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  • Barnes Wallis
  • English engineer and inventor (1887–1979)

    Tallboy and Grand Slam bombs. Barnes Wallis was born in Ripley, Derbyshire, to general practitioner Charles George Wallis (1859–1945) and his wife Edith

    Barnes Wallis

    Barnes Wallis

    Barnes_Wallis

  • The Dam Busters (film)
  • 1955 film directed by Michael Anderson

    Michael Redgrave as Barnes Wallis, assistant chief designer, Aviation Section, Vickers-Armstrong Ltd Ursula Jeans as Mrs Molly Wallis Basil Sydney as Air

    The Dam Busters (film)

    The_Dam_Busters_(film)

  • Operation Chastise
  • 1943 attack on German dams by Royal Air Force

    grew out of a concept for a bomb designed by Barnes Wallis, assistant chief designer at Vickers. Wallis had worked on the Vickers Wellesley and Vickers

    Operation Chastise

    Operation Chastise

    Operation_Chastise

  • Earthquake bomb
  • Explosive weapon concept

    was a concept that was invented by the British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis early in World War II and subsequently developed and used during the

    Earthquake bomb

    Earthquake_bomb

  • Variable-sweep wing
  • Airplane wings capable of changing position to alter their geometry

    in span and accompanying operational flexibility. British engineer Barnes Wallis developed a radical aircraft configuration for high-speed flight, which

    Variable-sweep wing

    Variable-sweep wing

    Variable-sweep_wing

  • Victory Bomber
  • Proposed WWII British strategic bomber

    aircraft designer Barnes Wallis while at Vickers-Armstrongs for a large strategic bomber. This aircraft was to have performed what Wallis referred to as

    Victory Bomber

    Victory Bomber

    Victory_Bomber

  • Avro Lancaster
  • World War II British heavy bomber aircraft

    Squadron and was modified to carry the Upkeep "bouncing bomb" designed by Barnes Wallis for Operation Chastise, the attack on German Ruhr Valley dams. Although

    Avro Lancaster

    Avro Lancaster

    Avro_Lancaster

  • Bouncing bomb
  • Bomb that bounces across a water surface

    charge. The inventor of the first such bomb was the British engineer Barnes Wallis, whose "Upkeep" bouncing bomb was used in the RAF's Operation Chastise

    Bouncing bomb

    Bouncing bomb

    Bouncing_bomb

  • Barnes Wallis Building
  • Building at the University of Manchester

    The Barnes Wallis Building/Wright Robinson Hall is a university building in central Manchester. It forms part of the campus of the former University of

    Barnes Wallis Building

    Barnes Wallis Building

    Barnes_Wallis_Building

  • Effingham, Surrey
  • Village and parish in Surrey, England

    parish church. The village was the home of notable figures, such as Barnes Wallis, who is buried here and Toni Mascolo. The M25 motorway is 4 miles (6

    Effingham, Surrey

    Effingham, Surrey

    Effingham,_Surrey

  • Michael Redgrave
  • English actor and filmmaker (1908–1985)

    Earnest (1952), The Dambusters (1954) with his portrayal of the inventor Barnes Wallis, 1984 (1956), Time Without Pity (1957), for which he was nominated for

    Michael Redgrave

    Michael Redgrave

    Michael_Redgrave

  • Guy Gibson
  • Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1918–1944)

    meeting with Barnes Wallis. Wallis discovered Gibson had not been cleared for a full briefing and therefore could not be told the targets. Wallis was able

    Guy Gibson

    Guy Gibson

    Guy_Gibson

  • List of bombs
  • across water; designed to attack German dams in World War II. April 1942 Barnes Wallis United Kingdom Bunker buster A bunker buster is used to penetrate targets

    List of bombs

    List_of_bombs

  • Vickers Wild Goose
  • US unmanned aerial vehicle

    research unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed and flown by designer Barnes Wallis for his research into tailless variable-sweep aircraft incorporating

    Vickers Wild Goose

    Vickers_Wild_Goose

  • Heavy bomber
  • Bomber aircraft of the largest size and load carrying capacity

    extraordinary size and weight such as the 10-ton Grand Slam could be carried. Barnes Wallis, deputy chief aircraft designer at Vickers, spent much time thinking

    Heavy bomber

    Heavy bomber

    Heavy_bomber

  • University of Manchester Students' Union
  • English representative body of students

    Biko building and should be completed by 2018. The Barnes Wallis Building, named after Barnes Wallis, is situated on the former UMIST Campus (now North

