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Correspondence, reports and notes referring to Coales' career in the Admiralty. Includes information on the following: papers submitted to the IEE; work for HM Signal School, Admiralty; request for leave of absence to conduct research at Cambridge; organisation of the Scientific Research and Experiment Department, Admiralty; proposed Admiralty Gunnery Establishment; Greenwich College and the proposal to establish and Royal Naval University; research and development; proposed patent on improvements to automatic following radar; life insurance; resignation from the Admiralty to join Elliott Brothers [to undertake R & D work for the Navy]; patent on improvements in object locating systems.