BRAY, CHARLES W. Psychology and Military Proficiency: A History of the Applied Psychology Panel of the National Defense Research Committee. Pp. xviii, 242. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1948. $3.50

1948 ◽  
Vol 258 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-148
Author(s):  
Samuel W. Fernberger
Keyword(s):  
National Defense ◽  
Applied Psychology ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
History Of ◽  
Defense Research

RDX and the Army Ordnance Department

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin F. Baxter
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Defense ◽  
Scientific Cooperation ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
Scientific Mission ◽  
Defense Research

Skepticism by U.S. Army Ordnance authorities toward RDX, and their attitude toward civilian scientists. Scientific research staffs had limited prestige. The establishment of the National Defense Research Committee in 1940 and the Tizard Scientific Mission to Washington helped accelerate scientific cooperation between Britain, Canada, and the United States.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin F. Baxter
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Continuous Production ◽  
National Defense ◽  
World War ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
Plant Operation ◽  
Working Day ◽  
Defense Research

On this site during World War II stood the Wexler Bend Pilot Plant. In this plant Tennessee Eastman developed a procedure for continuous production of the explosive RDX. Working day and night, the pilot plant staff started the first semi-works plant run on February 17, 1942, only 26 days after Tennessee Eastman was asked by the National Defense Research Committee to undertake experimental work and pilot plant operation....

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