Nuclear physics and the Second World War

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Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
1 Folder labelled 'Deuton Bombardment Expt. Oct./34 - March/35'. File Mar 34 - Mar 35
5 Notes on experiments 13 January-10 February 1938 File
10 2 separate pages of ms. notes, made at different times, summarising activities relating to the work of the MAUD Committee File [1939]-1942
11 'Report by M.A.U.D. Committee on the use of Uranium for a Bomb'. File July 1941
12 'Report by M.A.U.D. Committee on the use of Uranium as a source of power' File July 1941
17 Correspondence with E. V. Appleton, D.R. Pye and H.T. Tizard File October 1941-April 1942
21 Correspondence re the MAUD committee with J Cockcroft File Feb 1960
29 Papers relating to the Aeronautical Research Committee File 1937-1942
47 'Notes of visit to University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario'. File 24 Jan 1942
53 'Report of discussions with Von Karman and Clark Millikan at California Institute of Technology'. File 29 May-2 June 1942
55 'Report on work in connection with A.S. rocket-propelled projectiles at California Institute of Technology'. File nd
61 2 pp. ms. notes on de-icing of aircraft File nd
62 Small black notebook used by Thomson while he was in Canada. File
67 'Radio Board. Meeting to be held on 18 March 1943. Additional note for the Chairman'. File
74 Copy of memorandum from Sir Robert Watson-Watt to the Secretary of State File 3 July 1944
4 Dark blue hard-cover notebook labelled on front cover 'Experiments with Electron Counters. Prof. Thomson's Laboratory. 1935', and on spine '1935 Positrons' File 1935
8 Folder labelled 'Uranium Calculations' File c 1940
13 Various research papers (not by Thomson) relating to the work of the MAUD Committee File
14 [CLOSED] Report on 'Meeting Section S.I. Bureau of Standards, Washington, 16 January 1942' Item 16 Jan. 1942
22 Correspondence re the MAUD committee with M M Gowing File April-May 1961
26 Correspondence re the MAUD committee with J Wheeler-Bennett File March 1960
28 Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings assembled by Thomson re the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan File 1945
32 Ms. and typescript drafts of 'Note on the limits of blackness for small surfaces'. File nd
34 Copy of memorandum sent to F.A. Lindemann headed 'Suggestion for a simple predictor for use with U.P. on ships', with accompanying letter. File 20 Sep 1949
38 'Notes of meeting with Dr. Dellinger' File 23 Oct 1941
39 'Notes on meeting of Microwave Committee held at Carnegie Institute, Washington' File 24 Oct 1941
46 'Notes on interview with Colonel H.E. Taber'. File 13 Jan 1942
50 'Meeting Boyle, McKenzie, Burton, Pitt, Pressey, Rose, Field, to discuss Pitt's Asdic'. File 15 May 1942
51 'Visit to Universities at Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Vancouver and the Observatory at Victoria'. File 18–26 May 1942
56 'Rockets for take off at California Institute of Technology' File nd