Radar development in Canada : the Radio Branch of the National Research Council of Canada 1939-1946 / W.E. Knowles Middleton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Middleton, W. E. Knowles (William Edgar Knowles), 1902-1998.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radar--Military applications--Canada--History.

Radar.

Military engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume continues the story of teh National Research Council begun by Physics at the National Research Council of Canada (also written by Middleton) and Biological Sciences at the National Research Council of Canada (by N.T. Gridgeman). Technical enough to interest the scientifically informed reader, yet comprehensible to the general reader, this history of the development of radar in Canada by the N.R.C. in the years of the Second World War explains what radar is and how it functions, and briefly describes at the problems which led to the development of new equipment—such as the need to detect mortar bombs and the danger of airborne attacks on Canadian coasts. The author describes how personality clashes, tensions between co-operating organizations, and difficulty administrative puzzles were overcome, allowing scientific expertise to triumph in the speedy and valuable development of new radar devices, an important contribution by Canada to the war effort. The volume is well organized and includes illustrations. Documentation from government sources, use of "ations from correspondence and interviews, personal reminiscences of the author, and informed opinion and interpretation combine to make the volume easy and information reading.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

The General Principles of Radar

Pre-War Developments in Radar

The Radio Section is Introduced to Radar

Liaison and The Tizard Mission

The Wartime Organization

Projects for The Navy

Projects for The Army

Projects for The Air Force

Radio for Civil Aviation

Transition to Peace

The Branch in 1946

Epilogue

Abbreviations Used in This Book

Suggested Specification for a GL 3 Set

List of Reports Issued By The Radio Branch

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613810717

9781554585526

155458552X

9781282232976

1282232975

9780889206816

0889206813

OCLC:

243584827