| Description |
1 online resource (255 pages) |
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data file rda |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction and Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part 1: Emergent Engineer -- 1 Early Struggles -- 2 Royce and Claremont -- Branching Out -- 3 Royce and His Motor Car -- Part 2: Of Wheels and Wings -- 4 Rolls and Royce -- 5 Johnson, Royce and the Silver Ghost -- 6 The Silver Ghost in Peace and War -- 7 Royce's Move to Aero Engines -- Part 3: Post-War Challenges -- 8 The 1920s: Automobiles versus Aero Engines -- 9 Royce's Aero Engine and the Schneider Trophy Contest of 1929 -- Part 4: Master Designer -- 10 Automobiles -- Preserving the Marque |
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11 Winning the Schneider Trophy Contest of 1931 -- 12 Royce: The Man and His Achievements -- Notes -- Select Bibliography |
| Summary |
The life and genius of Henry Royce, the outstanding, retiring, and often tyrannical founder of Rolls-Royce. |
| Subject |
Royce, Henry, Sir, 1863-1933. https://isni.org/isni/0000000033758169
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Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. -- History.
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Royce, Henry, Sir, 1863-1933. (OCoLC)fst00073051
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Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. (OCoLC)fst00530606
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Automobile engineers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Automobile engineers. (OCoLC)fst00822955
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reese, Peter Sir Henry Royce Cheltenham : The History Press,c2022 9780750999007 |
| ISBN |
9781803990811 (electronic book) |
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