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Denge and fighter control

The Sound Mirrors of Denge at Passing Strangeness. If a technology solves a problem that’s particularly desperate (or it solves one that’s less desperate but more profitable), it’s often prefigured by...

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WWII radar in Malta

Radar stations during wartime Malta, by Charles Debono, curator of the National War Museum in Valletta. … as radar technology was in its infancy, in Malta, the British authorities decided to build an...

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Denge mirrors at Exploring Kent’s Past

“Acoustic Sound Mirrors at Greatstone-on-Sea, Lydd” at Kent County Council’s Exploring Kent’s Past. The remains of three large concrete structures, formerly an anti-aircraft Acoustic Detection...

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Detling sound mirror

Thread at the Kent History Forum.

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Zeppelin raids on London

Zeppelin Airship Attacks On London: Mapped at Londonist.

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Listing campaign in 1993

“Listing of sound mirrors urged: Oliver Gillie reports on the pre-radar detection devices that enthusiasts want to see preserved” from the Independent on 3 July 1993. HUGE CONCRETE sound mirrors used...

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Construction of the Abbot’s Cliff mirror

Pete Graves e-mails to say the Abbot’s Cliff sound mirror was constructed by Lewis Brothers, Builders, of Dover. My father-in-law was apprenticed to Lewis’s in 1926 as a carpenter, and he worked on the...

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Forgotten technologies: Giant ears of concrete

“Vergessene Technologien – Riesenohren aus Beton” (Forgotten technologies – Giant ears of concrete) is a 23 May 2011 German-language article by Solveig Grothe on the website of Spiegel. It has a...

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Seaham sound mirror memories

Checking some old links, I found the Seaham Scenes website is no more; it seems the webmaster Peter Dent died in a motorcycle accident in 2009. Using the Internet Archive I have retrieved the text...

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SKEALS on the sound mirror

The Kilnsea sound mirror, described as “the only listed ‘building’ in Kilnsea“, is mentioned on The Spurn, Kilnsea and Easington Area Local Studies Group website.

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Selsey sound mirror history

The downloadable “Coastal Defence and Zeppelin Raids” chapter (number 9) of the Invasion threats and counter measures section of West Sussex County Council’s Great War West Sussex 1914-18 webpages...

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‘Remembering 1916’ exhibition in Croydon

The Remembering 1916 – Life on the Western Front exhibition about the First World War in the year 1916 is being held at the Whitgift Exhibition Centre in south Croydon from 12 March to 31 August 2016....

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How to find planes without radar

Acoustic mirrors: how to find planes without radar, by Al Williams at Hackaday (“entertainment for engineers and engineering enthusiasts”): While today the acoustic mirror is a museum curiosity, before...

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The science of anti-aircraft gunnery in World War I

There is a mention of sound mirrors in the article Mirrors and smoke: A. V. Hill, his Brigands, and the science of anti-aircraft gunnery in World War I, William Van der Kloot. DOI:...

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Sound mirrors one of “12 intriguing places listed by Historic England in 2017”

The National Heritage List for England identifies the buildings, sites and landscapes which receive special protection. Explore 12 new additions on @googlearts https://t.co/EhLddvkMMP...

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Sound mirror talk and exhibition in Ramsgate

Sonic reflections 09/09/2020 | 5 p.m. East Cliff Bandstand, Wellington Crescent, Ramsgate This talk will see guest speakers discussing their experience in researching the history & archaeology of...

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