Record

RefNoFS/7/2/504
Previous numbersFS/14/2/26, Box 8
LevelFile
TitleCorrespondence with Col SF Newcombe
Date1951-1954
DescriptionLenghty correspondence with Col SF Newcombe, who was interested in issues relating to domestic heating. Some correspondence on the 1952 'Ridley Report' (Report of the Committee on National Policy for the Use of Fuel and Power Resources') and also on Newcombe's schemes for heat insulation in the home (including his suggestion to build houses using the principle of the thermos flask)
Extent58 letters
FormatManuscript and typescript documents
AccessStatusOpen
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