The Knife and Fork Man: The Life and Work of Charles Benjamin Redrup by William Fairney soon to be presented for sale on the outstanding BookLovers of Bath web site!
Published: Badminton: Diesel Publishing, 2007, Hardback.
Contains: Black & white photographs; Colour plates; Diagrams; Colour frontispiece; Appendices [2];
From the cover: Charles Benjamin Redrup, the engineer and inventor, was born in Newport, South Wales in 1878. Raised in Barry, he designed and manufactured the unusual Barry motor cycle and went on to design a prodigious range of engines for First World War aircraft, motor cycles, cars, boats and buses. He carried out most of his development work in a simply-equipped home workshop, and often said that he made most of his engines with little more than a knife and fork”.
He was the inventor of the unique Wobble-Plate axial engines which powered a motor launch and a Crossley Motors motor car in the 1920s. A variant of the engine flew in a Simmonds Spartan aircraft in 1929. Several variants of his axial engines powered vehicles of the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company in the 1930s. During the Second World War he worked on top-secret armaments projects for the Lancaster and other aircraft. After the war he designed more motor-cycle engines and a large 2,000 horse-power axial aero engine. His name appears fleetingly in many reference works but no full description of his extensive and innovative work has been previously written.
Very Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding with a little ding to the join of the upper board. Text complete, clean and tight.
Pictorial boards. 319 pages. 9½” x 6¼”.
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