%0 Journal Article %1 Davies195716 %A Davies, John M. %A Cotton, Eugene S. %D 1957 %J Solar Energy %K cotton davis %N 2–3 %P 16 - 22 %R 10.1016/0038-092X(57)90116-0 %T Design of the quartermaster solar furnace %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0038092X57901160 %V 1 %X The U.S. Army Quartermaster Research & Development Laboratories are charged with the responsibility for developing protection for men and materials against thermal radiation from nuclear and other weapons. This paper describes a large solar furnace now being erected at Natick, Massachusetts, for the purpose of producing a radiation flux sufficiently high to destroy materials and burn protected skin with exposure times shorter than one second. The concentrating element for the furnace consists of an area of spherical mirrors arranged on an approximate surface so that all of the images are superimposed at the target. Since a continuous reflecting surface is not required, identical mirrors produced by mass production methods are used with significant savings in cost.

@article{Davies195716, abstract = {The U.S. Army Quartermaster Research & Development Laboratories are charged with the responsibility for developing protection for men and materials against thermal radiation from nuclear and other weapons. This paper describes a large solar furnace now being erected at Natick, Massachusetts, for the purpose of producing a radiation flux sufficiently high to destroy materials and burn protected skin with exposure times shorter than one second. The concentrating element for the furnace consists of an area of spherical mirrors arranged on an approximate surface so that all of the images are superimposed at the target. Since a continuous reflecting surface is not required, identical mirrors produced by mass production methods are used with significant savings in cost. }, added-at = {2015-02-04T01:37:09.000+0100}, author = {Davies, John M. and Cotton, Eugene S.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2cdd5b67b25b3ebcf2b417aa7d3edd828/watz}, description = {Design of the quartermaster solar furnace}, doi = {10.1016/0038-092X(57)90116-0}, interhash = {1730728cbb5552a2bb22bfcb6f1b3e7a}, intrahash = {cdd5b67b25b3ebcf2b417aa7d3edd828}, issn = {0038-092X}, journal = {Solar Energy }, keywords = {cotton davis}, note = {The Proceedings of the Solar Furnace Symposium }, number = {2–3}, pages = {16 - 22}, timestamp = {2015-02-04T01:44:25.000+0100}, title = {Design of the quartermaster solar furnace }, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0038092X57901160}, volume = 1, year = 1957 }