United Kingdom’s wartime scientific establishment
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The United Kingdom’s wartime scientific establishment was the network of government laboratories, academic institutions, and industrial research groups that coordinated and advanced British science and technology for military purposes during the Second World War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom’s wartime scientific establishment canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
scientific organization network
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wartime research establishment ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Canadian wartime scientific establishment
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United States scientific establishment ⓘ |
| coordinatedBy |
Admiralty (United Kingdom)
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surface form:
Admiralty
Advisory Council for Scientific Research and Technical Development ⓘ Ministry of Aircraft Production ⓘ Ministry of Supply (UK) ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Supply
Privy Council Office ⓘ
surface form:
Office of the Lord President of the Council
War Office ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endTime | 1945 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautical engineering
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applied physics ⓘ chemical warfare defence ⓘ cryptanalysis ⓘ electronics ⓘ military science ⓘ nuclear physics ⓘ operational research ⓘ radar technology ⓘ weapons development ⓘ |
| hasPart |
British academic institutions
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British government research laboratories ⓘ British industrial research groups ⓘ |
| includes |
Admiralty Research Laboratory
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Admiralty Signal Establishment ⓘ Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment ⓘ
surface form:
Armament Research Department
Bawdsey Research Station ⓘ Bletchley Park ⓘ Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ Chemical Defence Experimental Station Porton Down ⓘ Clarendon Laboratory ⓘ Operational Research Sections of the armed services ⓘ Royal Aircraft Establishment ⓘ Royal Society scientific committees ⓘ Telecommunications Research Establishment ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of Big Science in the United Kingdom
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postwar British defence research structure ⓘ |
| notableProject |
Chain Home radar network
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surface form:
Chain Home radar system
Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
surface form:
Tube Alloys nuclear weapons research programme
airborne interception radar ⓘ anti-submarine warfare technologies ⓘ bombsight and bombing accuracy improvements ⓘ cavity magnetron development ⓘ codebreaking of Enigma traffic ⓘ early electronic computing for cryptanalysis ⓘ proximity fuze research ⓘ |
| operatedDuring |
World War II
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surface form:
Second World War
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| startTime | 1939 ⓘ |
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