Author: HOOKER, SIR STANLEY Title: Not Much of an Engineer an Autobiography
Description: Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 0906393353. Very good grey cloth hardcover with a very good unclipped dustjacket. No inscriptions. The main content of the book covers his involvement with British Jet engine development, from taking over the centrifugal compressor engine production during the war through to the development of the more powerful axel flow compressor engines, first with Rolls Royce then with Bristol, leading to the development of the famous Pegasus engine. ; Black & white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 0906393353 Gas Turbines Whittle Merlin
Price: GBP 35.00 = appr. US$ 49.98 Seller: Horsham Rare Books
- Book number: 17223
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