Royal...
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Senin, 2025-10-20 13:31:24supported the electrical equipment. This electrical equipment was supplied by Metrovick but the locomotives were built by SLM and used their Winterthur drive...
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Kamis, 2024-02-01 00:22:12arrangement in mainline service. Series 3 of the Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick) designed 3 kV DC Class 5E1 electric locomotive was built for the South...
Click to read more »Beryl May Dent
Senin, 2026-07-20 18:54:53electronics, steam turbines, and diesel locomotives. They built the Metrovick 950, the first commercial transistorised computer. In 1917, a Research...
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Rabu, 2026-06-03 20:59:02Veronica Mary (2016). "Part Three: Isabel Hardwich: A WES stalwart at Metrovicks" (PDF). Metropolitan Vickers: Arthur Fleming's Influence on the Origins...
Click to read more »RFA Wave Conqueror
Jumat, 2025-11-07 07:51:01Beam 64 ft 4 in (19.61 m) Draught 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m) Propulsion 2 x Metrovick double reduction geared steam turbines, 6,800 hp (5,100 kW). Speed 14...
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Minggu, 2024-09-08 15:22:54Meteor SpA, Costruzione Aeronautiche – Italy Metropolitan-Vickers, (Metrovick) – United Kingdom Mexican Agricultural Aeronautics – see AAMSA Meyer,...
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Rabu, 2026-06-17 01:28:54Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...
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Minggu, 2026-08-09 01:55:37Fully loaded, she displaced 16,650 tons. The ship was propelled by two Metrovick-type double reduction geared steam turbines, which were fed by three drum...
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Rabu, 2025-11-12 01:28:42Barclay, Curle launched Megvana. Modasa was completed in December 1921 with Metrovick-Rateau steam turbines. Domala's diesel engines obviated the need for 40...
Click to read more »Henry Lewis Guy
Minggu, 2026-07-12 10:34:37engineer at that company, a post he was to hold until 1941. Whilst at Metrovicks, Guy was responsible for many innovations in the design of steam turbo-generators...
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Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:44:14Electric H30/26R ex Southend-on-Sea 441 2-axle 1941 1952 Daimler CTM4 Metrovick Weymann H28/26R ex demonstrator 304-309 3-axle 1941 1946 Guy BTX Rees-Stevens...
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Selasa, 2024-12-31 21:32:13University W Howarth Fylde J L Lumby Waterloo Henry Fry Liverpool R T Simpson Metrovick A N Clint Waterloo E W Crewe Broughton Park Fred Huskisson Old Merchant...
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Selasa, 2026-06-16 15:59:35Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...
Click to read more »South African Class ES
Minggu, 2026-03-08 21:20:06mainline locomotive which was originally designed by Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick), was prepared by A.G. Watson, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the South...
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Selasa, 2026-06-16 03:00:53Commercial Motor. 21 October 1949. p. 53. "Brightside & Carborook Co-op Metrovick Milk Float FWB 784". The Transport Museum, Wythall. Archived from the...
Click to read more »Littlebrook Power Station
Jumat, 2026-07-24 18:52:49second in 1950. The station was planned for base-load operation with two Metrovick 60 MW 3,000 r.p.m. three cylinder double flow l.p. turbines driving hydrogen...
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Rabu, 2026-06-17 12:22:54(RRE) began the development of such a system with Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick) under the name 'Blue Riband'. It was assumed that a jammer could produce...
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Selasa, 2026-03-03 12:05:21(the CH3) was not competitive with the instruments from the competition (Metrovick and CEC) and thus the CH4 instrument was developed, to which Brunnée contributed...
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Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:24:49Bodywork on loan Hull 1-4 double deck 2-axle 1937 1952-4 Leyland TB4 MetroVick Weymann H28/26R ??-1942 Portsmouth 212 double deck 3-axle 1934 1938 AEC...
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