• Medientyp: E-Book
  • Titel: Crystal clear : the struggle for reliable communications technology in World War II
  • Enthält: Introduction : "We were heavily armed, and we had crystals" -- From wire to wireless : the development-- and acceptance-- of tactical radio -- Crystal control-- the great gamble -- The Signal Corps lays the foundation -- Nothing else to do but grind crystals -- Riding the "Flat Wheel Limited"-- overseeing a mass production industry -- Supplying a mass production industry-- the civilian government steps in -- "The whole radio crystal program of the Armed Services depends upon the success of the procurement program in Brazil. Nothing must be allowed to interfere with it" -- "God made lots of small crystals" -- The aging crisis-- stopgap measures -- The aging crisis-- physics to the rescue! -- "Without crystals, you have radio; with them, communications" -- Appendix 1 : Crystal-controlled equipment -- Appendix 2 : Crystal manufacturers.
  • Beteiligte: Thompson, Richard J. [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
  • Erschienen: Piscataway, NJ; Hoboken, N.J: Wiley-Interscience, c2007
    Online-Ausg., Piscataway, N.J: IEEE, 2010
  • Erschienen in: IEEE Xplore Digital Library
  • Umfang: Online Ressource (viii, 230, [24] p. of plates); ill., map
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN: 9780470051290; 0470051299
  • RVK-Notation: ZN 3136 : Geschichte der Kommunikationstechnik
  • Schlagwörter: USA > Zweiter Weltkrieg > Kommunikationstechnik > Zuverlässigkeit
  • Art der Reproduktion: Online-Ausg.
  • Hersteller der Reproduktion: Piscataway, N.J: IEEE, 2010
  • Reproduktionsnotiz: Electronic reproduction; Mode of access: World Wide Web
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  • Anmerkungen: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-217) and index. - Description based on print version record
  • Beschreibung: Introduction : "We were heavily armed, and we had crystals" -- From wire to wireless : the development-- and acceptance-- of tactical radio -- Crystal control-- the great gamble -- The Signal Corps lays the foundation -- Nothing else to do but grind crystals -- Riding the "Flat Wheel Limited"-- overseeing a mass production industry -- Supplying a mass production industry-- the civilian government steps in -- "The whole radio crystal program of the Armed Services depends upon the success of the procurement program in Brazil. Nothing must be allowed to interfere with it" -- "God made lots of small crystals" -- The aging crisis-- stopgap measures -- The aging crisis-- physics to the rescue! -- "Without crystals, you have radio; with them, communications" -- Appendix 1 : Crystal-controlled equipment -- Appendix 2 : Crystal manufacturers