Image from page 258 of "Bell telephone magazine" (1922)

Identifier: bellvol24telephonemag00amerrich

Title: Bell telephone magazine

Year: 1922 (1920s)

Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept

Subjects: Telephone

Publisher: [New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.]

Contributing Library: Prelinger Library

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hrough newapplications of science. The group at Bell Laboratorieswho had been brought into the radarsecret believed that communicationcircuit techniques and new electronicdevices then available from this re-search program were adequate forthe initiation of explorations in ra-dar to a wave length as short as per- 1945-46 Radar and Bell Laboratories 11-] After discussions between Bell Lab-oratories management and those re-sponsible in the Bureau of Ships, itwas agreed that the Laboratories, be-cause of its knowledge and experi-ence in this field, could be of mostservice to the radar development pro-gram in extending radar to shorterwave lengths. The radar excursion into the the importance of such an investiga-tion. Because of its potentialities for re-sults of importance to our countryspreparedness program, and becauseof the intimate relation of Bell Lab-oratories centimeter-wave radio re-search to the centimeter-wave radarproblems, the American Telephoneand Telegraph Company authorized

 

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Radar development in the Bell System was centered at the Whippany plantof Bell Laboratories. Rapid wartime growth required construction of many temporary buildings shorter wave-length area, which evenfor communication was in the researchstage, was of such a pioneering andspeculative nature that it was notpossible to predict that any usefulmilitary equipment would result. Un-der the then established rules of Navydevelopment contracts, it was notpracticable to contract for such ahighly speculative research program.However, all concerned recognized the Laboratories to proceed with theInvestigation. This made it possiblefor the Laboratories to carry the ra-dar excursion into the shorter wave-length area to a place where, if suc-cessful, contracts could be enteredinto with the Navy for a developmentto specified requirements. The allocation of funds that madeit possible for Bell Laboratories toInitiate at such an earlv date a re- 228 Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER search program extending r

 

 

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