Search Results: Metrovick F.2


Metropolitan-Vickers
Selasa, 2026-06-16 10:20:59

Metropolitan-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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Metrovick 950
Minggu, 2026-02-01 13:33:46

The 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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Metropolitan-Vickers F.2
Minggu, 2025-12-21 19:00:10

however; 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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Metro-Vickers Affair
Rabu, 2026-07-22 21:45:24

supervision in production was the British firm Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick). The firm had actively pursued engineering contracts outside of the UK...

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Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire
Rabu, 2026-07-01 02:26:08

1950s. 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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Metrovick electric vehicles
Selasa, 2026-06-16 10:21:37

MetroVick electric vehicles were a range of battery electric road vehicles produced by the heavy engineering company Metropolitan-Vickers between 1934...

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British Rail Class 28
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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Milk float
Jumat, 2026-07-31 04:10:33

in 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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South African Class 1E
Sabtu, 2025-09-06 10:33:06

in 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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Trolleybuses in Ipswich
Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:42:14

start 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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Turbofan
Selasa, 2026-07-28 05:51:55

Germany. 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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Manchester computers
Rabu, 2026-02-11 00:37:55

Metropolitan-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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Class 28
Sabtu, 2023-07-08 13:22:34

Belgian 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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Motor gunboat
Selasa, 2026-06-30 06:45:03

referred 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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Associated Electrical Industries
Senin, 2025-10-27 04:26:22

instrumental in reforming accounting practices in the UK. Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick) British Thomson-Houston (BTH) Ferguson, Pailin & Co (switchgear) Edison...

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Armstrong Siddeley
Rabu, 2026-05-27 07:14:30

engine 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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Trolleybuses in Doncaster
Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:41:00

fact 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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Gaseous diffusion
Selasa, 2026-08-04 11:24:35

diffusion 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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Bluebird Automotive
Rabu, 2024-10-02 07:00:05

Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...

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BMW 003
Kamis, 2026-05-21 05:47:11

Comparable 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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Winterthur universal drive
Selasa, 2025-12-16 00:05:06

arrangement 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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Propfan
Minggu, 2026-06-07 19:59:33

resembled 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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North West England
Rabu, 2026-08-26 18:29:41

transmission 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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Timeline of jet power
Minggu, 2026-06-21 19:44:50

that 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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British Thomson-Houston
Kamis, 2026-06-18 21:15:47

Industries (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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Vickers
Jumat, 2026-07-24 06:53:17

company 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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Turbojet development at the RAE
Kamis, 2025-09-04 10:13:13

only 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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History of radar
Minggu, 2026-07-19 23:29:51

could 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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English Electric Canberra
Jumat, 2026-07-03 15:28:02

twin-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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Vickers Limited
Selasa, 2026-06-16 14:24:42

Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company, its name often shortened to Metrovick. At the same time Vickers gained Metropolitan's railway interests. Wolseley...

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Gloster Meteor
Sabtu, 2026-07-04 23:32:36

later 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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Hawker Hunter
Jumat, 2026-08-14 11:24:09

engine – 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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HMS Ashanti (F117)
Rabu, 2026-07-01 05:12:28

Propulsion 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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HMS Zulu (F124)
Rabu, 2026-03-25 12:00:14

turbine 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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Aberdeen
Senin, 2026-08-17 14:16:45

Finlay'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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Frank Whittle
Rabu, 2026-06-24 08:13:31

turboprop 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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Armstrong Siddeley ASX
Selasa, 2025-11-11 06:02:24

Siddeley 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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De Havilland Sea Vixen
Rabu, 2026-08-26 18:26:02

the 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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RFA Wave Duke
Kamis, 2025-12-11 04:11:28

Beam 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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De Havilland
Senin, 2026-06-15 11:58:15

popular. 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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Lewis Electruk
Rabu, 2026-06-17 03:18:21

Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...

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South African Class 3E
Sabtu, 2024-11-16 22:46:43

electric locomotive with Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick) in 1944. Although the locomotive was designed by Metrovick who also supplied the electrical equipment...

