The Giant's Eye


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Main Exhibition

Introduction
Magic Eyes of War and Peace
Don't call us, we'll call you
The Crisis
The Optical Munitions Panel
A Formidable Task
Optical Glass
A Romance of Science and Industry
The People
The Results
Afterwards...

Organisations

Australian Consolidated Industries
Australian Institute of Physics
Chance Brothers
Commonwealth Solar Observatory
Munitions Supply Laboratories
National Bureau of Standards
National Standards Laboratory
Optical Munitions Panel
Tropic Proofing Committee
University of Adelaide
University of Melbourne
University of Sydney
University of Tasmania
University of Western Australia
Waterworth

Background

Australian History Timeline 1939-1946
Optical Glass
Optical Munitions
Some Difficulties

Other

Bibliography
Photographs
Related Links
Text Version of Exhibition
Teachers' Unit
People

T.C. Alldis
C.W. Allen
G.H. Briggs
H.A. Buchdahl
N. Chamberlain
F.D. Cruickshank
J. Dooley
S.J. Elwin
N.A. Esserman
H.J. Frost
S.C.B. Gascoigne
K. Gottlieb
Kerr Grant
Sir L. Hartnett
E.J. Hartung
E.O. Hercus
A.J. Higgs
A.R. Hogg
Internees
T.H. Laby
P.G. Law
F. Lord
A.L. McAulay
J.J. McNeill
R. Menzies
Physics Students
J.S. Rogers
A.D. Ross
E.L. Sayce
G.G. Schaefer
W.H. Steel
D.W.N. Stibbs
O.U. Vonwiller
Waterworth
Women Workers
R. v.d.R. Woolley

The Launch

Launch Photographs
Media Coverage
Further Information

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Published by the Australian Science Archives Project on ASAPWeb, 30 April 1997
Comments or corrections to: Bright Sparcs (bsparcs@asap.unimelb.edu.au)
Prepared by: Denise Sutherland and Elissa Tenkate
Updated by: Elissa Tenkate
Date modified: 19 February 1998

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