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SCIENTISTS: Selection of signed clipped pieces, cards, T.Ls....

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SCIENTISTS: Selection of signed clipped pieces, cards, T.Ls.S. (2) by various scientists etc., all of whom were involved in research and other projects during World War II, including Robert Watson-Watt (pioneer of radio direction finding and radar technology, the former of which provided vital advance information which helped the Royal Air Force win the Battle of Britain), Thomas R. Merton (whose work with phosphorescent powders with cathode rays made possible the two-layer long-persistence radar screens which helped to bring victory in the Battle of Britain; T.L.S., Thomas R Merton, one page, 8vo, Hereford, 18th September 1944, to Capt. Paterson, stating, in part, 'I can assure you that the flying-bomb was defeated by the fighters, the guns and the ballons (sic) and that the contribution which the Scientist was able to make was really of secondary importance'), John Baker (creator of the Morrison indoor air raid shelter), Alwyn Crow (involved in research into ballistics, projectiles and missiles 1916-53), Ben Lockspeiser (Director of scientific research at the Air Ministry during World War II), Donald Bailey (inventor of the Bailey bridge, about which Montgomery of Alamein is recorded as saying that 'without the Bailey bridge, we should not have won the war'), William Cook (Deputy controller of the Projectile Development Establishment during World War II), Christopher Hinton (Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Supply during World War II), Archibald Low (2; 'the father of radio guidance systems') etc. Several of the signatures are laid down to cards and some have attached printed biographies etc. G to VG, 13

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SCIENTISTS: Selection of signed clipped pieces, cards, T.Ls.S. (2) by various scientists etc., all of whom were involved in research and other projects during World War II, including Robert Watson-Watt (pioneer of radio direction finding and radar technology, the former of which provided vital advance information which helped the Royal Air Force win the Battle of Britain), Thomas R. Merton (whose work with phosphorescent powders with cathode rays made possible the two-layer long-persistence radar screens which helped to bring victory in the Battle of Britain; T.L.S., Thomas R Merton, one page, 8vo, Hereford, 18th September 1944, to Capt. Paterson, stating, in part, 'I can assure you that the flying-bomb was defeated by the fighters, the guns and the ballons (sic) and that the contribution which the Scientist was able to make was really of secondary importance'), John Baker (creator of the Morrison indoor air raid shelter), Alwyn Crow (involved in research into ballistics, projectiles and missiles 1916-53), Ben Lockspeiser (Director of scientific research at the Air Ministry during World War II), Donald Bailey (inventor of the Bailey bridge, about which Montgomery of Alamein is recorded as saying that 'without the Bailey bridge, we should not have won the war'), William Cook (Deputy controller of the Projectile Development Establishment during World War II), Christopher Hinton (Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Supply during World War II), Archibald Low (2; 'the father of radio guidance systems') etc. Several of the signatures are laid down to cards and some have attached printed biographies etc. G to VG, 13

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