"Michael Mcneil" wrote in message
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"Elena Saltikoff" wrote in message


Two lines of pointers could start by searching the words:
"Lanchester-Prandtl theory" - that is about aerodynamics
"stochastic Lanchester equations" - that is about war theory.
Please determine by your tail end, which line you want to follow.

Thanks Elena. I found a number of sites about him but very little
detail. I'll try again.

If you search using "Frederick Lanchester " in Google, one of the hits is
1910 LANCHESTER DOUBLE LANDAULET
Frederick Willliam Lanchester the "Leonardo" of the Machine Age
F.W. Lanchester - the visionary and Renaissance man
http://www.lanchester.com/Behring1.html

It says "As a young engineer who specialized in the development of gasoline
engines, Lanchester's true interest was mechanical flight. To avoid being
branded a lunatic, he wisely applied his considerable genius to an interim
problem that he believed would advance the science of aeronautics."

HTH,

Cheers, Alastair.