Title
BEAIRA electrical resistivity map M/T32 showing England & Wales
Reference
UK0108 SC MSS 273/02/02
Date
1934
Creator
Scope and Content
The British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association (BEAIRA) electrical resistivity map M/T32 showing southern England & Wales. The map has been prepared by A B Broughton Edge (late Director Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey) for BEAIRA. At the bottom of the map is a credit to The Edinburgh Geographical Institute and the underlying map is copyright of John Bartholomew & Son Ltd.
The map is stamped as the 1st copy of the Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd Technical Library, Woolwich
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Admin. history/Biography
John Kemp (1896-1991), who was born in Switzerland, joined Western Electric in 1921 which became Standard Telephones & Cables (STC). He rose to the position of Chief Cable Engineer and travelled extensively with the company until 1939. John Kemp continued to work for STC after WWII up until his retirement from STC in the 1950s. He wrote many technical papers for Standard Telecommunication Laboratories Ltd (STL), which was the central research laboratory for STC, and also wrote several journal articles.
John Kemp joined the IEE as a Graduate member in 1924, became an Associate Member in 1926 and then a Member in 1935.
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