Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers relating to Randall and Boot’s World War Two development of the cavity magnetron

  • Wilkins, Maurce, 1916-2004 Boot, Henry (Albert Howard), 1917-1983 Randall, J. T. (John Turton), 1905-1984 Alekseev, N. F. Malairov, D. D.
Date:
1935-1987
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K/PP178/3/35/1
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Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)
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Correspondence, notes and background research relating to the development of the cavity magnetron by Henry Albert Howard (‘Harry’) Boot and John Turton Randall, which improved the accuracy of radar, World War Two. Papers include copies of patents, press cuttings, and an article by N F Alekseev and D D Malairov, ‘Generation of high power oscillations with a magnetron in the centimeter band’ reprinted and translated in the Proceedings of the IRE [Institute of Radio Engineers], Mar 1944. Original file title ‘Magnetron’.

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1935-1987

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King's College London; Alekseev, N. F.; Malairov, D. D.; Proceedings of the IRE[Institute of Radio Engineers]

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A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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Part of this file contains personal data and is closed. The rest of the file is open and available at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form. Restricted until 1 January 2067.

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The original material is held at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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