...body, under the presidency of the late Lord Rayleigh, appointed by the Prime Minister in the year 1909 "for the superintendence of the investigations at...War Office in aerial construction and navigation." Full-scale research has been carried out at Farnborough, in part at the initiation of the Advisory...

...Advisory Committee on Aeronautics to direct the scientific work of a special department to be established at the National Physical Laboratory, and for general...War Office in aerial construction and navigation. Lord Rayleigh was nominated President of the Committee. His interest in the problems of flying dates...

...are to superintend the investigations at the National Physical Laboratory ; and to advise generally on the scientific problems arising in connection with...War Office in aerial construction and navigation, and referred to the Committee by the Executive Officers of the Navy and Army Construction Departments....

...State for War, the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) appointed the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics " for the superintendence of the investigations at the...general advice on the Scientific problems arising hi connection with the work of the PROFESSOR BARKLA [991 Admiralty and War Office in Aerial Construction...

...aeroplanes. It was, in the words of Mr. Asquith, who expounded the scheme to the House of Commons, "for general advice on the scientific problems arising...War Office in aerial construction and navigation." It is true that the Wrights had flown at this time and thus no doubt the most important and difficult...

...British in the spring offensive of 1909 was the appointment of an Advisory Committee for Aeronautics "for the superintendence of the investigations at...War Office in aerial construction and navigation." Distinguished scientists and engineers from public and private life were appointed to the committee,...

...British in the spring offensive of 1909 was the appointment of an Advisory Committee for Aeronautics "for the superintendence of the investigations at...War Office in aerial construction and navigation." Distinguished scientists and engineers from public and private life were appointed to the committee,...

...Glazebrook along with Rayleigh had been at the core of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, established "for general advice on the scientific problems arising...War Office in aerial construction and navigation." 21 Rayleigh's own earlier work on aerodynamics played an important role. When war broke out, the committee...

...Glazebrook along with Rayleigh had been at the core of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, established "for general advice on the scientific problems arising...Admiralty and War Office in aerial construction and navigation."21 Rayleigh's own earlier work on aerodynamics played an important role. When war broke...

...questions which from time to time must be solved in order to obtain adequate guidance in construction. For the superintendence of the investigations at the...and War Office in aerial construction and navigation I have appointed a special committee, which includes the following mimes : — Lord Rayleigh, OM, FRS,...