SZ/OEMU/27/1/32 - Measurements of blast pressures from 2000-lb bombs fired at Shoeburyness on 25th and 27th June 1941, O.B. Proc. Q.234, July 1941

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SZ/OEMU/27/1/32

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Item

Title

Measurements of blast pressures from 2000-lb bombs fired at Shoeburyness on 25th and 27th June 1941, O.B. Proc. Q.234, July 1941

Date/s

1941

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2 leaves

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

R.C. 234

Two bombs, filled with experimental liquid explosive, were exploded and their pressure-time curves recorded. Readings proved to be lower than those caused by bombs filled with experimental solid explosives [see SZ/OEMU/27/1/31].

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/27 - [OEMU. CDRC - Blast papers]
    - SZ/OEMU/27/1 - [OEMU. CDRC - Blast papers. File One]
      - SZ/OEMU/27/1/32 - Measurements of blast pressures from 2000-lb bombs fired at Shoeburyness on 25th and 27th June 1941, O.B. Proc. Q.234, July 1941

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