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Merlin: The Power Behind the Spitfire, Mosquito and Lancaster: The Story of the Engine That Won the Battle of Britain and WWII by Graham Hoyland (Paperback, 2021)
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The most iconic planes of WWII, the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, DeHavilland Mosquito and the Avro Lancaster, were all powered by one engine, the Rolls-Royce Merlin. The story of the Merlin is one of British ingenuity at its height, of artistry and problem-solving that resulted in a war-winning design.Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of VE Day and the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Britain, Merlin is the extraordinary story of the development of the Rolls-Royce engine that would stop Hitler from invading Britain and carry the war to the very heart of Germany.The story of the Merlin engine encompasses the history of powered flight, from the ingenuity of the Wright Brothers to the horrors of World War I, and from the first crossing of the Atlantic to.
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The most iconic planes of WWII, the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, DeHavilland Mosquito and the Avro Lancaster, were all powered by one engine, the Rolls-Royce Merlin. The story of the Merlin is one of British ingenuity at its height, of artistry and problem-solving that resulted in a war-winning design. Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of VE Day and the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Britain, Merlin is the extraordinary story of the development of the Rolls-Royce engine that would stop Hitler from invading Britain and carry the war to the very heart of Germany. The story of the Merlin engine encompasses the history of powered flight, from the ingenuity of the Wright Brothers to the horrors of World War I, and from the first crossing of the Atlantic to the heady days of flying in the 1920s. There is also the extraordinary story of the Schneider Trophy - an international contest wherein nations poised on the precipice of war competed for engineering excellence in the name of progress. And at the heart of this story are the glamourous lives of the pilots, many of whom died in their pursuit of speed; the engineers, like Henry Royce of Rolls-Royce, who sketched the engine that would win WWII in the sand of his local beach; and perhaps most importantly the Lady Lucy Houston who after the Wall Street Crash singlehandedly funded the development of the engine and the iconic Spitfire. Never was so much owed by so many to so few - and without the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, the few would have been powerless.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780008359300
eBay Product ID (ePID)15049031265
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Publication NameMerlin: The Power Behind the Spitfire, Mosquito and Lancaster: The Story of the Engine That Won the Battle of Britain and WWII
SubjectEngineering & Technology, Government, Evolution, History
Publication Year2021
TypeTextbook
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
AuthorGraham Hoyland
Number of Pages272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight320 g
Item Width129 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorGraham Hoyland
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- 01. Sep. 2023
the Magic of the Merlin
For anyone with an interest in engineering, history and world war two this is a must read. very clearly writtenwithout getting too bogged down in technical jargon,Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 25. Jun. 2025
A very interesting book
A very interesting book from beginning to the endBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 21. Dez. 2022
It is what it is!
It was a present, my husband is finding it very interesting!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
