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Of keeping your sights on. and these, eight of them, grouped together in the wings of hurricanes and spitfires, are what actually won the battle of britain. without fred hills persistence, it could have been a very different outcome. he was so determined to prove the need for eight guns, not four, that he went home armed with the results of the most recent firing trials as well as one of the latest calculating machines. and he asked his daughter for help. together, sitting around their small kit...

Together, sitting around their small kitchen table in north london, they worked long into the night analysing the data. you wouldnt expect most 13—year—olds to be able to do that kind of maths. so she must have been a pretty remarkable mathematician. a lot of this work was done clandestinely, in secret, by a few dedicated individuals who didnt really have any money available. but in a way, its not surprising. the budgets available to these people were very sparse, if indeed they had any budg...

In order to bring down a bomber. two seconds was all he had, given the speed at which aircraft were moving now, and the difficulty of keeping your sights on. and these, eight of them, grouped together in the wings of hurricanes and spitfires, are what actually won the battle of britain. without fred hills persistence, it could have been a very different outcome. he was so determined to prove the need for eight guns, not four, that he went home armed with the results of the most recent firing tri...

Hello this is bbc news. the headlines. to mask or not to mask? senior uk minister michael gove says face coverings shouldnt be mandatory in england but worn out of consideration for others. on the whole, my view is that its always better to trust peoples sommon sense, to give them a clear sense of what is wise and i think that individuals and businesses are responding well to that lead. president trump finally wears a face mask in public, as the united states posts another daily record for new c...

Fired out of their rifles. however, it was discovered that if you grouped together eight of these machine—guns, brownings firing a thousand rounds a minute, you would produce a density of fire of 256 rounds in the two seconds that it was assumed that a pilot would have in order to bring down a bomber. two seconds was all he had, given the speed at which aircraft were moving now, and the difficulty of keeping your sights on. and these, eight of them, grouped together in the wings of hurricanes ...

Daughter, hazel, a talented mathematician. together, around their kitchen table, they worked through the night on complex calculations to prove that eight guns firing at least 1000 rounds a minute was essential for success. they talk about burning the midnight oil and coming into the office late after everybody‘s gone, to carry out further calculations and borrow some bits of equipment to carry out experiments, more or less off their own bat, working very long hours because they were really de...

Are what actually won the battle of britain. without fred hills persistence, it could have been a very different outcome. he was so determined to prove the need for eight guns, not four, that he went home armed with the results of the most recent firing trials as well as one of the latest calculating machines. and he asked his daughter for help. together, sitting around their small kitchen table in north london, they worked long into the night analysing the data. you wouldnt expect most 13—yea...

New generation of fighter plane had originally been designed with just four machine—guns. but this man, captain fred hill, a scientific officer in the air ministry became convinced that four guns would not be enough. each planet needed eight. he faced stiff opposition, most thought eight guns would be too many, impossible to fit onto the planes. but captain hill convinced he was right. he turned to an unlikely person for help, his 13—year—old daughter, hazel. a talented mathematician. toge...

The need for eight guns, not four, that he went home armed with the results of the most recent firing trials as well as one of the latest calculating machines. and he asked his daughter for help. together, sitting around their small kitchen table in north london, they worked long into the night analysing the data. you wouldnt expect most 13—year—olds to be able to do that kind of maths. so she must have been a pretty remarkable mathematician. a lot of this work was done clandestinely, in sec...

Hello this is bbc news. the headlines... jack charlton, who played in englands world cup winning football team and later managed the republic of ireland, has died at the age of 85. another one of the ‘66 world cup squad to have died. but, you know, he will obviously be remembered very fondly. he was a great character. open air theatres, live music venues and swimming pools can re—open today, in the latest easing of the lockdown in england.