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By 1963 the Vicker Group Research Establishment was located at Sunninghill; it had developed breathing apparatus for firefighters and hyperbaric oxygen chambers for babies and adults; the hyperbaric oxygen chambers were manufactured at the Itchen Works, Southampton<ref>The Times Feb. 7, 1964</ref> | By 1963 the Vicker Group Research Establishment was located at Sunninghill; it had developed breathing apparatus for firefighters and hyperbaric oxygen chambers for babies and adults; the hyperbaric oxygen chambers were manufactured at the Itchen Works, Southampton<ref>The Times Feb. 7, 1964</ref> | ||
1964 Had developed linear accelerators which were in production at the Radiation Division at South Marston<ref>The Times June 5, 1964</ref> | 1964 Had developed linear accelerators which were in production at the [[Vickers-Armstrongs (South Marston)|Radiation Division at South Marston]]<ref>The Times June 5, 1964</ref> | ||
1967 Studies included lubrication of axial piston pumps and motors, electron beam welding and analysis of inclusion in steel; these were approaching the point at which manufacture of equipment could be considered. Also working on methods of storing human tissue<ref>The Times May 16, 1967</ref> | 1967 Studies included lubrication of axial piston pumps and motors, electron beam welding and analysis of inclusion in steel; these were approaching the point at which manufacture of equipment could be considered. Also working on methods of storing human tissue<ref>The Times May 16, 1967</ref> | ||
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Part of Vickers Group
1956 The Establishment, at Brooklands Road, Weybridge, was advertising for physicists, engineers, mathematicians, chemists, designers, draughtsmen and laboratory craftsmen.[1]
By 1963 the Vicker Group Research Establishment was located at Sunninghill; it had developed breathing apparatus for firefighters and hyperbaric oxygen chambers for babies and adults; the hyperbaric oxygen chambers were manufactured at the Itchen Works, Southampton[2]
1964 Had developed linear accelerators which were in production at the Radiation Division at South Marston[3]
1967 Studies included lubrication of axial piston pumps and motors, electron beam welding and analysis of inclusion in steel; these were approaching the point at which manufacture of equipment could be considered. Also working on methods of storing human tissue[4]