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Lanchester Motor Company

Many of our Lanchester collections were given to us by Frederick Lanchester, they include hundreds of engineering drawings, component photographs and his notebook. All the items relate to the company's early work. The Company was also known as Lanchester Engine Company and Lanchester Brothers during the 1890s.

Visit the full collection description on our archive catalogue: LAN

Collections

Pendulum Accelerometer
Pendulum Accelerometer
Acceleration charts
Acceleration charts
Lanchester Motor Cars
Lanchester Motor Cars
Daimler Company Motor Cars
Daimler Company Motor Cars
Suspension drawings
Suspension drawings
'A' drawings
'A' drawings
'D and E' drawings
'D and E' drawings
'E' drawings
'E' drawings
Component photographs
Component photographs
Frederick Lanchester's Membership
Frederick Lanchester's Membership
Manager's Notebook 1899-1901
Manager's Notebook 1899-1901
The Flying Machine
The Flying Machine
The Gas Engine and After
The Gas Engine and After
Frederick Lanchester's research into sound
Frederick Lanchester's research into sound
Relativity diagrams
Relativity diagrams

Items

"General arrangement of 2nd speed and reversing gear"
"General arrangement of 2nd speed and reversing gear"
"Special gear cutting machine"
"Special gear cutting machine"
Frederick Lanchester (?)
Frederick Lanchester (?)
Frederick Lanchester (?)
Frederick Lanchester (?)
Frederick William Lanchester
Frederick William Lanchester
Gear cutting machine
Gear cutting machine
Gear cutting machinery
Gear cutting machinery
Special form epicyclic gear teeth
Special form epicyclic gear teeth
Special form epicyclic gear teeth
Special form epicyclic gear teeth

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