Material relating to M'Pherson's work for the Royal Navy including studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his work at the Admiralty Gunnery Establishment Royal Navy Material
Unclassified material relating to Philip M'Pherson's work at the Admiralty Gunnery Establishment. Admiralty Gunnery Establishment Material
A report written by Lt Commander P.K. M'Pherson S.M., R.N., containing an analytical study of the application of accelerometers, pendulums, and gyroscopes in stabilisation and guidance systems. This section studies the performance of motion sensitive instruments used in guidance and stabilisation systems. Report entitled 'Space Integration: Part 2 Newtonian Instruments Section B'
A draft copy of Philip M'Pherson's Report on a Year's Study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology divided into part 1 'Graduate Fire Control and Stabilisation Course', part 2 'Comparison of M.IT. and R.N. Methods for producing Engineer Graduates, appendix I 'Detailed Description of Each Subject Taken', appendix II 'A Sample Quiz, being the First Quiz in the Subject Vector Kinematics and Gyro Instrument Theory', appendix III 'Details of student admission and studies' , appendix IV 'Detailed analysis of M.I.T. undergraduate course', appendix V 'Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering', appendix VI 'Graduate Subjects of Interest to Marine and Ordnance Engineers', appendix 'Syllabus for Ordnance Engineering Dagger Course' and a hierarchy of the M.I.T. Instrument Laboratory. Also included is an handwritten index and summaries of parts 1, 2 and 3 as well as letters from M'Pherson to The Director of Naval Ordnance and The Engineer-in-Chief forwarding the report. Report on a Year's Study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Memo entitled 'The "False Vertical" Error of Azimuth Gyro Supported in Pendulous Gimbals' Memo entitled 'The "False Vertical" Error of Azimuth Gyro Supported in Pendulous Gimbals'
Memo entitled 'On the Motion of Short Pendulums in Ships' Memo entitled 'On the Motion of Short Pendulums in Ships'
A transcript of a talk given by Lt Cdr P.K. M'Pherson S.M. R.N. at the Group B review of research work 1956/1957 at A.G.E. Portland. This is a summary of the material in the report Space Integration: Part 2 Newtonian Instrumentation. Transcript of a talk entitled 'Vibrations of Non-Pendulous Two Axis Gyroscopes'
A report written by Lt Commander P.K. M'Pherson S.M., R.N., containing an analytical study of the application of accelerometers, pendulums, and gyroscopes in stabilisation and guidance systems. This section studies the performance of motion sensitive instruments used in guidance and stabilisation systems. Report entitled 'Space Integration: Part 2 Newtonian Instruments Section A'
A report written by Lt Commander P.K. M'Pherson S.M., R.N., containing a detailed examination of the components of velocity and acceleration along stabilized exes in a vehicle moving over the Earth along great circle, constant heading and small circle courses. Report entitled 'Space Integration: Part 1 The Acceleration of a Point Moving Over the Earth'