    University of Manchester Students' Union

    University of Manchester Students' Union

    University_of_Manchester_Students'_Union

  • Bomb
  • Explosive weapon that uses exothermic reaction

    from 20,000 ft (6,100 m), ten ton earthquake bombs (also invented by Barnes Wallis) named "Grand Slam", which, unusually for the time, were delivered from

    Bomb

    Bomb

    Bomb

  • Vickers Swallow
  • British supersonic aircraft project

    The Vickers Swallow was a supersonic aircraft project headed by Barnes Wallis, working at the British aircraft company Vickers-Armstrongs. It was a wing-controlled

    Vickers Swallow

    Vickers Swallow

    Vickers_Swallow

  • Geodetic airframe
  • Type of aircraft structure

    the airframes of aircraft developed by British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis in the 1930s (who sometimes spelt it "geodesic"). Earlier, it was used

    Geodetic airframe

    Geodetic airframe

    Geodetic_airframe

  • Barnes (given name)
  • Name list

    footballer Barnes Ratwatte (1883–1957), Sri Lankan Sinhala legislator and headman Barnes Ratwatte II (died 2004), Sri Lankan Sinhala judge Barnes Wallis (1887–1979)

    Barnes (given name)

    Barnes_(given_name)

  • Brooklands
  • Defunct motorsport venue in England

    1940, the Vickers-Armstrongs Design Department (including Rex Pierson, Barnes Wallis and several hundred others) was dispersed to a secret location at the

    Brooklands

    Brooklands

    Brooklands

  • Vickers Windsor
  • British four-engine heavy bomber, 1943

    bomber, intended for high altitude flight. The Windsor was designed by Barnes Wallis and Rex Pierson at the Vickers-Armstrongs factory at Brooklands. Three

    Vickers Windsor

    Vickers Windsor

    Vickers_Windsor

  • Bunker buster
  • Munition for penetrating hardened or deeply buried targets

    shipping and fortifications. In World War II, the British designer Barnes Wallis, already famous for inventing the bouncing bomb, designed two bombs

    Bunker buster

    Bunker buster

    Bunker_buster

  • T-12 Cloudmaker
  • US seismic bomb deployed from 1948 to 1958

    Tallboy and Grand Slam weapons developed by British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis during the Second World War: a hardened, highly aerodynamic bomb of

    T-12 Cloudmaker

    T-12 Cloudmaker

    T-12_Cloudmaker

  • Barnes Wallis Academy
  • Academy in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England

    Barnes Wallis Academy (formerly Gartree Community School) is a coeducational secondary school located in the village of Tattershall in Lincolnshire, England

    Barnes Wallis Academy

    Barnes_Wallis_Academy

  • R101
  • British rigid airship destroyed in 1930

    possibly five parasite fighter aircraft. Vickers' design team was led by Barnes Wallis, who had extensive experience of rigid airship design and later became

    R101

    R101

    R101

  • Ripley, Derbyshire
  • Town and civil parish in Derbyshire, England

    1950/1959 Sir Barnes Wallis (1887–1979), inventor of the "bouncing bomb", was born in Ripley; a park is named after him and a pub, The Sir Barnes Wallis, until

    Ripley, Derbyshire

    Ripley, Derbyshire

    Ripley,_Derbyshire

  • Tallboy (bomb)
  • Type of earthquake bomb

    was an earthquake bomb developed by the British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis and used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. At

    Tallboy (bomb)

    Tallboy (bomb)

    Tallboy_(bomb)

  • Tsunami bomb
  • Hypothetical tectonic weapon causing tsunamis

    charge. The inventor of the first such bomb was the British engineer Barnes Wallis, whose "Upkeep" bouncing bomb was used in the RAF's Operation Chastise

    Tsunami bomb

    Tsunami_bomb

  • 633 Squadron
  • 1964 film by Walter Grauman

    squadron used four-engined Avro Lancaster heavy bombers to carry the Barnes Wallis designed, 5.35-ton Tallboy earthquake bombs, not the twin-engined de

    633 Squadron

    633_Squadron

  • Fuselage
  • Main body of an aircraft

    more pleasing to the eye. Geodesic structural elements were used by Barnes Wallis for British Vickers between the wars and into World War II to form the

    Fuselage

    Fuselage

    Fuselage

  • Disney bomb
  • WW2 British bunker buster bomb

    Allied bombing campaign against Germany. During the Second World War, Barnes Wallis developed two large "earthquake" bombs for the Royal Air Force: the

