1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996385143003316

Titolo

Advice to batchelors, or, A caution to be careful in their choice [[electronic resource] ] : As also, the deserved praise of a careful industrious wife. If thou wilt change a single life, to live free from annoy, chuse then a kind and careful wife, she'll crown thy days with joy. To the tune of, A touch of the times. Or, The country farmer. This may be printed. R.P

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London], : Printed by P. Brooksby at the Golden-Ball in Pye-Corner, [between 1685-1688]

Descrizione fisica

1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts)

Soggetti

Broadsides

English wit and humor

Marriage

Ballads, English - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Verse: "Both Robert and Richard, nay, William and Ned ..."

Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996208226703316

Autore

Thompson Richard J

Titolo

Crystal clear : the struggle for reliable communications technology in World War II

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : IEEE Press, 2007

ISBN

0-470-05129-9

9780470051290

Disciplina

940.54/1273

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Communications

Oscillators, Crystal

Quartz crystals

History & Archaeology

History - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

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.