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Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander, Sir, 1892-1973 (Scottish physicist)

 Person

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Dates

  • Existence: 13 April 1892 - 5 December 1973

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Report, 'Rapport sur la detection électromagnétique par la télégraphie militaire' and copy of typescript letter from R.A. Watson-Watt, 1935-1936, 1945

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/C.248
Scope and Contents

Report in French, 'Rapport sur la detection électromagnétique par la télégraphie militaire' [Report on electromagnetic detection by military telegraphy], 1935. The material was sent to Appleton with a covering letter dated 1945 and a note at the end of the report describes it as the only surviving document on French pre-war research of that type, all other records having been destroyed in 1940.



Dates: 1935-1936, 1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Radar

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  • Subject: Military Operations X