    Disney bomb

    Disney bomb

    Disney_bomb

  • STP-Paxton Turbocar
  • Racing car model

    damage was not fixed and the car ended its career. Ken Wallis, a distant relative of Barnes Wallis, had developed a workable plan for harnessing a gas turbine

    STP-Paxton Turbocar

    STP-Paxton Turbocar

    STP-Paxton_Turbocar

  • New Cross
  • Human settlement in England

    practices — an event that became nationally famous at the time. Sir Barnes Wallis lived at 241 New Cross Road (on the corner of Nettleton Road) from 1892

    New Cross

    New Cross

    New_Cross

  • Vickers Type 432
  • British high-altitude fighter aircraft

    wing was built using a unique stressed-skin structure, designed by Barnes Wallis for lightness. The top and bottom were manufactured separately, and

    Vickers Type 432

    Vickers Type 432

    Vickers_Type_432

  • Type XXI submarine
  • German type of submarines

     23–28, 35, 40–43. ISBN 978-1-55750-260-5. Flower, Stephen (2004). Barnes Wallis' Bombs. Tempus. ISBN 978-0-7524-2987-8. Gerken, Louis (1989). Torpedo

    Type XXI submarine

    Type XXI submarine

    Type_XXI_submarine

  • Barnes Wallis Moth Machine
  • Aircraft designed for collecting flying insects

    The Barnes Wallis Moth Machine was a modified microlight aircraft designed for collecting moths and other flying insects over rainforest canopies. The

    Barnes Wallis Moth Machine

    Barnes Wallis Moth Machine

    Barnes_Wallis_Moth_Machine

  • Wallis (surname)
  • Surname list

    may refer to: Alfred Wallis (1855–1942), Cornish fisherman and artist. Annabelle Wallis (born 1984), British actress Barnes Wallis (1887–1979), British

    Wallis (surname)

    Wallis_(surname)

  • Vickers Wellington
  • British medium bomber

    geodetic airframe fuselage structure, which was principally designed by Barnes Wallis. Development had been started in response to Air Ministry Specification

    Vickers Wellington

    Vickers Wellington

    Vickers_Wellington

  • Torpex
  • High explosive

    (PDF). 1 November 1944. Retrieved 31 May 2025. "Munitions Design". Barnes Wallis Foundation. Retrieved 16 June 2022. Webb, Mason B. (18 January 2019)

    Torpex

    Torpex

    Torpex

  • Marie Stopes
  • British birth control campaigner and palaeobotanist (1880–1958)

    Stopes disliked Harry's companion, Mary Eyre Wallis, who was the daughter of the noted engineer Barnes Wallis. When Harry announced their engagement in October

    Marie Stopes

    Marie Stopes

    Marie_Stopes

  • R100
  • British rigid airship in service 1929-1930

    Vickers-Armstrongs, led by Commander Dennis Burney. The design team was headed by Barnes Wallis, later famous for his invention of the bouncing bomb. The design team

    R100

    R100

    R100

  • RDX
  • Explosive chemical compound

    (3,000 kg) of Torpex. The Tallboy and Grand Slam bombs designed by Barnes Wallis also used Torpex. RDX is believed to have been used in many bomb plots

    RDX

    RDX

    RDX

  • Vickers Limited
  • British engineering conglomerate

    was persuaded to return to Vickers, he brought with him a colleague, Barnes Wallis, to be his assistant. The pair worked incognito from London where they

    Vickers Limited

    Vickers_Limited

  • Richard Todd
  • Irish actor (1919–2009)

    Filming the Dam Busters (2005); and Bouncing-Bomb Man: The Science of Sir Barnes Wallis (2009).[citation needed] Todd died of cancer at his home near Grantham

    Richard Todd

    Richard Todd

    Richard_Todd

  • Elan Valley Reservoirs
  • Man-made lakes in Mid Wales

    village at the site; it was used during the Second World War by Sir Barnes Wallis during trials of the explosive charges he intended to use in the bouncing

    Elan Valley Reservoirs

    Elan Valley Reservoirs

    Elan_Valley_Reservoirs

  • Mosquito Squadron
  • 1969 British war film directed by Boris Sagal

    mentions Barnes Wallis during his briefing, in such a way as to erroneously imply that the name was well known to the RAF personnel (Wallis was not publicly

