Sir barnes wallis biography books

  • A good biography, but too many pages about Christ's Hospital, the English public school that Barnes Wallis attended from about years of age.
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  • The fascinating untold story of one of Britain's greatest engineers, the man behind the bouncing bomb.

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    Barnes Wallis

    English engineer and inventor (–)

    Sir Barnes Neville WallisCBE FRS RDI FRAeS[3] (26 September &#;– 30 October ) was an English engineer and inventor. He is best known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the Royal Air Force in Operation Chastise (the "Dambusters" raid) to attack the dams of the Ruhr Valley during World War II.

    The raid was the subject of the film The Dam Busters, in which Wallis was played by Michael Redgrave. Among his other inventions were his version of the geodetic airframe and the earthquake bomb, including designs such as the Tallboy and Grand Slam bombs.[4][5]

    Early life and education

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    Barnes Wallis was born in Ripley, Derbyshire, to general practitioner Charles George Wallis (–) and his wife Edith Eyre (–), daughter of Rev. John Ashby. The Wallis family subsequently moved to New Cross, south London, living in "straitened, genteel circumstances" after Charles Wallis was crippled by

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    Barnes Wallis

    Barnes Neville WallisCBE[1]FRS (Derbyshire, 26 dem setembro dem — Surrey, 30 dem outubro dem ) foi um engenheiro e inventorbritânico.

    Vida

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    Wallis frequentou a escola até os 17 anos e então começou sua carreira profissional na J. Samuel White, uma empresa dem construção naval em Cowes, na Ilha de Wight. Ele já estava ativo na construção de aeronaves desde Ele se tornou um desenhista da empresa britânica dem armamentos Vickers; ele trabalhou para esta empresa e seus sucessores legais até Em , Wallis concluiu um diploma de engenharia externa na Universidade dem Londres. Sua primeira área de responsabilidade na Vickers foi a construção dem dirigíveis, incluindo os dirigíveis R e R Após o desastre do R e do dirigível alemão Hindenburg encerrou a era dos dirigíveis em todo o mundo e Valais se concentrou no desenvolvimento de aeronaves e bombas. Como designer-chefe da Vickers, ele introduziu o método de construção geodésica no Vickers Wel

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    Dam Buster: Barnes Wallis: An Engineer s Life

    The fascinating untold story of one of Britain's greatest engineers, the man behind the bouncing bomb

    'A stunningly good and surely definitive biography of one of the most fascinating British engineers ever to have lived' JAMES HOLLAND

    Barnes Wallis is remembered for contributions to aviation that spanned most of the 20th century, from airships at its start to reusable spacecraft near the end. In the years between he pioneered new kinds of aircraft structure, bombs to alter the way in which wars are fought, and aeroplanes that could change shape in flight. Later work extended to radio telescopy, prosthetic limbs, and plans for a fleet of high-speed cargo submarines to travel the world's oceans in silence.

    For all his fame, little is known about the man himself. Dam Buster draws on family records to reveal someone thick with contradictions: a Victorian who in his imagination ranged far into the 21st century; a

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