Memorandum on a 250 ft. aperture steerable radio telescope, 1951.

Clegg, J. A. (John Atherton)

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Lovell, Bernard, 1913-2012

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Lovell was a professor of physics and radio astronomy at the University of Manchester and served as director of the Jodrell Bank astronomical observatory until his retirement in 1981. The Jodrell Bank Mark I steerable radio telescope, constructed between 1952 and 1957, is used to study radio emissions from space and to track satellites (most notably Sputnik I). From the description of Memorandum on a 250 ft. aperture steerable radio telescope, 1951. (Smithsonian Institution Libraries...

Davies, J.G.

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Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank

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The Experimental Station at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, was established by the University of Manchester in 1945; it later became the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories. The world's first giant, steerable radio telescope, proposed in this document of 1951, was completed and brought into operation in 1957. From the description of Memorandum on the proposed radio telescope, 1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84586528 ...