    Mosquito Squadron

    Mosquito_Squadron

  • Nigger (dog)
  • Labrador Retriever owned by Guy Gibson

    connected with the raid that most people had heard of were Guy Gibson, Barnes Wallis, and Nigger. List of individual dogs List of Labrador Retrievers Toms

    Nigger (dog)

    Nigger_(dog)

  • Coningsby
  • Town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, England

    Michael's C of E Primary School is on School Lane. The secondary school is Barnes Wallis Academy, the Gartree Community School, is just outside the Coningsby

    Coningsby

    Coningsby

    Coningsby

  • Harry Stopes-Roe
  • British philosopher and humanist activist (1924-2014)

    out of her will. His wife—Mary Eyre Wallis, later Mary Stopes-Roe—was the daughter of the noted engineer Barnes Wallis. Stopes reasoned that prospective

    Harry Stopes-Roe

    Harry_Stopes-Roe

  • Grand Slam (bomb)
  • WW2 British earthquake bomb

    Tallboy bomb but a new design and closer to the size that its inventor, Barnes Wallis, had envisaged when he developed the idea of an earthquake bomb. It

    Grand Slam (bomb)

    Grand Slam (bomb)

    Grand_Slam_(bomb)

  • University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
  • Former university in Manchester, England

    versa. In the late 20th century, student life at UMIST centred on the Barnes Wallis Building, which was the home of the Students' Union (later known as

    University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

    University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

    University_of_Manchester_Institute_of_Science_and_Technology

  • 23-class airship
  • Rigid training airships in the UK

    bow and stern gas cells. The 23-class was designed by H.B. Pratt and Barnes Wallis of Vickers. Vickers built the first and last of the four ships. The

    23-class airship

    23-class airship

    23-class_airship

  • Grumman TBF Avenger
  • American naval torpedo bomber

    ISBN 9780230768192. Murray, Iain (2009). Bouncing-Bomb Man: the Science of Sir Barnes Wallis. Haynes. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-84425-588-7. Geelen 1983 "Aircraft History:

    Grumman TBF Avenger

    Grumman TBF Avenger

    Grumman_TBF_Avenger

  • Manchester University Press
  • British university press

    itself. Some of the press's books were formerly published in the US by Barnes & Noble, Inc., New York. Later the press established an American office

    Manchester University Press

    Manchester_University_Press

  • Vickers Wellesley
  • British single-engined medium bomber

    never went beyond the drawing board, they often harnessed the work of Barnes Wallis to save weight without compromising on strength by using light alloy

    Vickers Wellesley

    Vickers Wellesley

    Vickers_Wellesley

  • Alfred Egerton Cooper
  • English painter (1883–1974)

    personnel, he went on to paint King George VI, Winston Churchill and Barnes Wallis, besides various earls and other worthies. He was a teacher of art,

    Alfred Egerton Cooper

    Alfred Egerton Cooper

    Alfred_Egerton_Cooper

  • Birnbeck Pier
  • Pier in Weston-super-Mare

    research into new weapons. Its work included conducting trials on the Barnes Wallis 'bouncing bomb'. The pier reopened after the war, but the number of

    Birnbeck Pier

    Birnbeck Pier

    Birnbeck_Pier

  • Charles S. Cockell
  • British astrobiologist

    Indonesia that he designed for catching moths over the canopy. The Barnes Wallis Moth Machine had lights for nighttime flying, UV lights to attract moths

    Charles S. Cockell

    Charles S. Cockell

    Charles_S._Cockell

  • Rigid airship
  • Airship in which the envelope is supported by a framework

    Vickers-Armstrongs using existing commercial practices, with a design team led by Barnes Wallis, who had previously co-designed the R80. After her first flight in December

    Rigid airship

    Rigid airship

    Rigid_airship

  • Nevil Shute
  • English novelist (1899–1960)

    was promoted to deputy chief engineer of the R100 project under Barnes Wallis. When Wallis left the project, Shute became the chief engineer. The R100 was

    Nevil Shute

    Nevil Shute

    Nevil_Shute

  • Ashley Range
  • Former bombing range in Hampshire, England

    0 km) north-west of Lyndhurst and 14 mi (23 km) west of Southampton. Barnes Wallis's Bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise by the Dambusters and the

    Ashley Range

    Ashley_Range

  • Richard Morris (archaeologist)
  • English archaeologist and historian

    Guy Gibson VC DSO DFC (1994), Leonard Cheshire VC OM (2000), and Sir Barnes Wallis (2023). While at Leeds, Morris worked with the archaeologist Glenn Foard

