…one (not for free, any way). But there are a few more snippets to be found online. This is from Radar Origins Worldwide: History of Its Evolution in 13 Nations Through World War II (Trafford Publishing, 2009) by Raymond C. Watson Jr, 334-5: The Ku-go (Death Ray) was another matter. An Article on a death-ray device invented by Nikola Tesla had been in The New York Times (July 11, 1934), and was picked up by the Japanese press. In this, Tesla was qu…
…ous place to look for verification of the riot. But in my experience TNA’s online catalogue usually gives only the most basic overview of what’s in each record, which can contain dozens of documents and hundreds of pages. And very little has been digitised. That makes it very hard, or rather very expensive, to do this kind of research on spec. Unless you know the precise document you are looking for, all TNA will do is copy the whole file for you,…
…Great War by the Royal Air Force, vol. 5 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1935) — online There is also a semi-official (since the author was head of Air Historical Branch) history of the raids specifically: Joseph Morris, The German Air Raids on Britain, 1914–1918 (Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1925) Narrative/popular histories These mostly follow the Official History in their focus on the air defence narrative, but in the last decade or two this has been…
…Cliopatria.] The Royal Historical Society has for some years maintained an online bibliography of British and Irish history, updated three times a year. It currently has over 460,000 records. It’s a fantastic resource for scholars interested in any aspect of the history of the British Isles, not least because it’s free. But from 1 January 2010 it won’t be: it will be rebranded as the Bibliography of British and Irish History which will be sold by…
…esopotamia now. I couldn’t see any reference to gas. But it’s actually all online, so have a look yourself! From a few hints online, it seems it might be the case that Haldane requested chemical munitions in around September 1920. Chapter 18 deals with his correspondence with Churchill, so might have been a likely candidate, but nothing there that I can see. The answer may be in the PRO. BTW, David Omissi did say that Haldane used gas in Iraq, and…
…oad them. Paul Gilster What a remarkable resource! Getting older materials online like this should be a priority around the world, and I hope this project’s reputation will quickly spread. Brett Holman Yes, it’s a great thing, and hopefully will inspire other libraries and institutions to follow the same path. I should have noted that of course there are other newspaper (and book) digitisation projects going on around the world, but so many of the…
…T article does exist, because it’s listed in S&T’s own index, but it’s not online anywhere I can find. While the PASP article is scientific where the S&T one will be popular, they presumably cover similar ground. I’ve already seen the PASP article, as I linked to it in second response to you. I’ve already explained why this is irrelevant and not proof of the reality of the canals: the technology has been completely superseded. Again, you show no e…
…ical microfilm package at many libraries. Jakob Last I checked, Flight was online almost in its entirety, but the search facility is more than a little erratic, no doubt due to OCR artifacts. Browsing it’s not the quickest way to go through a run, but it beats the stack service at most places… JDK Sorry, Erik, You missed my point – the KLM DC-2 flew the KLM route, made the KLM stops as well as the required five race stops. Indeed the Comet racer…
…out what that air mail poster was about! But I had intended to mention two online archives of British newsreels: British Pathe and Movietone (slogan: “It speaks for itself”). These are great. You can search the descriptions for key words – Hendon, say, or “air raid” (or even something not aviation-related, if you are so inclined!) – and turn up all sorts of gems, like a 1923 reel showing off ‘London’s air defences’,British Pathe 314.17. or many it…
…of the series’ titles (which are mostly classical allusions) with links to online sources for the texts and some sort of author biography, where available. Google Books has many of them, but only snippets or previews, so I’ve linked to other sources where possible. Additions and corrections are welcome. Physically, they were very small books (pott octavo, to be precise), easy to slip into a pocket, and numbered only a hundred pages or so, in large…
