Radiation Laboratory

World War II radar research operation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Organization research_center Q4354699
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Radiation Laboratory

Summary

Radiation Laboratory is a research center[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of research_center entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Radiation Laboratory's field of work was radar[3].
  • Radiation Laboratory is in the country of United States[4].
  • Radiation Laboratory's image is recorded as MIT Radiation Laboratory Radome Roof Lab RL-35-279.jpg[5].
  • Radiation Laboratory's instance of is recorded as research center[6].
  • Radiation Laboratory's logo image is recorded as MIT Radiation Laboratory BW logo 1946.png[7].
  • Radiation Laboratory's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121778696[8].
  • Radiation Laboratory's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 145496132[9].
  • Radiation Laboratory's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85804655[10].
  • Radiation Laboratory's Commons category is recorded as MIT Radiation Laboratory[11].
  • Radiation Laboratory's archives at is recorded as Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries[12].
  • Radiation Laboratory's archives at is recorded as National Archives and Records Administration[13].
  • +1940-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Radiation Laboratory[14].
  • Radiation Laboratory was dissolved in +1945-12-31T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Radiation Laboratory's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.3608, 'lon': -71.0917}[16].
  • Radiation Laboratory's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09hyk[17].
  • Radiation Laboratory's participant is recorded as Lee Alvin DuBridge[18].
  • Radiation Laboratory's participant is recorded as Alfred Lee Loomis[19].
  • Radiation Laboratory's participant is recorded as Isidor Isaac Rabi[20].
  • Radiation Laboratory's participant is recorded as F. Wheeler Loomis[21].
  • Radiation Laboratory's participant is recorded as John G. Trump[22].
  • Radiation Laboratory's participant is recorded as Horace Rowan Gaither[23].
  • Radiation Laboratory's parent organization or unit is recorded as Massachusetts Institute of Technology[24].
  • Radiation Laboratory's parent organization or unit is recorded as National Defense Research Committee[25].
  • Radiation Laboratory's topic's main category is recorded as Category:MIT Radiation Laboratory[26].
  • Radiation Laboratory's product or material produced is recorded as SCR-584 radar[27].

Body

Founding

+1940-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Radiation Laboratory[14].

Operations

Parent organizations include Massachusetts Institute of Technology[24], a university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1861[30], headquartered in Cambridge[31] and National Defense Research Committee[25], a government agency[32], in United States[33], founded in 1940[34], headquartered in Washington, D.C.[35].

Industry

Radiation Laboratory's field of work was radar[3].

Ownership

Products include SCR-584 radar[27], LORAN[36], H2X[37], SCR-720[38], and AN/CPS-1[39].

Dissolution

Radiation Laboratory was dissolved in +1945-12-31T00:00:00Z[15].

Why It Matters

Radiation Laboratory ranks in the top 8% of research_center entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . ll.mit.edu. ll.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . archivesspace.mit.edu. archivesspace.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . ll.mit.edu. ll.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ll.mit.edu. ll.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [36] . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] . wikidata.org.
  28. [38] . wikidata.org.
  29. [39] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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