    Richard Morris (archaeologist)

    Richard Morris (archaeologist)

    Richard_Morris_(archaeologist)

  • Joseph Summers
  • British test pilot (1904–1954)

    Wellington near Portland, Dorset, a job given to him by close friend Barnes Wallis. He was depicted by Patrick Barr in the 1955 film made of the events

    Joseph Summers

    Joseph_Summers

  • British high-tech architecture
  • Form of high-tech architecture

    entirely, the lattice framed trusses required for airships developed by Barnes Wallis at Howden, Yorkshire during his work in the 1920s on the R100 Airship

    British high-tech architecture

    British_high-tech_architecture

  • Vickers Warwick
  • British multi-purpose twin-engined military aircraft of the Second World War

    been used on several previous designs by British aircraft designer Barnes Wallis. In February 1939, development beyond the pair of prototypes was cancelled

    Vickers Warwick

    Vickers_Warwick

  • Valentin submarine pens
  • Damaged German submarine factory

    Akademische Schriften, ISBN 3-88864-040-7. Flower, Stephen (2004), Barnes Wallis' Bombs, Tempus, ISBN 0-7524-2987-6. Grube, Christel (28 February 2006)

    Valentin submarine pens

    Valentin submarine pens

    Valentin_submarine_pens

  • Leonard Cheshire
  • Royal Air Force officer (1917–1992)

    located would have no effect upon them. British scientist and inventor Barnes Wallis had been asked to produce a bomb that could destroy these bunkers. The

    Leonard Cheshire

    Leonard Cheshire

    Leonard_Cheshire

  • Medium bomber
  • Aircraft class designed to attack ground targets

    medium bomber, with a unique aluminum lattice airframe designed by Barnes Wallis and capable of 2,500 miles range World War II de Havilland Mosquito

    Medium bomber

    Medium bomber

    Medium_bomber

  • Deaths in 1979
  • and conservative radio show commentator (b. 1891) October 30 – Sir Barnes Wallis, British aeronautical engineer (b. 1887) November 1 Albert Préjean,

    Deaths in 1979

    Deaths_in_1979

  • Hersham
  • Village in Surrey, England

    Crescent off Burwood Road and Vauxmead Field opposite St Peter's Church. Barnes Wallis, engineer, inventor and scientist worked in the Club House at Burhill

    Hersham

    Hersham

  • Christ's Hospital
  • Public school in Horsham, West Sussex, England

    for a place at Christ's Hospital via the West Gift Bursary fund. Sir Barnes Wallis, a former pupil, governor and treasurer set up the RAF Foundationers

    Christ's Hospital

    Christ's Hospital

    Christ's_Hospital

  • Tychon (missile)
  • British cold war air-to-surface missile project

    was a development of the earlier Momentum Bomb proposal developed by Barnes Wallis at Vickers Aircraft. Neither entered production. Momentum Bomb was an

    Tychon (missile)

    Tychon_(missile)

  • Drunk History (British TV series)
  • British television series

    Dambusters" Cast Brett Goldstein as James Garfield Chris O'Dowd as Sir Barnes Wallis Alexander Armstrong as Sir Arthur Harris Joe Wilkinson as Doctor Willard

    Drunk History (British TV series)

    Drunk_History_(British_TV_series)

  • Parkes Observatory
  • Radio telescope observatory in New South Wales, Australia

    laser guiding system. This primary-secondary approach was designed by Barnes Wallis. The focus cabin is located at the focus of the parabolic dish, supported

    Parkes Observatory

    Parkes Observatory

    Parkes_Observatory

  • Vickers-Armstrongs
  • British former engineering company

    Pierson using the geodetic airframe principle of structural engineer Barnes Wallis. This would later evolve into the famous Wellington bomber, a mainstay

    Vickers-Armstrongs

    Vickers-Armstrongs

  • Dive bomber
  • Bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets

    supersonic speeds, sinking it. The Tallboy was developed by Vickers designer Barnes Wallis who followed it up with the even larger 10-long-ton (10 t) Grand Slam

    Dive bomber

    Dive bomber

    Dive_bomber

  • Waboba
  • Swedish outdoor toy company

    Retrieved 9 November 2017. National Physical Laboratory (27 August 2009). "Barnes Wallis Experiment Slow Motion Video". YouTube. Archived from the original on

    Waboba

    Waboba

    Waboba

  • R80 (airship)
  • British rigid airship

    at Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, in November 1917 to a design by Barnes Wallis and H. B. Pratt. Vickers had originally contracted to build R.37, but

