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Catalogue description Admiralty: Directorate of Physical Research, later Naval Physical Research: Reports
| Reference: | ADM 285 |
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| Title: | Admiralty: Directorate of Physical Research, later Naval Physical Research: Reports |
| Description: |
This series contains reports and technical papers from the Directorate of Physical Research, including minutes and papers of its Research and Development Panel on Noise Reduction and reports of the Royal Naval Physiological Laboratory, Alverstoke, Hampshire. |
| Date: | 1945-1977 |
| Related material: |
Records of the Co-ordination of Valve Development Department of the DPR are in ADM 272 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Board of Admiralty, Royal Naval Scientific Service, Directorate of Physical Research, 1946-1964 Ministry of Defence, Department of Chief Scientist (RN), Directorate of Naval Physical Res, 1971-1972 Ministry of Defence, Department of Chief Scientist (RN), Directorate of Physical Research, 1964-1971 |
| Physical description: | 179 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1995 Ministry of Defence |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Directorate of Physical Research (DPR) was one of the four headquarters directorates set up under the newly created Chief of the Royal Naval Scientific Service in 1946. The directorate supplied professional direction of physics and mathematics research in naval research establishments as well as managing such research that was carried out under commercial contract. In order to avoid confusion with public relations, the directorate later changed its title to the Directorate of Naval Physical Research (DNPR). The Co-ordination of Value Development (CVD) was established as a department by the Director of Scientific Research in 1938; after the creation of the Royal Naval Scientific Service in 1946, the department came under the Director of Physical Research. |
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