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Engineering

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Archives of the Department of Engineering, 1892 - 2002

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ENG
Scope and Contents

The records cover the full range of departmental operations, from delivery of the curriculum and examining to the building and expansion of departmental premises.

Dates: 1892 - 2002
Conditions Governing Access: There are generally no restrictions on access to the archives, apart from 30 years closure of records relating to confidential research projects, imposed as a condition of transfer and 80 years closure of records containing personal data, imposed under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
 File

Exhibition material on the history and development of the Whittle Jet Propulsion Gas Turbine, 1963 - 1973

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 40
Scope and Contents

Exhibition material prepared by Kenneth Knell and Professor Henry Cohen for the University of Cambridge Engineering Department on the Whittle jet engine. Also includes brochures for exhibitions on Sir Harry Ricardo and Sir Charles Parsons.

Dates: 1963 - 1973
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Some material within the collection is closed to researchers.
 Fonds

The Papers of Sir Charles Oatley

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/OATL
Scope and Contents

The papers include: account of Oatley's wartime work in the development of radar; papers and correspondence on the development of the Scanning Electron Microscope at the University of Cambridge Engineering Department; papers on Oatley's development of the Electrical Sciences Tripos at Cambridge.

Dates: 1935 - 1998
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. .