The development of turbine engines in England began during the mid-twenties, when Rolls-Royce was considering an axial flow turbine to drive a propeller in 1926. W.C. Clothier carried out tests on a single-stage compressor and a single-stage turbine the following year. No more serious investigations and studies were conducted in this area for several years, until Frank Whittle provided the necessary drive to bring the jet engine into practical reality. Whittle had begun thinking about gas turbines in 1929, taking out his first patent on 16th January 1930. It was only six years later that his dream began to materialise, having gained the financial support of O.T. Falk & Company, when Power Jets Ltd was incorporated in March 1936 with an authorised capital of 10,000.
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