LETTERS RECEIVED, WILLIAM DENNY LTD nine volumes, eight numb...

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LETTERS RECEIVED, WILLIAM DENNY LTD


nine volumes, eight numbered '3-10', dating between approximately 1907-1948, a very large amount of letters received and sent, a vast amount to Messrs. William Denny Ltd of which many are addressed to and from Edwin R. Mumford, a very large amount to the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company Rangoon, other correspondents include John Brown and Co. Clydebank, the William Froude National Tank and the Leven Ship Yard Dumbarton, several photographs mounted, numerous blueprints, original half reverse calf, rubbed, 13 x 8in. (33 x 20cm.). There are numerous test trials of all nautical fittings including propellers, boilers, centrifugal pumps, ‘a new design of stern and balanced rudder’, calibration tests of starboard and port shafts, etc.


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David Moor (1927-2016), Naval Architect with Denny and Vickers SB, salvaged from a skip at Denny's.

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