SZ/OEMU/21/3/26-28 - The Relationship Between Body Size and the Lethal Effects of Blast, 23/11/41

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/21/3/26-28

Level of description

Item

Title

The Relationship Between Body Size and the Lethal Effects of Blast, 23/11/41

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

4 leaves

Subject

Blast pressure
Explosions -- Physiological effect -- Animals

Creator

Fisher, Reginald Brettauer,

Creator

Krohn, Peter Leslie,

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

OEMU Report No. 33a

OEMU Report No. 33b

B.P.C. 146/W.S.11

Describes methodology used, animals used, the effects of blast of varying pressures on animals at various distances from an explosion, and conclusions.

Report written by Fisher, Krohn, and SZ.

Three copies, very minor differences between report nos. 33a and 33b. [SZ/OEMU/21/3/28] is a photostat negative of the paper, printed, not a transparency.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/21 - [OEMU. Medical Research Council Military Personnel Research Committee, Sub-Committee on Weapons (Biological Assay)]
    - SZ/OEMU/21/3 - [OEMU. MRC Sub-Committee on Weapons. Reports and Memoranda]
      - SZ/OEMU/21/3/26-28 - The Relationship Between Body Size and the Lethal Effects of Blast, 23/11/41

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