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History of the jet engine
Rabu, 2026-08-12 12:18:31

examples 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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RFA Wave Chief
Selasa, 2026-01-13 11:00:13

geared, 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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British Rail Class 306
Jumat, 2026-02-13 17:41:23

Metro Cammell (Driving Motor Brake and Trailer) and were equipped with Metrovick traction equipment Crompton Parkinson traction motors. Each carriage featured...

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CIÉ 113 Class
Selasa, 2025-04-15 20:17:12

6LDA28 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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Moscow Metro
Jumat, 2026-08-21 07:46:03

physical 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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Victor Electrics
Selasa, 2026-06-16 14:25:46

Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...

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Mersey Ferry
Selasa, 2026-07-28 18:20:10

vessel 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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Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 581)
Kamis, 2026-01-29 21:33:47

Tosi 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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History of computing hardware
Rabu, 2026-08-26 22:51:51

firm 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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Brush Traction
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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Tribal-class frigate
Rabu, 2026-02-04 21:01:23

Propulsion 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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HMS Nubian (F131)
Rabu, 2026-03-25 10:42:51

Propulsion 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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Chain Home Low
Kamis, 2026-08-06 12:51:39

Metrovick Type T3026 transmitter...

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HMS Eskimo (F119)
Rabu, 2026-03-25 09:02:37

Propulsion 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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Tube Alloys
Jumat, 2026-06-26 04:10:09

diffusion 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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Indian locomotive class WCG-1
Selasa, 2025-08-26 05:48:53

Newton-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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List of British computers
Jumat, 2026-01-02 21:40:27

Marconi Marconi Transistorised Automatic Computer (T.A.C.) Marconi Myriad Metrovick 950 MOSAIC Pilot ACE Royal Radar Establishment Automatic Computer SOLIDAC...

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Arthur Whitten Brown
Kamis, 2026-07-23 17:54:56

Order 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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List of British Rail modern traction locomotive classes
Kamis, 2026-07-30 14:53:40

A 'Metrovick' passing through Grange-over-Sands, June 1963...

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List of English inventions and discoveries
Senin, 2026-07-27 22:21:35

Kenyon 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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British Broadcasting Company
Kamis, 2026-08-27 03:28:39

Station 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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Tranvía de Sóller
Minggu, 2025-07-20 12:15:23

Taunton; 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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HMS Tartar (F133)
Selasa, 2025-11-18 07:58:13

Propulsion 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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Axial compressor
Kamis, 2026-04-16 02:52:45

reached 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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Ross Auto Engineering
Rabu, 2026-06-17 00:30:27

Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...

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British Rail Class 303
Selasa, 2026-04-28 00:18:09

Class 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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Transistor computer
Minggu, 2026-06-14 08:50:10

reliable 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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Beamish Museum transport collection
Minggu, 2026-06-21 15:36:30

seats 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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British Rail Class 17
Jumat, 2025-11-21 16:00:27

locomotive 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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HMS Mohawk (F125)
Rabu, 2026-03-25 08:54:45

turbine 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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AMES Type 82
Selasa, 2026-06-16 10:55:09

and 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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County-class destroyer
Jumat, 2026-07-24 23:02:23

Babcock & 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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List of transistorized computers
Rabu, 2026-07-15 09:10:52

completed 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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HMS Gurkha (F122)
Rabu, 2026-03-25 10:17:12

turbine 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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Thorn Lighting
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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NCR 304
Minggu, 2026-05-10 06:24:55

List of computer hardware manufacturers Manchester Transistor Computer Metrovick 950 Transistor Castanias, R. P., and J. E. Sherman. "Review of Computer...

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Indian locomotive class WCP-1
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 03:45:26

Rail 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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HMS Glamorgan
Minggu, 2026-07-12 00:34:26

800 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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Trolleybuses in Huddersfield
Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:42:06

72-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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Midland Electric Vehicles
Jumat, 2026-08-07 06:38:08

Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...

