Oral history of British science

King-Hele, Desmond (Part 9 of 21). An Oral History of British Science.

  • Add a note
    Log in to add a note at the bottom of this page.
  • All notes
  • My notes
  • Hide notes
Please click to leave a note

The British Library Board acknowledges the intellectual property rights of those named as contributors to this recording and the rights of those not identified.
Legal and ethical usage »

Tags (top 25):
(No tags found for this item)

What is this? Log in to add a term that describes this item and help make it easier to find.

  • Type

    sound

  • Duration

    00:07:56

  • Shelf mark

    C1379/13

  • Subjects

    Atmospheric Science

  • Recording date

    2010.06.08

  • Recording locations

    Farnham, Surrey

  • Interviewees

    King-Hele, Desmond, 1927- (speaker, male)

  • Interviewers

    Merchant, Paul (speaker, male)

  • Abstract

    Part 9: [DKH reads from prepared written account] The Duke of Edinburgh’s Lecture to Royal Institute of Navigation, 1963 on ‘The Shape of the Earth’, writing of ‘The Essential Writings of Erasmus Darwin’, new method of studying shape of the Earth using satellite ‘resonance’ in 1970s and 1980s, satellite observations supplied by Dr Roger Easton, US Naval Research Laboratories, Washington.

  • Description

    Life story interview with physicist Dr Desmond King-Hele

  • Related transcripts

    Desmond King-Hele interviewed by Paul Merchant: full transcript of the interview

  • Metadata record:

    View full metadata for this item

King-Hele, Desmond (Part 9 of 21). An Oral History of British Science.

Please log in to update your playlists.

Can you tell us more about the context of the recording? Or can you share information on its content - timings of key sections or important details? Please add your notes. Uninformative entries may not be retained.

Please log in to leave notes.