Radar days /

It is now more than sixty years since radar began in Britain. In the intervening years, airborne radar has become one of the most important branches of civilian and military radar. In Radar Days, "the father of airborne radar," Dr. "Taffy" Bowen recounts his personal story of how...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bowen, E. G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : CRC Press, 2022.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
1939-1945
Radar > Great Britain > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Radar.
Radar > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Radar.
SCIENCE > Physics.
TECHNOLOGY > Electricity.
Radar
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The beginning of radar in Britain. The early development of airborne radar. Sea search and some tales of "D" Flight. Air-interception trials in Battles and Blenheims. The outbreak of war and the move from Bawdsey. Air to surface vessel radar against ships and submarines. Introduction of air-interception radar into service. The move from St Athan to Swanage. The transition from metre to centimetre waves. The Tizard mission to the USA and Canada. The resonant magnetron and Bell Laboratory. Formation of the radiation laboratory.

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