In Peace & War. Tyneside, Naples and the Royal Flying Corps. Memoirs of and
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This book contains unusual memoirs of father and son - one vividly conveys the serious and lighter side of a Tyneside shipyard apprenticeship and a young man's experiences whilst working in the stimulating surroundings of Naples in the 1880s; the other the novelty and experimental nature of flying and aerial warfare in the First World War. Sir Herbert Rowell (1860-1921). With Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co., 1884-91, when he joined R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., becoming chairman. President, Shipbuilding Employers' Federation and North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders; Vice-President, Federation of British Industries. Sir Robin Rowell, CBE, AFC, DL (1894-1981): Served 1914-18 with Royal Engineers, RFC and RAF, becoming experimental Pilot to Aircraft Directorate and with Design Department of Air Board. Awarded AFC 1918. Joined Hawthorn, Leslie; chairman 1943-65. Chairman, Council of British Shipping Research Association and Tyne Shipbuilders' Association; President, Shipping Conference, Shipbuilding Employers' Federation and North-East Coast Institution; Vice-President, Royal Institution of Naval Architects. Contents: List of illustrations; Editor's Preface; 1. Memoir of Herbert Rowell Part 1 - Apprenticeship and After; 2. The Elswick Cruisers - by Elisabeth Rowell; 3. The Bay of Naples, E. Rowell; 4. The Italian Elswick - Stabilimento Armstrong, Pozzuoli, by E.Rowell; 5. Memoir of Herbert Rowell II- Pozzuoli; 6. Memoir of Herbert Rowell III - Envoi; 7. Memoir of Robin Rowell; 8. The Royal Flying Corps 1915-16, E.Rowell; Appendix A. Notes for a squadron equipped with FE2B (160hp Beardmore) and FE8. B. Royal Flying Corps School of Aerial Gunnery, Hythe, Kent. Texts of Lectures, November-December 1916. Appendix C. Some Official Testsof E. R. Calthrop's Patent Safety 'Guardian Angel' Parachute, Type 'A', from Aeroplanes, January 1917. Index. Bibliography: Herbert Rowell Memoir; Robin Rowell Memoir. Glossary of Shipbuilding Terms, Paperback, Label: E.R.Rowell, E.R.Rowell, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1996-06, Freigegeben: 1996-06-01, Studio: E.R.Rowell, Verkaufsrang: 1209864.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Barter Books Ltd.
Settle: E R Rowell. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1996. First Edition. Illustrated laminated softback card cover. 240mm x 180mm (9" x 7"). 212pp. B/w plates and illustrations. .

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Stephen White Books [53262765], Bradford, United Kingdom.
Ex-public library, usual stamps and markings, OK condition age related discolouration of page edges, showing first signs of shelf wear, first non-text page removed by library,.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Barter Books Ltd [226709], Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom.
212pp. B/w plates and illustrations. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued Illustrated laminated softback card cover.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Eastgate Bookshop [50306027], Warwick, United Kingdom.
Yorkshire: E.R. Rowell, 1996. Illustrated, 4to., soft covers. Very good.