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The Papers of Geoffrey J. Gollin |
| Reference |
GBR/0014/GOLN |
| Creator |
Gollin, Geoffrey Joseph, 1901-1992, physicist, engineer |
| Covering Dates |
1938-c. 1979 |
| Extent and Medium |
6 files |
| Repository |
Churchill Archives Centre |
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| Content and context |
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Geoffrey Gollin was born 11 May 1901. In 1938 he married Mary West and they had two daughters and two sons. From 1922 Gollin worked on diesel engines for English Electric but in 1926 joined what later became Shell Petroleum Company. Prior to World War II he worked on the development of combustion systems for the Whittle jet engine, 1937-1939. Gollin was assistant on a team led by Isaac Lubbock at Shell which developed a rocket. By 1942 a full-scale rocket was being tested at the Ministry of Supply Weapons Research Station at Langhurst. When possible rockets were sighted in Germany Gollin was recruited to investigate a test site at Blizna in Poland. Gollin died 11 August 1992.
These papers fall into three sections. Firstly there are the memoranda, calculations and diagrams relating to work for Frank Whittle. Secondly, there are papers from the experiments carried out on the Shell rocket. Finally, there is the typescript of a lecture by Gollin on the development of the shell rocket.
Geoffrey Gollin deposited two boxes of papers at Churchill Archives Centre in July 1979 and a further two items in 1980.
This collection is owned by Churchill College.
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Access and Use
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Churchill Archives Centre is open from Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. A prior appointment and two forms of identification are required.
Researchers wishing to publish excerpts from the papers must obtain prior permission from the copyright holders and should seek advice from Archives Centre staff.
Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of Geoffrey J. Gollin, GOLN
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| Further information |
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The collection has been catalogued and a copy of the catalogue is available for consultation in the reading room at Churchill Archives Centre, at the National Register of Archives in London and on the Janus website http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk.
This collection (fonds) level description and catalogue of the papers was compiled by Louise King of Churchill Archives Centre in July 2005 using information from the original catalogue (1980).
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| Index Terms |
| Engineering |
| Gollin, Geoffrey Joseph (1901-1992) physicist, engineer |
| Whittle, Sir Frank (1907-1996) Knight, Air Commodore, aeronautical engineer |
| Churchill/GOLN contains: |
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1
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Combustion Chamber and Wide Range Oil Atomiser. This file consists of memoranda, calculations and diagrams relating to the development of the combustion chamber and wide range oil atomiser for Squadron Leader F. Whittle and Power Jets.
1 file. |
1938–1940 |
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2
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"Homogeneous Combustion". This file consists of memoranda, calculations, diagrams and photographs and a Test Index of the pilot tests carried out at Cox Lane, Chessington, under the Ministry of Supply Secret Research Contract "Homogeneous Combustion" on the small scale, 60lb thrust rocket.
1 file. |
1941 |
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3
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"Homogeneous Combustion". This file consists of memoranda, calculations, diagrams and photographs of the tests carried out at Langhurst Petroleum Warfare Experimental Station in Sussex under the Ministry of Supply Secret Research Contract "Homogeneous Combustion" on the full scale, 2000lb. thrust rocket.
1 file. |
1942 |
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4
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Tests at Langhurst. This file contains negative microfilm of tests being carried out at Langhurst.
1 file. |
1942 |
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5
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"Big Ben and the Fourpenny Rocket". Typescript of a lecture by G. J. Gollin about wartime experiments on the Shell rocket.
20 folios. |
c. 1979 |
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German Scientists and Rockets and Directed Missiles. Diary of Gollin's interrogation of German Scientists from Peenemunde as well as related visits, May 1945, and his secret report on Rockets and Directed Missiles.
1 file. |
May 1945 |
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