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  2. Noted Science Writer Describes Explosion

    Science writer of the London "Daily Express," who saw the explosion north-west of Woomera. Britain's first operational atomic bomb-the kind which could be dropped by an RAF plane and ...

    Article : 762 words
  3. How Familiar Mushroom Cloud Of Atomic Bomb Is Formed

    The fireball formed in the first moments of the explosion of an atomic bomb is a rapidly expanding ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 213 words
  4. Area Seemed Swept By Giant Broom

    A blackened circle with wisps of smoke from mulga trees burning nearby was all remaining of the tower containing the atomic weapon when we flew close as the pilot dared to the site where Britain's first atomic explosion ...

    Article : 726 words
  5. DESERT FLIGHT AFTER BLAST

    Less than an hour after the devastating explosion, I was flying over the radio-active target area, only 1,000 feet above the point where the bomb burst. ...

    Article : 341 words
  6. HOW BOMB WORKS

    The drawing on the right explains how the atomic bomb is exploded: A hollow sphere of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 193 words
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  8. HOW BOMB WAS PRIMED

    Forty minutes before the explosion one unnamed scientist was responsible for the final arming of the ...

    Article : 127 words
  9. A-Bomb Rate May Be 10 A Month

    The exact rate of British atomic bomb production is secret, but a reasonable estimate can be ...

    Article : 142 words
  10. Final Adjustment To A-Bomb

    The scene in the South Australian desert as Sir William Penney made the final adjustments to the atomic bomb. Planes, tanks, lorries, air raid shelters and military equipment wore laid out in the target area to test the effects of the fire and blast. Observers watched from barricades 13 miles away. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 106 words
  11. Where Work On Bomb Was Done

    The map below shows where the work of making the atomic bomb was done in Britain. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 465 words
  12. Scientist's Big Job

    Sir William Penney, the man who designed and built the bomb exploded yesterday has risen ...

    Article : 338 words
  13. BLAST HEARD IN BRITAIN

    The Woomera atomic explosion was heard today in thousands of British homes, when listeners to ...

    Article : 54 words
  14. Flight In Freighter

    During the wait at! Salisbury before leaving for Woomera, I was briefed on the exceptional ...

    Article : 194 words
  15. Atomic Cloud Forms Head Of Aborigine

    The way the smoke column of yesterday's atomic explosion twice formed the gigantic head ...

    Article : 137 words
  16. Call For U.N. Control Of Atomic Arms

    A resolution calling on the UN General Assembly to discuss at its present session in New York ...

    Article : 406 words
  17. Plan For Kimba Aerodrome

    The Kimba District Council has decided to acquire 510 acres of land about 4½ miles north-east of Kimba ...

    Article : 37 words
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