    R80 (airship)

    R80 (airship)

    R80_(airship)

  • R. J. Mitchell
  • British aircraft designer (1895–1937)

    Supermarine. When the engineer Barnes Wallis was employed to improve the efficiency of Mitchell's department in 1930, Wallis had to be recalled after their

    R. J. Mitchell

    R. J. Mitchell

    R._J._Mitchell

  • Large-calibre artillery
  • Weapons with a calibre of 75mm or more

    (1350–1550)", Technikgeschichte, 39 (4): 257–279 Flower, Stephen (2004). Barnes Wallis' Bombs. Strood: Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-2987-6. Guilmartin

    Large-calibre artillery

    Large-calibre artillery

    Large-calibre_artillery

  • Manston Airport
  • Former airport in Kent, England

    frequently attacked and heavily bombed during the Battle of Britain. Barnes Wallis used the base to test his bouncing bomb on the coast at nearby Reculver

    Manston Airport

    Manston Airport

    Manston_Airport

  • No. 9r
  • British rigid airship

    structurally sound and subsequently left the company. Pratt in turn hired Barnes Wallis, whom he had met while both were working for the shipbuilding firm of

    No. 9r

    No. 9r

    No._9r

  • BAC TSR-2
  • British reconnaissance strike aircraft prototype

    2005, pp. 6, 19. Murray, Iain, "Bouncing-Bomb Man: the Science of Sir Barnes Wallis", Haynes, 2009, p. 191. TNA AIR 2/17329 E53A, pp. 2–3. "AIR 2/17329

    BAC TSR-2

    BAC TSR-2

    BAC_TSR-2

  • No. 618 Squadron RAF
  • RAF squadron intended to carry bouncing bomb

    during the Second World War, intended to carry off a variation of the Barnes Wallis-designed bouncing bomb code-named "Highball". Due to various circumstances

    No. 618 Squadron RAF

    No. 618 Squadron RAF

    No._618_Squadron_RAF

  • IJmuiden
  • Town in North Holland, Netherlands

    Oxford: Osprey. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-84603-429-9. Flower, Stephen (2004). Barnes Wallis' Bombs: Tallboy, Dambuster & Grand Slam. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 9780752429878

    IJmuiden

    IJmuiden

    IJmuiden

  • HMS Alderney (P416)
  • Submarine

    Vickers-Armstrongs at Barrow and launched 25 June 1945 by Mrs Molly Wallis, wife of Sir Barnes Wallis. She was the 12th of the class and was scrapped in 1972. Like

    HMS Alderney (P416)

    HMS_Alderney_(P416)

  • List of people from the Isle of Wight
  • Victoria, had one of her residences at Osborne House in East Cowes Barnes Wallis, inventor of the bouncing bomb, lived and worked in Cowes Douglas Webb

    List of people from the Isle of Wight

    List_of_people_from_the_Isle_of_Wight

  • Differential analyser
  • Mechanical analogue computer to solve differential equations

    differential analyser was used in the development of the "bouncing bomb" by Barnes Wallis for the "Dam Busters" attack on the Ruhr valley hydroelectric dams in

    Differential analyser

    Differential analyser

    Differential_analyser

  • Nuclear bunker buster
  • Earth-penetrating nuclear weapon

    and lower explosive yield, nuclear weapons. As early as 1944, the Barnes Wallis Tallboy bomb and subsequent Grand Slam weapons were designed to penetrate

    Nuclear bunker buster

    Nuclear bunker buster

    Nuclear_bunker_buster

  • List of people educated at Christ's Hospital
  • Arthur William Trollope – Cleric and headmaster of Christ's Hospital Barnes Wallis – Scientist, engineer and inventor Gerald James Whitrow – Mathematician

    List of people educated at Christ's Hospital

    List_of_people_educated_at_Christ's_Hospital

  • Vickers Type 253
  • Single-engined two-seat biplane

    quite novel. It was designed by Vickers' chief structural engineer, Barnes Wallis and was a step along the road to his geodetic frames, where the distinction

    Vickers Type 253

    Vickers Type 253

    Vickers_Type_253

  • St Vincents Hall
  • Gothic Revival mansion in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England

    Möhne and Eder dams. Air Marshall Harris is reputed to have said to Barnes Wallis: "Wallis, I didn't believe a word you said about this damn bomb, but you

