10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOUND RANGING»
Discover the use of
sound ranging in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sound ranging and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1-3, copy in WDGS, War College file 9652-6; “Sound Ranging,” pp. 7-12, 18-19;
William Lawrence Bragg, “How Sound Ranging Was Done in Theory and
Practice,” in John Innes, comp., Flash Spotters and Sound Rangers: How They
Lived, ...
2
Listening and Voice: Phenomenologies of
Sound, Second Edition
New and expanded edition of the now classic study in the phenomenology of sound.
3
Ranging in France with Flash and
Sound
Jesse Rolen Hinman. tion Sound Ranging gives very accurate results and has
rendered most valuable service ; its chief use, however, is instable or semi-stable
warfare. The formation of a new service naturally requires a considerable amount
...
4
Haig's Intelligence: GHQ and the German Army, 1916–1918
GHQ and the German Army, 1916–1918 James Beach, Jim Beach. Sound
ranging also triangulated the positions of German artillery, but by analysing the
sound of the guns and the fall of their shells. Initially this was done by a simple
network ...
James Beach, Jim Beach, 2013
5
American Voices of World War I: Primary Source Documents, ...
Walter von B. Roberst was in the Engineers, but closely associated with artillery
work as he was a member of a Flash and Sound Ranging unit. Both are methods
of locating enemy artillery in order to be able to strike back. He produced a ...
6
Field Artillery and Firepower
was vulnerable to high winds and to the confusion created by the simultaneous
fire of many guns, and the base-line itself was liable to disruption or even capture
by the enemy.74 Modern technology has now revolutionized sound-ranging ...
Jonathan B. A. Bailey, 2004
7
War work of the Bureau of standards: April 1, 1921
It will thus appear that in actual practice sound ranging involves a rather complex
practice. However, the apparatus and methods of use have now been developed
to such a high degree that it is possible under average practical conditions to ...
United States. National Bureau of Standards, 1921
8
Passchendaele in Perspective: The Third Battle of Ypres
The British, who throughout the war had underestimated German sound-ranging,
began to be more concerned about German activity and 'Maps GHQ', on 14
September, issued a document, “Notes on what can be done by our batteries to ...
Tr.) Sound ranging personnel, also referred to as Schallmeßstellentrupp
Schallmeßbatterie {f} A sound ranging battery Schallmessstelle {f}(S) Usually a
notation on a fire plan or positional sketch, this indicates a sound-ranging station
for ...
10
Dawn of the Electronic Age: Electrical Technologies in the ...
ineffective because typography, trees, camouflage, dummy emplacements,
clouds, and fog obscured enemy guns. Hence both sides developed means to
locate guns from the sounds of the firing. The principle behind sound ranging is
simple.
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOUND RANGING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
sound ranging is used in the context of the following news items.
Long Island Sound gets a 'report card'
WESTPORT — Scientists have given letter grades to the health of Long Island Sound ranging from “A” to “F,” depending on the quality of the environment within ... «Danbury News Times, Jun 15»
Amazing Photo Shows the Moment the Guns Fell Silent on Armistice …
The First World War saw the birth of scientific sound ranging – using microphones and mathematics to determine the position of enemy artillery. The British were ... «Newsweek, Nov 14»
Sound ranging plays vital role in detecting the enemy
SIR – The art of sound-ranging artillery did not perish in 1918 (Letters, June 23) and the technique was used throughout the Second World War. The system was ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 10»
Soldier's life-saving idea award
Staff Sgt Phillips was equipment manager for 39 Regiment Royal Artillery, the Welsh Gunners, in Iraq, and his team was using an Advanced Sound Ranging ... «BBC News, Jul 08»
