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Radar

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Reports and data, 1941

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.254
Scope and Contents Reports and data. The material consists of:‘Ionization in the vicinity of an exploding shell’, a report from the Road Research Laboratory, dated July 1941.'Horizontal and vertical polarisation for R.D.F. [Radio Direction Finding] work'. A report from the Baddow Research Laboratories, dated August 1941.Optimum frequency tables. From the H.M. Signal School, Hademere, dated October 1941.'Experimental determination of the reflection coefficient of...
Dates: 1941

Reports and newscuttings, 1942

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.257
Scope and Contents Reports and newscuttings. The material consists of:'The limiting ranges of R.D.F. sets over the sea'. A report by F. Hoyle and M.H.L. Pryce for R. D. F. [Radio Direction Finding] Application Committee, Ministry of Supply, dated January 1942.Press-cutting (with scoring by Appleton) from ‘The Engineer’, on the history of radar, dated May 1942.'Reflection of 10 cm radiation by model aircraft'. A report from A.D.R.D.E. Christchurch [Air...
Dates: 1942

Ring-back notebook, with a few loose pages inserted, c. 1934-1951

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.256
Scope and Contents Ring-back notebook, with a few loose pages inserted. The material consists of typescript and manuscript notes, mainly on radar, reflection coefficient and similar topics, including notes on the literature, summaries of wartime research reports and committee meetings, notes of discussions, visits to laboratories and research stations, ideas for research, etc. It mainly runs from 1941-1943, but also includes a few references from 1939, and press-cuttings on 'Radar and the weather', dated...
Dates: c. 1934-1951

'The detection of aircraft by radio-wave sounding', c. 1938

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.249
Scope and Contents

'The detection of aircraft by radio-wave sounding'. The material consists of a manuscript and typescript draft for a paper, no author or date, the latest reference is 1938.

Dates: c. 1938

'The Radar detection of meteor trails', c. 1946

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.222
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'The Radar detection of meteor trails'. The material consists of a 3 page typescript draft and a copy of the published paper, dated 1946.

Dates: c. 1946

'Work of R.D.F. Application Committee' [Radar Direction Finding], c. 1945

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.267
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'Work of R.D.F. Application Committee' [Radar Direction Finding]. The material consists of a 5 page typescript for a speech or report. The author is unknown, but it has manuscript corrections by Appleton, no date and refers to study of 'angels' (radar echoes from unidentified objects).

Dates: c. 1945