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[Tolerance requirements]

Description: This report consists of a discussion concerning maximum allowable tolerance dose for personnel working in a contaminated area on an 8 hour per day basis. It is a follow up of a telephone conversation between the Medical Superintendent at Hanford Works and Dr. Robert Lash of Knoxville, Tennessee on April 13, 1943. (CBS)
Date: September 4, 1944
Creator: Norwood, W. D.
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Engineering Group Instrument Specification Report : Tests on Aquadag Treated Polyethylene Cable

Description: Effect of aquadag coating on noise reduction in polyethylene coaxial cable was tested. A satisfactory combination of coaxial cables and connectors interconnecting sources of small ion currents or ionizing impulses with the measuring device is described.
Date: September 4, 1944
Creator: Weller, Barton L. & Dorsey, John M.
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Progress Report: Development and Construction of Alpha-Counting Equipment

Description: Abstract: An ionization chamber for use in counting alpha particle activity from the air has been devised for counting samples collected with the electrostatic precipitator. The chamber is an adaptation of the breech-locking standard chamber, with a cylindrical high voltage electrode into which the collection foil is placed, and a coaxial rod as a collecting electrode. A geometrical efficiency of close to 50% is obtained.
Date: July 4, 1944
Creator: Borkowski, C. J.; Dandl, R. A.; East, J. K. & Firminhac, R. H.
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Flying Qualities of a High-Speed Bomber With a Dual Pusher Propeller Aft of the Empennage as Estimated From Wind-Tunnel Tests of a 1/8-Scale Powered Model

Description: Report discussing the flying qualities of a high-speed bomber with a dual pusher propeller aft of the empennage. The airplane was found to have satisfactory flying qualities except for stability issues with aft center of gravity, high elevator control forces in landing, insufficient elevator control in take-off, and low rudder-free directional stability.
Date: November 4, 1944
Creator: Weiberg, James A. & Schnurbusch, Alfred W.
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