Harry Egerton Wimperis
Harry Egerton Wimperis was an engineer who worked on instruments measuring acceleration and velocity. Starting in 1915, when he was in the Royal Navy Air Service, he developed bombsights which would help a military person in an aircraft adjust for the wind to drop a bomb, to hit the intended target. He continued in this research and development role as the naval air service merged into the Royal Air Force.
Wimperis wrote several books including A Primer of Air Navigation (1920).
Some of his papers are available on microfilm at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa; see Harry Egerton Wimperis fonds, 1907-1941, 1971, [catalogued?] 23 July 2014
He went on to invent/develop radar systems.
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Harry Egerton Wimperis
- Patent US-1911-982336 (English title: Accelerometer, Filing date: 1910-08-12)
- Patent GB-1912-28596 (English title: Means for Indicating the Speed of Aircraft, Filing date: 1912)
- Patent GB-1918-131757 (English title: Apparatus for Determining Directions and Speeds, for use on Aircraft, Filing date: 1918-09-14)
- Patent US-1918-1315065 (English title: Aerial-Navigation Instrument, Filing date: 1918-12-26)
Publications by or about Harry Egerton Wimperis
- Wimperis, 1920, A Primer of Air Navigation (Simple title: A Primer of Air Navigation)
- Wimperis, 1920, A Primer of Air Navigation (Simple title: A Primer of Air Navigation)
References
Links
- Harry Egerton Wimperson on Grace's Guide
| Names | Harry Egerton Wimperis |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 1876/08/27 |
| Death date | 1960/07/16 |
| Countries | GB |
| Locations | Goring-on-Thames |
| Occupations | engineer, military officer |
| Tech areas | Instrument, Speedometer, Bomb, Military, bombsight |
| Affiliations | RNAS, Royal Air Force |
| Wikidata id | Q5673446 |
