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Written by Kayleigh Sullivan
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 11:35 |
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 The history of Car manufacturing in the London borough of Croydon 1896 - 1985.
Croydon Cars - Bob Stearn, Stearn Publishing, 1985
This booklet published by Stearn Publishing in 1985, describes the contributions made by the Car manufacturers of Croydon and surrounding areas.
The Trojan utility car, designed and built by Leslie Hounsfield (the founder of the Hounsfield tensometer) is discussed, along with other Iconic Croydon Motor vehicles.
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Commercial Testing - Part 1 - Notched Bar Testing |
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Written by Kayleigh Sullivan
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 09:42 |
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Although Mr. Hounsfield states that he has written this book mainly in self defence, it must not be thought that it is in any sense propaganda. On the contrary, he has given an unbiased summary of the opinions and conclusions of a large number of investigators in the difficult and controversial subject of notched bar testing. (Jas. G. Docherty) Title - Commercial Testing - Part 1: Notched Bar Testing Author - Leslie H. Hounsfield Date - 1953
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Trojan Cars - Useful links |
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Written by Kayleigh Sullivan
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Tuesday, 02 June 2009 07:46 |
 Leslie Hounsfield engineered the Trojan car in the early 1900's. The project came about when he considered the inefficiency and time wasted by his brother who was a Medical Doctor in General Practice. His brother, a locum at that time, traveled between patients either using a horse drawn taxi, or by bicycle. Automobile technology was advancing but only available for the wealthy. Leslie felt an affordable car would radically improve the efficiency of local doctors and greatly improve the quality of care provided, so he set about designing and building what was probably the first real 'company car'. For more information on the Trojan cars, here are some useful links; |
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The Hounsfield Tensometer - A Portable Testing Machine with a Wide Range of Utility |
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Written by Kayleigh Sullivan
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Monday, 06 April 2009 14:02 |
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Reliable testing apparatus is of course essential in the up-to-date factory. Failure to maintain the quality of materials may have disasterous effects not only on a finished product, but throughout the manufacturing operations... Title - The Hounsfield Tensometer - A Portable Testing Machine with a Wide Range of Utility (extracts from the Automobile Engineer, June 1932) Date - June, 1932 |
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Last Updated on Monday, 06 April 2009 14:13 |
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Exploded diagram of the Hounsfield A10 Tensometer |
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Written by K Sullivan
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Monday, 06 April 2009 09:58 |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 June 2009 07:50 |
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Commercial Testing - Part II (Plastics) |
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Written by K Sullivan
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Monday, 23 March 2009 16:53 |
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The author of this book, like numerous manufactuing engineers, has for many years appreciated the need for testing materials. Title - Commercial Testing (Part II - Plastics) Author - Leslie H. Hounsfield Date - 1946
Extract - "It is hoped that this book would help some of the macny busy manufacturing engineer to save the time which would otherwise be spent on finding and reading the vast amount of literature published on the subject, much of which takes the form of papers read before the learned societies".
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Last Updated on Monday, 06 April 2009 10:12 |
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