[time-nuts] MIT RADIATION LABORATORY SERIES 1940-1945 (28 VOLS) on eBay

Richard W. Solomon w1ksz at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 13 14:49:21 UTC 2011


I worked at MIT in the Research Lab for Electronics (RLE) and the Physics Dept 
from 1960 to 1968. When the RLE Library was downsizing they pitched several 
complete sets of the Rad Lab Series. At the time I was not into "old books" .

73, Dick, W1KSZ  


-----Original Message-----
>From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
>Sent: Jul 13, 2011 6:55 AM
>To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts at febo.com>
>Subject: Re: [time-nuts] MIT RADIATION LABORATORY SERIES 1940-1945 (28 VOLS) on eBay
>
>there is a Yahoo Group, MIT-Rad-Lab-Books where you might get lucky on the
>missing volumes.
>
>There was a complete, scanned set on two CDs around also. The copyright
>status is unknown though.
>
>Oh, the books do also cover LORAN (but -A not -C).
>
>-John
>
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>
>> Wow - that's a nice set.  I wonder if its really "NOS" (new old stock)
>> as advertised - the jacket of one book looks more faded than the
>> others.  I picked up a set that is pieced together (some ex-library) a
>> few years ago for $500.  People (family) give me crap about it as a
>> waste of money and nerdy, but to me, its no different than art on the
>> wall, if not a hell of a lot more practical.
>>
>> BTW - the only volume I am missing is 28 (also vol 3 radar beacons,
>> which is the ex library copy) - which is the indices that were printed
>> later.  If anyone has one or an extra (Mike/Paul), I'd be interested
>> in it.
>>
>> Time nuts?  Volume 20 - Electronic Time Measurements (sort of).
>>
>> Brent
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Harlan Stenn <stenn at ntp.org> wrote:
>>> Bill Hawkins wrote:
>>>> What does this have to do with time, you ask? Why, only that
>>>> the passage of time alters men's passions.
>>>
>>> Yeah, I've had dates like that.
>>>
>>> H
>>>
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