Dataset
Ditton Park Archive: radio research physical photographs (1898-1981)
Abstract
This dataset contains of photograph records chronicling the pioneering radio research work that was carried out at Ditton Park in Slough from 1898 to 1981.
Photographs of people, equipment and buildings relating to the work carried out at Ditton Park.
The photographs are in black and white color and date from 1898 to c.1981.
In 1920 the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research formed the Radio Research Board (which located at Ditton Park in 1924) to undertake valuable research into radio science. This was the beginning of a high-quality scientific establishment that was led by a team of enthusiastic and expert scientists including Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Jackson, Sir Edward Appleton, Sir Robert Watson-Watt, Robert Naismith and Reginald Leslie Smith-Rose.
The records in the archive include 1930s Appleton ionogram graphs, ionospheric recording books and correspondence between the Station and its employees working at Tromso in Norway for the 1932 International Polar Year.
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Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
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The records have been retained by the World Data Centre at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Chilton, Oxfordshire since September 1979. The records previously belonged to the Appleton Laboratory at Ditton Park, Slough. |
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Photos
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Related Documents
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Process overview
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Temporal Range
1898-01-01T00:00:00
1981-01-01T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
51.5000° |
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51.4000° |