50" lens testing using a rebuilt radar dish mount and with two operators where one followed the azimuth movement and the other the elevation. Designed to test better tracking of aircraft and missile interception
Title
50" lens testing using a rebuilt radar dish mount and with two operators where one followed the azimuth movement and the other the elevation. Designed to test better tracking of aircraft and missile interception
Description
Photograph understood to be associated with Ray Barnes and the University of Tasmania physics department during the early 1950s
Date
1950 - 1955
Rights
From the Eric Waterworth Collection. The University of Tasmania does not hold copyright on all site materials. Contact us for further dealings
Identifier
EW 2017/121
Type
image
Citation
“50" lens testing using a rebuilt radar dish mount and with two operators where one followed the azimuth movement and the other the elevation. Designed to test better tracking of aircraft and missile interception,” Waterworth Optical Collection, accessed March 29, 2024, https://waterworth.omeka.net/items/show/169.