    St Vincents Hall

    St Vincents Hall

    St_Vincents_Hall

  • The Dam Busters (book)
  • 1951 WWII book by Paul Brickhill

    continuity of the narrative. Eventually he discovered that not only was Barnes Wallis involved with the squadron in developing the bouncing bombs used during

    The Dam Busters (book)

    The_Dam_Busters_(book)

  • Royal Academy of Engineering
  • UK national association of engineers

    pioneer Sir George G. MacFarlane, the inventor of the bouncing bomb, Sir Barnes Wallis, Francis Thomas Bacon, the inventor of the alkaline fuel cell, and father

    Royal Academy of Engineering

    Royal_Academy_of_Engineering

  • Foxwarren Park
  • House in Borough of Guildford, Surrey

    p. 148, ISBN 9780801853739 "Dam good show from Brooklands to honour Barnes Wallis – Woking News and Mail". www.wokingnewsandmail.co.uk. Michael Eaton

    Foxwarren Park

    Foxwarren Park

    Foxwarren_Park

  • Man, Moment, Machine
  • 2005 American TV series or program

    review, Angus Batey of The Times wrote about the episode featuring Barnes Wallis and the bouncing bomb, "The approach irritates: the American actors'

    Man, Moment, Machine

    Man,_Moment,_Machine

  • HMS Malaya
  • 1915 Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy

    February 2021. Flower, Stephen (2002). A Hell of a Bomb: The Bombs of Barnes Wallis and How They Won the War. NPI Media Group. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-75-242386-9

    HMS Malaya

    HMS Malaya

    HMS_Malaya

  • Slide Rule: Autobiography of an Engineer
  • 1954 book by Nevil Shute

    stress calculations needed. On the resignation of the airship designer, Barnes Wallis, he became the project chief engineer. He was also a passenger on the

    Slide Rule: Autobiography of an Engineer

    Slide_Rule:_Autobiography_of_an_Engineer

  • Fleet, Dorset
  • Village and civil parish in Dorset, England

    Fleet, previously called Fleet House. The bouncing bomb, designed by Barnes Wallis and immortalised in the film The Dam Busters, was tested on the waters

    Fleet, Dorset

    Fleet, Dorset

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  • Barnes
  • Boy/Male

    English

    Barnes

    The barns.

    Barnes

  • Barnum
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Barnum

    English : habitational name from any of various places called Barnham, for example in Norfolk, Suffolk, and West Sussex. They are probably all named with the Old English byname Beorn(a) (see Barnes 2) or Old English beorn ‘warrior’ + hām ‘homestead’.

    Barnum

  • Barnet
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Barnet

    English : variant spelling of Barnett.French : variant of Bernet.

    Barnet

  • Barris
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Barris

    English : probably a variant of Barras.

    Barris

  • Bartel
  • Boy/Male

    American, British, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Hebrew, Irish, Swedish

    Bartel

    From the Barley Farm; Farmer's Son; Son of Talmai

    Bartel

  • Bares
  • Surname or Lastname

    Czech and Slovak (Bareš)

    Bares

    Czech and Slovak (Bareš) : from a pet form of the personal name Bartoloměj (see Bartholomew).German : probably from a Germanic personal name based on bero ‘bear’English : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Barrs or Barras.Galician : habitational name from Bares in A Coruña province.

    Bares

  • BARTOS
  • Male

    Hungarian

    BARTOS

    Hungarian surname derived from Greek Bartholomaios, BARTOS means "son of Talmai."

    BARTOS

  • Barnett
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Barnett

    English : habitational name from various places, for example Chipping (High) Barnet, East Barnet, and Friern Barnet in Greater London, named with Old English bærnet ‘place cleared by burning’ (a derivative of bærnan ‘to burn’, ‘to set light to’).English : from a medieval personal name, a variant of Bernard.

    Barnett

  • Barnett
  • Boy/Male

    English

    Barnett

    Baronet; leader.

    Barnett

  • Barnes
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Barnes

    English : topographic name or metonymic occupational name for someone who lived by or worked at a barn or barns, from Middle English barn ‘barn’, ‘granary’. In some cases, it may be a habitational name from Barnes (on the Surrey bank of the Thames in London), which was named in Old English with this word.English : name borne by the son or servant of a barne, a term used in the early Middle Ages for a member of the upper classes, although its precise meaning is not clear (it derives from Old English beorn, Old Norse barn ‘young warrior’). Barne was also occasionally used as a personal name (from an Old English, Old Norse byname), and some examples of the surname may derive from this use.Irish : possibly an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bearáin ‘descendant of Bearán’, a byname meaning ‘spear’.French : variant of Bern.Jewish : variant of Parnes.

