S. S. Swords

Technical History of the Beginnings of Radar

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt with. The study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radar.

Produktdetails

• History and Management of Tech
• Verlag: Institution of Engineering & Technology
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: Juni 1986
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9780863410437
• ISBN-10: 086341043X
• Artikelnr.: 50961346

Inhaltsangabe

* Chapter 1: Radar etymology
* Chapter 2: Radar fundamentals
* Chapter 3: Precursors of radar
* Chapter 4: The debut of radar
* Chapter 5: The British story
* Chapter 6: Significance of the magnetron
* Chapter 7: Conclusions
* Appendix A: Reciprocity principle
* Appendix B: Retarding field generators
* Appendix C: Super-regenerative receivers
* Appendix D: Watson-Watt's two memoranda
* Appendix E: Watson-Watt's memorandum to the CSS AD on the state of
RDF research, 9th September 1935
* Appendix F: Method of deriving height curves for a Chain Home station
* Appendix G: Two Maps
* Appendix H: Report issued by Telecommunications Research
Establishment, 1941
* Appendix I: Table of Japanese Naval Radars
* Appendix J: Military characteristics - detector for use against
aircraft (heat or radio) (United States Army)
* Appendix K: Mathematical analysis