SZ/OEMU/18/1/9 - [Letter, Frank Yates to SZ, 21/8/42]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/18/1/9

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, Frank Yates to SZ, 21/8/42]

Date/s

1942

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Letters (typescript)

Subject

Probits
Air raid shelters
Splinters -- Penetration tests

Creator

Yates, Frank

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Encloses memoranda on Anderson shelters, "gelatine and meat roll" and wood blocks [not included]. Yates mentions the scabbing problem of wood blocks; the calculation of the over-all standardised casualty rates of people in all situations; and the drawing of "Probit lines for target 1."

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/18 - [Rothamsted Experimental Station]
    - SZ/OEMU/18/1 - [Rothamsted Experimental Station: General correspondence, 1942-1944]
      - SZ/OEMU/18/1/9 - [Letter, Frank Yates to SZ, 21/8/42]

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