Early scientific and academic career

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Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
1 ‘Interesting documents from CSIR [Council for Scientific and Industrial Research] period’ including memoranda on the work of the Fluid Motion Group with plans for a proposed fluid motion laboratory Item 1940-44
2 'Wind Tunnel Measurements of the Hinge Moments on Bomb Doors beneath an Engine Nacelle'. Division of Aeronautics, Report No A3 by T F C Laurence and G K Batchelor Item Jan 1941
4 'Sighting Corrections for a Free Gun'. Division of Aeronautics Report, No A4 Addendum by G K Batchelor Item May 1941
11 'Ducted Cooling Tests Comparing the Normal Ring-Gill Exit with a Flap-Exit beneath the Wing'. Division of Aeronautics, Report No A10 by G K Batchelor Item May 1942
12 "Velocity and Total Head Traverse of the Working Section of the 9’ x 7' Wind Tunnel". Division of Aeronautics, Note No A11 by G K Batchelor Item May 1942
20 'Determination of the Lift of an Aerofoil in a Wind Tunnel from the Pressure on the Walls'. Division of Aeronautics, Report No A24 by G K Batchelor Item Jun 1944
21 'A Numerical Method of Determining Subsonic Compressible Flow Past an Obstacle. II Joukowski Aerofoil'. Division of Aeronautics, Aerodynamics Note No 61 by G K Batchelor Item Dec 1944
3 Copy letter from Batchelor revealing that he no longer complies with the regulations of the Dixson Research Scholarship, University of Melbourne File 4 Jun 1941
4 Correspondence concerning the David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne File 1944
5 Notes of lectures by Sir Edward Bullard, Miles Burkitt, Glyn Daniel and Robert Stoneley File 1945-1947
4 Miscellaneous applications and for and offers of academic posts Series 1946-1955
1 Application for the Imperial Chemical Industries Fellowship File 1946
11 Letter from Batchelor to G I Taylor explaining why he has declined the offer of a Fellowship by Clare College File 5 Jun 1951
15 Enquiry as to whether Batchelor would be interested in applying for the Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of Nottingham File
3 'Sighting Corrections for a Free Gun'. Division of Aeronautics Report, No A4 by G K Batchelor Item Feb 1941
6 'Note on the Aerial Flight of a Torpedo Bomb'. Division of Aeronautics, Aerodynamics Note No 16 by G K Batchelor Item
10 'Velocity and Total Head Traverse of the Working Section of the 9’ x 7’ Wind Tunnel'. Division of Aeronautics, Report No A6 by G K Batchelor Item Feb 1942
13 'Wind Tunnel Tests on the CA-12 Interceptor Part I: Miscellaneous Investigations'. Division of Aeronautics, Report No A11 by G K Batchelor Item Jun 1942
15 'Wind Tunnel Investigation on the Design of a Replacement Beaufort. Part I – Drag and Yawing Moment Measurements with New Turrets'. Division of Aeronautics, Report No A12 by P T C Lawrence and G K Batchelor Item Dec 1942
16 'Further Considerations of Sighting Corrections for a Free Gun – Parallel Motion Case'. Division of Aeronautics, second addendum to report A4 by G K Batchelor Item Mar 1943
17 'The Laminar Flow Characteristics of Three Related Aerofoils'. Division of Aeronautics, Report No A20 by G K Batchelor Item Dec 1943
2 University of Melbourne Series 1941-1946
2 Papers relating to the Aitchison Travelling Scholarship, University of Melbourne File 1941-1946
3 Cambridge Series 1943-1947
4 Cambridge University Board of Research Studies: admission as a research student File 1943-1944
6 Correspondence with the Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research File 1945-1946
4 Correspondence relating to GKB’s offer to lecture at German universities in the British Zone File 1947-1948
7 Papers relating to the Goldsmid Chair in Applied Mathematics at University College London for which Batchelor did not ultimately allow his name to be put forward File 1951
12 Correspondence relating to the Chair of Mathematics at Sheffield University File 1952
16 Enquiry as to whether Batchelor would be interested in applying for the Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of Sheffield File 25 Nov 1954