Catalogue description Ministry of Supply: Scientific Advisory Council: Monographs

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Details of SUPP 22
Reference: SUPP 22
Title: Ministry of Supply: Scientific Advisory Council: Monographs
Description:

The majority of records in this series are published monographs for limited circulation which were issued by the Chief Scientist, Ministry of Supply in a series entitled Permanent Records of Research and Developments; some of the monographs in the same numbering sequence are original typescripts or carbon copies.

Pieces 33 and 34 contain two volumes of collected monographs on the science of explosives during the Second World War published for the Ministry of Supply by Her Majesty's Stationery Office for limited circulation within government.
Date: 1939-1952
Arrangement:

The significance of the numbering system is not known but, in the main, it appears to relate to the officer responsible for the monograph: for example, Chief Engineer Fighting Vehicles Design (5); Director of Royal Engineer Equipment (8); and Director-General of Ordnance Factories (15).
Separated material:

Research papers of various establishments, as well as minutes and reports of various sub-committees, registered in the AC and SAC series of the Scientific Advisory Council, can be found in WO 195
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 99 files and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1993 Military Engineering Experimental Establishment, Christchurch
Accruals: Series is accruing

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