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Admiralty: Admiralty Experimental Station and Admiralty Research Laboratory: Correspondence...
Catalogue reference: ADM 212
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ADM 212
The files in this series are arranged under the following headings: camouflage, degaussing (the neutralization of magnetism in ships, particularly as a defence against magnetic mines), early electronic research, optical and vision, rangefinders...
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ADM 212
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Admiralty Experimental Station and Admiralty Research Laboratory: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1915 - 1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files in this series are arranged under the following headings: camouflage, degaussing (the neutralization of magnetism in ships, particularly as a defence against magnetic mines), early electronic research, optical and vision, rangefinders and underwater experiments. There is also a section of miscellaneous scientific papers and reports in which there is a file of correspondence between Sir Ernest Rutherford FRS and Professor William Bragg FRS during 1915 and 1916, relating to the directional hydrophone, a means of detecting submarines.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Admiralty Experimental Station, 1915-1921
- Admiralty Research Laboratory, 1921-1977
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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203 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1974 Ministry of Defence
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The first Admiralty Experimental Station was set up in 1915 at Aberdour, Fife; it moved to Parkeston Quay, Harwich, Essex in 1917 and to Shandon on Gare Loch, Dumbartonshire in 1919. In 1921 it was established at Teddington, Middlesex, as the Admiralty Research Laboratory (ARL).
ARL was incorporated into the Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment, formed in 1977.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1921/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: ADM
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Admiralty: Admiralty Experimental Station and Admiralty Research Laboratory: Correspondence and Papers