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Makeng A Meal of the Big Dish - the Construction of the Jodrell Bank-1 Radio Telescope as a Stable Edifice, 1946-57

Agar, Jon (1994) Makeng A Meal of the Big Dish - the Construction of the Jodrell Bank-1 Radio Telescope as a Stable Edifice, 1946-57. British Journal for the History of Science, 27 (92). pp. 3-21. ISSN 0007-0874. (doi:10.1017/S0007087400031642) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:20352)

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Abstract

From a distance the Mark 1 radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is an edifying sight. It is a steel structure of over 1000 tons, holding aloft a fully steerable dish of wire mesh which focuses incoming radio waves from astronomical objects. It is set in gently rolling Cheshire countryside. Its striking appearance can easily be recruited as a powerful symbol of progress and of science as the pursuit of pioneering spirits.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1017/S0007087400031642
Subjects: D History General and Old World > D History (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of History
Depositing User: P. Ogbuji
Date Deposited: 27 Aug 2009 18:26 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:58 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/20352 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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