 Crystal Clear: The Struggle for Reliable Communications Technology in World War II
ISBN: 978-0-470-04606-7
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230 pages
October 2006, Wiley-IEEE Press
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Introduction: “We Were Heavily Armed and We Had Crystals”.
1 From Wire to Wireless: The Development—and Acceptance—of Tactical Radio.
2 Crystal Control—the Great Gamble.
3 The Signal Corps Lays the Foundation.
4 Nothing Else to Do but Grind Crystals.
5 Riding the “Flat Wheel Limited”—Overseeing a Mass Production Industry.
6 Supplying a Mass Production Industry—the Civilian Government Steps In.
7 “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”.
8 “God Made Lots of Small Crystals”.
9 The Aging Crisis—Stopgap Measures.
10 The Aging Crisis—Physics to the Rescue!
11 “Without Crystals You Have Radio; With Them, Communications”.
Appendix 1: Crystal-Controlled Equipment.
Appendix 2: Crystal Manufacturers.
References.
Index.
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