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Watson-Watt  [ˈwɒtsənˈwɒt] play
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WHAT DOES WATSON-WATT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Watson-Watt

Robert Watson-Watt

Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, KCB, FRS, FRAeS was a pioneer and significant contributor to the development of radar. Radar was initially nameless and researched elsewhere but it was greatly expanded on 1 September 1936 when Watson-Watt became Superintendent of a new establishment under the British Air Ministry, Bawdsey Research Station located in Bawdsey Manor, near Felixstowe, Suffolk. Work there resulted in the design and installation of aircraft detection and tracking stations called Chain Home along the east and south coasts of England in time for the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. This system provided the vital advance information that helped the Royal Air Force win the Battle of Britain.

Definition of Watson-Watt in the English dictionary

The definition of Watson-Watt in the dictionary is Sir Robert Alexander. 1892–1973, Scottish physicist, who played a leading role in the development of radar.

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATSON-WATT»

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EW 102: A Second Course in Electronic Warfare
A Second Course in Electronic Warfare David Adamy. 6.2.3 Watson-Watt Technique The Watson-Watt technique, developed by Sir Robert Watson-Watt (of radar development fame) uses three antennas in a line. The center antenna is a sense ...
David Adamy, 2004
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Radio Monitoring: Problems, Methods and Equipment
In 1925–1926, Robert Watson-Watt suggested the use of two fixed-frames in combination with a non-directional spike, instead of the direction finders with mechanical antenna rotation, and the use of the electron-beam tube for bearing display.
Anatoly Rembovsky, Alexander Ashikhmin, Vladimir Kozmin, 2009
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Systems, Experts, and Computers: The Systems Approach in ...
Before the end of December 1941, Robert Watson- Watt had accepted this assignment and settled in at the British embassy in Washington.29 Watson- Watt filed his report in January. Far from sanguine, he noted the "insufficient organization ...
Agatha C. Hughes
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New Scientist
537 New York BEFORE these words reach the printed page, their readers probably will have seen newspaper reports of Sir Robert Watson-Watt's challenge of the accuracy of Sir Charles (C. P.) Snow's most recent chapter in the history of ...
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New Scientist
Historians often state that Watson-Watt "invented" radar. He did not do so; scientists in several countries, including Germany, had known the elementary principle and practice of the reflection of radio waves from various targets for many years ...
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Eureka!: Science's Greatest Thinkers
'Pity Sir Watson-Watt, strange target of this radar plot And thus, with others I can mention, the victim of his own invention. His magical all-seeing eye enabled cloud-bound planes to fly but now by some ironic twist it spots the speeding motorist ...
Hazel Muir, 2012
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A to Z of STS Scientists
Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander (1892–1973) Scottish Radio Engineer Robert Alexander Watson-Watt invented radar, a system that uses the deflection of radio waves to locate and track objects. He originally developed the idea on the eve of  ...
Elizabeth H. Oakes, 2009
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Pioneers in scientific discoveries
The World War II began on September 3, 1939. The earlier ones and newer Radar Stations worked all the 24 hours. Watson- Watt and his team were there, and the radar did more marvellous work in the war. On September 15, 1939, Hitler with ...
Kalayya Krishnamurthy, 2002
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The Secret War
possible reassurance, Harry Wimperis wrote to the best possible man, Robert Watson Watt, who in 1934 was heading a group of young scientists at the Radio Research Station, Slough, a department of the National Physical Laboratory.
Brian Johnson, 2004
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Electronics Engineers: Niklaus Wirth, Robert Watson-Watt, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, LLC Books, 2010

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BBC film series commemorates 70th anniversary of WW2 end
22) stars Eddie Izzard and recounts the human drama behind Scotsman Robert Watson-Watt's history-altering invention of radar technology. On the brink of ... «Eureka Times Standard, Jul 15»
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10 Interesting Facts about the British During World War II You Might …
Robert Watson-Watt started working on a “death ray” that would use radio waves to destroy airplanes in 1935. It wasn't quite successful at its primary purpose, ... «Anglotopia.net, Jul 15»
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On this day 1935: Radar given first demonstration
Sir Robert Watson-Watt was a key figure in the history of radar. Although the concept of radar had been around since the 19th century, it wasn't until the early ... «Scotsman, Feb 15»
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Watson-Watt on club's radar
More than 40 members of Forfar Probus Club listened intently to a well-prepared and illustrated professional presentation on the life of Robert Watson-Watt, the ... «Forfar Dispatch, Oct 14»
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Castles in the Sky, BBC Two, review: 'a bit worthy'
Setting aside the fact that the name Robert Watson-Watt is almost impossible to get your mouth around, nobody knows why the man is not more celebrated in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 14»
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Eddie Izzard's Scots inventor builds Castles In The Sky and helps …
Comedian Eddie Izzard brings the life of Sir Robert Watson-Watt, the Brechin-born “father of radar”, to the screen in BBC drama Castles in the Sky. Gayle Ritchie ... «The Courier, Sep 14»
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Statue of radar pioneer Watson-Watt unveiled in Brechin
The radar system Watson-Watt helped develop was described as Britain's "secret weapon" in the war, and was credited with winning the Battle of Britain. «BBC News, Sep 14»
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Radar Docu-drama on BBC TV
Eddie Izzard, who plays Watson-Watt, says he joined the project because he was ... and story: “I feel very privileged to be playing the role of Robert Watson-Watt. «Southgate Amateur Radio Club, Sep 14»
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Robert Watson-Watt: The inventor who helped win the Battle of Britain
At the time a brilliant Scottish scientist called Robert Watson-Watt, a descendant of the inventor of the steam train James Watt, was beavering away on a project ... «Express.co.uk, Aug 14»
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Royal unveiling for Watson-Watt
The Watson-Watt Society has announced that the unveiling will take place on Wednesday, September 3 - 75 years to the day that the UK declared war on Nazi ... «Brechin Advertiser, Aug 14»

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