Dr alex moulton autobiography
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Alumni Profile: Dr Alex Moulton CBE – A Man of Conviction
Alex Moulton was a remarkable man and a brilliant engineer. His professional life was devoted to the research, development, design and manufacture of advanced and innovative products … the Moulton bicycle is the greatest work of 20th century British design
The Right Honourable Lord (Norman) Foster of Thames Bank
April 9th, 2020 marked one hundred years since the birth of Dr Alex Moulton, regarded by many as one of the most significant design engineers of the twentieth century. Moulton was a mechanical engineer and a specialist in the design of suspension systems. He was responsible for the smooth ride associated with a large range of cars built by the British Motor Corporation (later British Leyland), starting with the ever-popular Mini, first released in 1959.
Dan Farrell looks back over the life of Dr Alex Moulton CBE, documenting his many innovations and his lasting legacy to engineering.
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ALEX MOULTON - THE G.N. STEAM CAR
As one does, I recently fell into a conversation about G.N. Cyclecars. These were light cars built between 1910 and 1923, and as the name suggests they were heavily based on the technology of bicycles and tricycles of the day. Based on a simple chassis and modestly powered, a good G.N. could reach sixty miles per hour, fast indeed for those times and a testament to the lightweight construction and belt-and-chain drive transmission. The initials G. N. came from the founders of the company, Henry Robert Godfrey and Archibald Frazer Nash.
My interest was piqued bygd two recollections. The first was that L. T. C. ‘Tom’ Rolt had owned one and inom remembered his vivid descriptions of the chain-drive derailing at the most inopportune moments. The second being that Alex Moulton converted a G.N to steam power in the 1930s whilst he was still at school. It fryst vatten of course the latter that we are most interested in, although the two are linked as Tom Rolt later
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Sheldon Brown, the renowned and popular technical guru has died at the age of 63.
While he had suffered from Multiple Sclerosis for some time, his death was unexpected, and due to a sudden heart attack. He is survived by his wife Harriet, their daughter Tova and son George.
Sheldon Brown was a name familiar to anyone interested in bicycling, and in the technical aspects in particular. Most people became familiar with Sheldon in the internet age through his frequent posts on usenet, bikeforums.net and his comprehensive library of articles on his website, as well as through his writing in various bicycling magazines.
He was born in Massachussets in 1944, and from a very young age had an interest in bicycles. His father, an engineering graduate, died when Sheldon was aged 9, but had a profound influence on the young Sheldon. Sheldon, throughout his whole life, shared his father's passion for cycling and photography. As a child, they shared time in the workshop in the cellar of their