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- Title'Effectiveness of earth wires for the protection of buried polythene-covered junction-type cable in lightning areas', by J Kemp, and C J Steward, 1968
- ReferenceUK0108 SC MSS 273/03/05
- DateDecember 1968 to January 1970
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- Scope and ContentStandard Telecommunication Laboratories Ltd report with reference 'ITT technical report STL 1007', 'effectiveness of earth wires for the protection of buried polythene-covered junction-type cable in lightning areas', by J Kemp, and C J Steward, December 1968. There are two copies of this report. One is a clean copy. The second copy is marked as 'working copy'. It includes annotation, additional inserted charts, and includes a copy of a letter from H Fielding at the GPO commenting on the report (dated 14 January 1970)
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- Admin. history/BiographyJohn 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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