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Frank Whittle and Power Jets WU

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Difference between Frank Whittle and Power Jets WU

Frank Whittle vs. Power Jets WU

Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle (1 June 1907 – 9 August 1996) was a British Royal Air Force air officer. The Power Jets WU (Whittle Unit) was a series of three very different experimental jet engines produced and tested by Frank Whittle and his small team in the late 1930s.

Similarities between Frank Whittle and Power Jets WU

Frank Whittle and Power Jets WU have 14 things in common (in Unionpedia): British Thomson-Houston, Centrifugal compressor, Jet engine, Leicestershire, Lutterworth, Nimonic, Power Jets, Power Jets W.1, Power Jets W.2, Rolls-Royce Derwent, Rolls-Royce Welland, Royal Dutch Shell, Rugby, Warwickshire, Turbojet.

British Thomson-Houston

British Thomson-Houston (BTH) was a British engineering and heavy industrial company, based at Rugby, Warwickshire, England and founded as a subsidiary of the General Electric Company (GE) of Schenectady, New York, USA.

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Centrifugal compressor

Centrifugal compressors, sometimes termed radial compressors, are a sub-class of dynamic axisymmetric work-absorbing turbomachinery.

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Jet engine

A jet engine is a type of reaction engine discharging a fast-moving jet that generates thrust by jet propulsion.

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Leicestershire

Leicestershire (abbreviation Leics.) is a landlocked county in the English Midlands.

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Lutterworth

Lutterworth is a market town and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.

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Nimonic

Nimonic is a registered trademark of Special Metals Corporation that refers to a family of nickel-based high-temperature low creep superalloys.

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Power Jets

Power Jets was a British company set up by Frank Whittle for the purpose of designing and manufacturing jet engines.

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Power Jets W.1

The Power Jets W.1 (sometimes called the Whittle W.1) was a British turbojet engine designed by Frank Whittle and Power Jets.

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Power Jets W.2

The Power Jets W.2 was a British turbojet engine designed by Frank Whittle and Power Jets (Research and Development) Ltd.

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Rolls-Royce Derwent

The Rolls-Royce RB.37 Derwent is a 1940s British centrifugal compressor turbojet engine, the second Rolls-Royce jet engine to enter production.

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Rolls-Royce Welland

The Rolls-Royce RB.23 Welland was Britain's first production jet engine.

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Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known as Shell, is a British–Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the United Kingdom.

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Rugby, Warwickshire

Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon.

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Turbojet

The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine, typically used in aircraft.

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Frank Whittle and Power Jets WU Comparison

Frank Whittle has 208 relations, while Power Jets WU has 26. As they have in common 14, the Jaccard index is 5.98% = 14 / (208 + 26).

References

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