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Sunbeam Commercial Vehicles
Minggu, 2025-03-02 09:07:21

Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...

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List of British innovations and discoveries
Minggu, 2026-08-09 09:58:03

relativity, 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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Diesel locomotives of Ireland
Rabu, 2026-05-20 20:11:02

The 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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List of Air Ministry specifications
Kamis, 2026-03-19 05:02:55

Caproni 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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Smith Electric Vehicles
Selasa, 2026-08-11 10:42:34

Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...

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List of aircraft engines
Kamis, 2026-08-20 07:42:11

Meteor 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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Transistor count
Rabu, 2026-08-26 11:32:59

Laboratory 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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Rolls-Royce Clyde
Rabu, 2026-07-29 02:37:17

used 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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Michael Daunt
Jumat, 2026-08-07 23:50:20

which 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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Bluebird K7
Kamis, 2026-07-30 17:44:14

over 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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ASV Mark II radar
Minggu, 2026-03-01 08:42:25

started 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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Short Sturgeon
Kamis, 2024-09-12 02:05:17

After 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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AMES Type 85
Kamis, 2025-12-18 19:36:54

Metropolitan-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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Sheffield Tramway
Jumat, 2026-08-21 19:57:19

passengers, 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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Alan Arnold Griffith
Minggu, 2026-03-29 14:56:47

design, 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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Maley & Taunton
Sabtu, 2026-06-13 06:50:43

2014. 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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Buchli drive
Jumat, 2025-12-12 19:15:13

WCP-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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Bowesfield Works
Minggu, 2025-10-19 04:21:37

built 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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Partridge Wilson Engineering
Selasa, 2026-08-18 04:11:47

Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...

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Trolleybuses in Cleethorpes
Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:40:37

Nottingham 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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Type 277 radar
Sabtu, 2026-08-08 06:08:20

impressive 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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Glossary of United Kingdom railway terms
Minggu, 2026-05-10 00:10:36

and a power station, loading and unloading without stopping or shunting Metrovick Locomotives constructed by Metropolitan-Vickers, especially the British...

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Ferranti Mercury
Minggu, 2026-05-10 03:52:58

transistor-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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Graiseley Electric Vehicles
Senin, 2026-06-15 17:44:02

Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...

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South African Class 5E1, Series 2
Kamis, 2025-05-29 22:29:57

built 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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Electrification of the London and South Western Railway
Rabu, 2026-08-19 22:26:00

British Westinghouse became Metropolitan-Vickers Electric Company Limited (Metrovick) late in 1919 following its financial collapse and subsequent rescue....

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Trolleybuses in Grimsby
Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:41:49

Nottingham 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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Joseph Desch
Senin, 2025-06-02 17:39:58

on 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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Lancashire (North)
Sabtu, 2026-01-10 01:40:28

Ashton-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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HMS London (D16)
Rabu, 2026-03-25 08:06:21

800 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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Richard Grimsdale
Minggu, 2026-03-08 12:45:40

major 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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Peak Rail
Kamis, 2026-08-27 03:47:55

Central 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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AI Mark IV radar
Sabtu, 2026-02-07 01:18:14

production 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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Indian locomotive class WCP-2
Rabu, 2026-05-20 16:42:09

nevertheless 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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Trafford Park
Senin, 2026-07-13 14:01:18

Vickers Company and renamed Metropolitan-Vickers, often shortened to Metrovicks. In 1903 the Cooperative Wholesale Society (CWS), bought land at Trafford...

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Harbilt Electric Trucks
Selasa, 2026-06-16 02:35:11

Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...

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Tomlinson Electric Vehicles
Selasa, 2026-06-16 09:15:05

Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...

