Carnegie Institution of Washington. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
Section T "Proximity Fuze" records, 1940-1999 (bulk 1941-1943).
This collection contains the records of Section T of the National Defense Research Committee which document the development of the proximity fuze during World War II. It includes office files, project files, laboratory and field notebooks, and artifacts.
Research and development of the proximity fuze in the U.S. was organized under Section T of the National Defense Research Committee and was first located at the Department of Terrestrial Magentism in Washington D.C. from 1940-1942, and then later relocated to the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory from 1942-1946.
Roberts, Richard B. (Richard Brooke), 1910-
Tuve, Merle Antony, 1901-1982.
Carnegie Institution of Washington. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory.
United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development, National Defense Research Committee.
Artillery -- History.
Proximity fuzes
Proximity fuzes -- History.
Proximity fuzes -- Research.
World War, 1939-1945.
Artifacts. aat
Laboratory notes. aat aat
Notebooks. aat
Reports. aat
Patents lcgft
AIP-ICOS
Carnegie Institution of Washington. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. Library and Archives. 5241 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, DC 20015, USA.