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Piece
Ricardo single cylinder opposed piston diesel 8" x 19"
Catalogue reference: AVIA 14/57/11/15
What’s it about?
This record is about the Ricardo single cylinder opposed piston diesel 8" x 19" dating from [1911-1937] in the series Ministry of Aircraft Production and predecessors: Royal Aircraft Factory, later Royal.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AVIA 14/57/11/15
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1911-1937]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ricardo single cylinder opposed piston diesel 8" x 19"
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This design is for an interesting proposal to which no RAF or RAE type number was given.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Drawing No. E 200-1A1
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Manufacturing
- Air transport
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3201718/
Series information
AVIA 14
Ministry of Aircraft Production and predecessors: Royal Aircraft Factory, later Royal...
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