SZ/OEMU/2/8/2/16 - [Letter, G.I. Taylor to SZ, undated]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/2/8/2/16

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, G.I. Taylor to SZ, undated]

Date/s

[1942]

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Letters (MS)

Subject

Tank gunnery

Creator

Taylor, G. I.

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Taylor suggests that the dust cloud [which appears in front of a fired tank gun muzzle] is caused by direct shock on the ground, and the dust particles are caught in the stream of air.

On the same leaf is a letter from SZ to Taylor, dated 22/8/42.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/2 - [OEMU. Research queries and correspondence, 1940-1962]
    - SZ/OEMU/2/8 - [Experimental work enquiries and correspondence, 1941-1945]
      - SZ/OEMU/2/8/2 - [Experimental work enquiry replies: Ring-binder 1, 1941-1945]
        SZ/OEMU/2/8/2/16 - [Letter, G.I. Taylor to SZ, undated]

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