    Barnes

  • Barns
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Barns

    English : variant spelling of Barnes 1 and 2.

    Barns

  • Barnum
  • Boy/Male

    English

    Barnum

    From the baron's home.

    Barnum

  • Barber
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Barber

    English : occupational name for a barber, Anglo-Norman French barber, Old French barbier, from Late Latin barbarius, a derivative of barba ‘beard’. In the Middle Ages barbers not only cut hair and shaved beards, but also practised surgery and pulled teeth.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name from German Barbier ‘barber’.Catalan : occupational name for a barber, barber (see 1).Americanized form of any of numerous cognates of 1 in different languages, for example Spanish Barbero, Portuguese Barbeiro, French Barbier, Italian Barbieri.

    Barber

  • Barret
  • Boy/Male

    American, Australian, British, Christian, English, German

    Barret

    Brave as a Bear; Variant of Barnett; Bear-strength

    Barret

  • Barden
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Barden

    English : habitational name from places in North and West Yorkshire named Barden, from Old English bere ‘barley’ (or the derived adjective beren) + denu ‘valley’.

    Barden

  • Barney
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Barney

    English : habitational name from Barney in Norfolk, which is probably named with an Old English personal name Bera (with genitive -n) + Old English ēg ‘island’, ‘dry ground in a marsh’.English : from the personal name Barney, a pet form of Bernard.English : A William Barney from England came to Baltimore county, MD, in about 1695. Joshua Barney, born in that county in 1759, was an outstanding naval officer during the War of 1812.

    Barney

  • Barkes
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Barkes

    English : variant of Bark or Barkus.

    Barkes

  • Barley
  • Boy/Male

    Australian, Irish

    Barley

    Woodland Clearing; Grower or Seller of Barley

    Barley

  • Baynes
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Baynes

    English : variant spelling of Baines.

    Baynes

  • Barnes
  • Boy/Male

    British, English, German

    Barnes

    Near the Barns

    Barnes

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  • Luise
  • Girl/Female

    German

    Luise

    Renowned warrior.

  • Anshala
  • Girl/Female

    Gujarati, Indian, Kannada, Traditional

    Anshala

    Protective Shelter; The Decorative End of a Sari

  • Shreel | ஷ்ரீல
  • Boy/Male

    Tamil

    Shreel | ஷ்ரீல

    Beautiful

  • Hiranpranav
  • Boy/Male

    Hindu, Indian

    Hiranpranav

    Deer King; Intelligent

  • Tenneson
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Tenneson

    English : variant spelling of Tennyson.

  • Feltham
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Feltham

    English : habitational name from either of two places so named: one southwest of London and the other in Somerset. The former is named from Old English feld ‘open country’ or felte ‘mullein’ (or a similar plant) + hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’; the latter from Old English fileðe ‘hay’ + hām or hamm.

  • Khushdil | خوشدیل
  • Boy/Male

    Muslim

    Khushdil | خوشدیل

    Happy heart

  • Tuhfa
  • Girl/Female

    Indian

    Tuhfa

    Gift, Present

  • Prashanna | ப்ரஷநநா
  • Boy/Male

    Tamil

    Prashanna | ப்ரஷநநா

    Cheerful, Pleased, Happy

  • Afifah
  • Girl/Female

    Muslim/Islamic

    Afifah

    Chaste modest

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  • Sun-burner
  • n.

    A circle or cluster of gas-burners for lighting and ventilating public buildings.

  • Barley-bree
  • n.

    Liquor made from barley; strong ale.

  • Banner
  • n.

    Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.

  • Barbed
  • a.

    Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire.

  • Blarney
  • v. t.

    To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney.

  • Barren
  • n.

    Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile.

  • Barret
  • n.

    A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; -- called also barret cap. Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics.

  • Barrel
  • v. t.

    To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

  • Unbarrel
  • v. t.

    To remove or release from a barrel or barrels.

  • Burnet
  • n.

    A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.

  • Barbed
  • a.

    Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form.)

  • Barbel
  • n.

    A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.

  • Barter
  • v. t.

    To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.

  • Barrel
  • n.

    A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.

  • Close-barred
  • a.

    Firmly barred or closed.

  • Barren
  • n.

    A tract of barren land.

  • Baroness
  • n.

    A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts.

  • Barrel
  • n.

    The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.