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Ministry of Home Security Research and Experiments Branch: tests on resistance of...
Catalogue reference: CN 9/2
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This record is about the Ministry of Home Security Research and Experiments Branch: tests on resistance of... dating from 1940 in the series Photographs Extracted from HO series. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CN 9/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ministry of Home Security Research and Experiments Branch: tests on resistance of brick walls and concrete shelter linings, effects of an explosion on a water filled trench, penetration of projectiles into steel and concrete, and bruising caused by a blast, on the lungs of a rabbit. Map of Coventry showing effects of a bombing raid on its centre, casualties and damage caused. Photographs taken during research projects.
(1 - 3) Report ARP/30/FGT: Further tests of the resistance of brick walls to lateral pressure. Photographs showing test apparatus and wall before trial.
(4 - 8) Report ARP/30/FGT: 'Further tests of the resistance of brick walls to lateral pressure.' Photographs showing damage to walls achieved through trials.
(9) Report ARP/42/ACW: 'The resistance to penetration of concrete blocks embedded in clay.' Bricks arranged on clay base within trial case.
(10 - 19) Report ARP/40/GB: 'Bombing tests on concrete linings, brick shelters and steel frame, Stewartby, 16th March, 1940. Clay subsoil.' 7 sheets, each with photographs of test materials before and after explosion trial. Each image has its own descriptive note.
(20 - 21) Report ARP/44/ACW: 'The penetration of rotating and non-rotating projectiles into steel and concrete.' Photographs showing impact damage to trial samples.
(22) Report RC 107: 'An Investigation of Probable Air Raid Damage' by Professor J D Bernal and Dr F Garwood. Photograph of a street plan of central Coventry annotated to show possible bomb sites.
(23) - 30) Report RC 108: 'Brief Report by Professor S Zuckerman of Experimental Work on the Physiological Effects of Blast'. Photographs of lungs, from various animals, studied during the research project.
Photographs extracted from HO 195/7
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- HO 195/7
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 30 photograph(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Some photographs may remain in copyright.
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Air Force
- Maps and plans
- Research
- Weapons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C360906/
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Photographs Extracted from HO series
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