Echoes from the Sky: A Story of Acoustic Defence

Name: Echoes from the Sky: A Story of Acoustic Defence
Brand: Hythe Civic Society
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By Scarth, Richard Newton

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Between the World Wars, before the invention of radar, parabolic sound mirrors were used experimentally as early-warning devices by military air defence forces to detect incoming enemy aircraft by listening for the sound of their engines. During World War 2 on the coast of southern England, a network of large concrete acoustic mirrors was in the process of being built when the project was canceled due to the development of the Chain Home radar system. Many of these mirrors are still standing. This book tells their story.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 268
Release Date:: 1999-09-01
Publication Date:: 1999-09-01
Publisher:: Hythe Civic Society
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 1900101300
Weight:: 581 g

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