Archival Folder

Lampshade Device

Tuesday, January 1, 1952

Thursday, December 31, 1953

A2000-021

AF/21406

Plans for a radiation lamp shade which can determine the position of the bomb blast in the event of atomic attack. Correspondence regarding : radiation monitor equipment ; Benson Polytechnic High School, sheet metal shop accepting to make lampshade for Civil Defense ; application for Federal matching funds for organization equipment to be used for purchase of material for manufacture and installation of 85 devices (lampshades) which will be used to determine azimuth, elevation and nuclear radiation intensities of atomic explosions ; items and programs that are not specifically listed in the federal contributions manual for match funding ; a more practical air zero locator than the lampshade. "Atomic Bomb Air Zero Locators" a paper describing the construction, installation and operation of a sphere type of air zero locator. Application for lampshade construction funds. Organizations : Disaster Relief and Civil Defense ; General Electric (GE) ; Oregon State Civil Defense Agency ; Federal Civil Defense Administration Personal Names : Aithen, H. L. ; Harmon, N. F. ; Lowe, Jack ; Sandstrom, R. W.