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    Beatrice Shilling OBE (known as Tilly) (8 March 1909 – 18 November 1990) was a British aeronautical engineer, motorcycle racer and sports car racer. In...
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    player Beatričė Rožinskaitė (born 1992), Lithuanian competitive figure skater Beatrice Scalvedi (born 1995), Swiss alpine skier Beatrice Shilling (1909-1990)...
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    diaphragm or the Tilly orifice in reference to its inventor, Beatrice "Tilly" Shilling. Early versions of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine came equipped...
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  • Shilling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Andrew Shilling (c. 1566–1621), English East India Company commander Beatrice Shilling...
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    edge" off the engine after three or four laps of a race. That year Beatrice Shilling was brought in to help solve the oil problem. Three Mk1 chassis were...
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  • Greek lawyer and politician, President of Greece (d. 1998) 1909 – Beatrice Shilling, English motorcycle racer and engineer (d. 1990) 1910 – Claire Trevor...
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    worked with WES to identify and employ female apprentices, including Beatrice Shilling. Partridge also helped campaign to change the International Labour...
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    engine's cylinders or detonate in the engine. Invented in March 1941 by Beatrice Shilling, an engineer at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough. The...
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    in Waterlooville; his former house is now part of Oaklands School Beatrice Shilling (1909–1990), aeronautical engineer, born in Waterlooville Rob Styles...
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  • necktie, Shermanesque statement, Sherman tank. Beatrice Shilling, aviation engineering researcher – Miss Shilling's orifice, a device to ensure fuel flow in...
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    diploma in electrical engineering in Scotland. Beatrice Shilling (1909–1990), inventor of the "Miss Shilling's orifice", a critical component that prevented...
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  • (born 1930) 18 November Fred Daly, Northern Irish golfer (born 1911) Beatrice Shilling, aeronautical engineer (born 1903) 21 November – Vernon Ellis Cosslett...
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  • described and then demonstrated at the Brooklands motor racing circuit. Beatrice Shilling and the inventor's son C E Purves subjected the model to a road test...
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    – (United Kingdom) Silbervogel – (Nazi Germany) Martu Len Beadell Beatrice Shilling Roy Dommett Missiles and Rockets, 28 November 1960, p. 59. Hallicrafters...
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  • Chair of the EAW's North Wales Branch and later Chair of Council. Beatrice Shilling was an early member, joining whilst an apprentice for Margaret Partridge...
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  • born in Romsey George Shenton, pharmacist, was born in Winchester Beatrice Shilling, aeronautical engineer, was born in Waterlooville Aaron Shingler,...
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  • to graduate from the department at the same time, the other being Beatrice Shilling. In an article written by McGuffie in the Glasgow Herald in 1950,...
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    1000 Miles Race, held at Brooklands) Henry Segrave (racing driver) Beatrice Shilling (engineer and motorcyclist) Fred Sigrist (test pilot) Thomas Sopwith...
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  • Bradfield's female colleagues at RAE Farnborough included Weber and Beatrice Shilling. At some point between 1919 and 1935, Bradfield became a member of...
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  • Tomorrow’s Leader Award, WES/Telegraph Top50 Women in Engineering Award Beatrice Shilling OBE PhD Aeronautical engineer and motor racer Azmi Mohd Hanifah BEng...
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    1918 as a researcher working in aerodynamics and Beatrice Shilling who went on to invent Miss Shilling's orifice, to improve the engine performance of RAF...
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    One such Sprite (registered 888 HPA) was owned, tuned and raced by Beatrice Shilling, the aeronautical engineer now hailed a Second World War hero for...
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  • Francis Shea (1925–1999) – NASA Administrator for the Apollo Program Beatrice Shilling (1909–1990) – perfected the carburetor on the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine...
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    Honorary Membership of the organisation, alongside aeronautical engineer Beatrice Shilling and metallurgist Sir Monty Finneston. In 1987 her husband Carl Knott...
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  • and inadequate oil scavenging. At one point famous British engineer Beatrice Shilling consulted with Weslake on some of the problems they encountered with...
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    the eponymous filter. Notable alumni include the aircraft engineer Beatrice Shilling. Current professors include Danielle George, a microwave engineer...
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  • able to demonstrate their innovative capacity. Aeronautical engineer Beatrice Shilling, for example, engineered the RAE restrictor for use in Hurricane and...
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    than 100 miles per hour. The first two were Florence Blenkiron and Beatrice Shilling. During the war Wallach used her skills as a mechanic in the Auxiliary...
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    Pedro), Eric Shilling (Somarone), London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis. L'Oiseau-lyre SOL 256-7 (1962). Janet Baker (Béatrice), Robert Tear...
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  • structural engineer Osborne Reynolds, who worked in fluid mechanics. Beatrice Shilling, aeronautical engineer. Matilda Simon, 3rd Baroness Simon of Wythenshawe...
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