Radar
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, calculations and reports from F.M. Colebrook and J.M.C. Scott, 1940
Correspondence, calculations and reports from F.M. Colebrook and J.M.C. Scott, dated 1940. The material relates to scattering and it includes a copy of a paper by Scott as submitted to the R.D.F. [Radio Direction Finding] Application Committee of Ministry of Supply, October 1940.
Correspondence from colleagues of Edward Appleton, c. 1923-1943
Correspondence from colleagues of Edward Appleton, 1931, 1944
Correspondence from colleagues of Edward Appleton, mostly dated 1944 but containing some earlier references. The material is mainly on the history and inventors of radar. It is filed in alphabetical order from:
W.A.S. Butement, enclosing a copy of his proposal for coastal defence radar, 1931.
R.G.Lloyd.
E.T. Paris, enclosing a request from F.E. Smith for an official record of early radar development to be kept.
Correspondence from colleagues of Edward Appleton, c. 1944
Correspondence from colleagues of Edward Appleton, mostly dated 1944 but containing some earlier references. The material is mainly on the history and inventors of radar. It is filed in alphabetical order from:
R.L. Smith-Rose, including copies of patents, photographs, and some research calculations.
R. Whiddington, enclosing a note by C.S. Prince on his early ‘squegger’ circuit.
Correspondence from L.S. Harley to Edward Appleton, 1945
Correspondence from L.S. Harley to Edward Appleton, dated 1945. The material includes comments on a draft broadcast script by Appleton, on radar.
Correspondence, papers and reports, 1943
Correspondence, papers and reports. The material relates to the supply and use of M.B.I. [what does MBI stand for?] equipment at Slough, mainly dated July 1943.
Drafts and notes, c. 1932-1946
The material consists of 5 files containing material relating to Edward Appleton's research into meteors.
Items on wartime radar, c. 1939-1945
Items on wartime radar. The material consists of press-cuttings on radar; photographs taken in 1944 by the R.R.D.E. [Radar Research and Development Establishment] at Beachy Head; Chart of German North Sea stations; and German report on radio technique, dated May 1940.
Material relating to chapter for 'Textbook of radar Second Edition', c. 1945-1955
Material relating to chapter for 'Textbook of radar Second Edition'. It consists of a typescript draft, legends for plates, diagrams and photographs for 'Chapter XIX - Applications of radar to physical science' for a 'Textbook of radar Second edition'. Author unknown, the latest reference is 1951 but the overall data is unknown. In original folder.
'Meteor detection by radar', 1946
'Meteor detection by radar'. The material consists of a 3 page press release for press visit to A.O.R.G. [Army Operational Research Group], Richmond Park, 9 October 1946; and a covering letter from J.S. Hey.