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HMS Ardrossan
Kamis, 2025-12-11 03:59:22

complement 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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Italian frigate Alpino (F 580)
Jumat, 2026-01-16 04:15:59

Tosi 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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LMS electric units
Kamis, 2024-06-27 06:00:32

Metropolitan 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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Tom Kilburn
Rabu, 2026-08-19 09:19:05

diodes 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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Alpino-class frigate
Rabu, 2026-04-08 03:17:44

0 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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South African Class 5E1, Series 1
Sabtu, 2024-09-07 21:59:02

South 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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Ipswich Transport Museum
Selasa, 2024-10-08 20:45:54

built 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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Morrison-Electricar
Jumat, 2026-08-21 16:45:19

Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...

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Trolleybuses in Walsall
Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:47:24

2-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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Air-to-surface-vessel radar
Senin, 2026-06-22 22:21:41

under 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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HMS Hampshire (D06)
Kamis, 2026-07-23 23:45:10

800 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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ASV Mark III radar
Jumat, 2026-06-12 21:07:52

contracts 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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W. E. W. Petter
Minggu, 2026-07-05 23:04:10

a 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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South African Class 5E1, Series 4
Kamis, 2025-05-29 22:27:54

arrangement 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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Frederick Page
Rabu, 2026-02-11 05:16:10

appointment 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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North Lancashire/Cumbria
Jumat, 2026-07-24 23:35:26

De 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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Solent Sky
Sabtu, 2026-07-11 09:15:29

Siddeley 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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HMS Kent (D12)
Kamis, 2026-07-23 23:54:14

800 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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Trolleybuses in Reading
Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:45:14

Electric 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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Rigid-framed electric locomotive
Senin, 2025-10-20 13:31:24

supported 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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South African Class 5E1, Series 3
Kamis, 2024-02-01 00:22:12

arrangement in mainline service. Series 3 of the Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick) designed 3 kV DC Class 5E1 electric locomotive was built for the South...

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Beryl May Dent
Senin, 2026-07-20 18:54:53

electronics, steam turbines, and diesel locomotives. They built the Metrovick 950, the first commercial transistorised computer. In 1917, a Research...

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Isabel Hardwich
Rabu, 2026-06-03 20:59:02

Veronica Mary (2016). "Part Three: Isabel Hardwich: A WES stalwart at Metrovicks" (PDF). Metropolitan Vickers: Arthur Fleming's Influence on the Origins...

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RFA Wave Conqueror
Jumat, 2025-11-07 07:51:01

Beam 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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List of aircraft manufacturers (M–P)
Minggu, 2024-09-08 15:22:54

Meteor SpA, Costruzione Aeronautiche – Italy Metropolitan-Vickers, (Metrovick) – United Kingdom Mexican Agricultural Aeronautics – see AAMSA Meyer,...

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Manulectric
Rabu, 2026-06-17 01:28:54

Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...

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RFA Wave Laird
Minggu, 2026-08-09 01:55:37

Fully 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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MV Domala
Rabu, 2025-11-12 01:28:42

Barclay, Curle launched Megvana. Modasa was completed in December 1921 with Metrovick-Rateau steam turbines. Domala's diesel engines obviated the need for 40...

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Henry Lewis Guy
Minggu, 2026-07-12 10:34:37

engineer 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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Trolleybuses in Nottingham
Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:44:14

Electric 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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1937–38 Rugby Union County Championship
Selasa, 2024-12-31 21:32:13

University 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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Wales & Edwards
Selasa, 2026-06-16 15:59:35

Manufacturers Bluebird Brush Graiseley Harbilt Helecs Lewis Electruk Manulectric MetroVick Midland Morrison-Electricar Ross Smith's Sunbeam Tomlinson Victor Wales...

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South African Class ES
Minggu, 2026-03-08 21:20:06

mainline 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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Helecs Vehicles
Selasa, 2026-06-16 03:00:53

Commercial Motor. 21 October 1949. p. 53. "Brightside & Carborook Co-op Metrovick Milk Float FWB 784". The Transport Museum, Wythall. Archived from the...

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Littlebrook Power Station
Jumat, 2026-07-24 18:52:49

second 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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RX12874
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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Curt Brunnée
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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Pontypridd Urban District Council Tramways
Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:24:49

Bodywork 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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