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atomic . FIRST IN THE WORLD! AN ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTION OF THE SOVIET ATOMIC ELECTRICITY STATION
London 1956 Soviet News Booklet No. 2. 8vo., 23pp., photo illustrations of room with hanging uranium fuel rods, control rooms, etc., illustrated wraps. Interesting section on radiation dangers and how they are being met ("...all that could cause even the slightest injury to man has been reliably isolated and surrounded with proper biological safeguards." p. 18). Small ink note on p. 5 and final page. VG. (a10645)
$29.00 Sperry . KLYSTRON TECHNICAL MANUAL
Brooklyn 1944 2nd Sperry Gyroscope Company. The underlying principles of velocity modulation tubes. Hardcover. Octavo, 94pp., original printed cloth. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. (a12322)
$35.00Lewis, H. C.. COYNE REFERENCE SET A GUIDE TO SIMPLIFIED PRACTICAL ELECTRICITY FOR HOME STUDY AND REFERENCE VOLS 1, 2, 3
Chicago 1943 revised. Three hardcover volumes. 4to., 1212pp., many illustrations, cloth. VG, no DJs. (a18166)
$39.00 (gamma rays) . GAMMA RAY RADIOGRAPHIC STANDARDS OF THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING FOR STEEL CASTINGS FOR STEAM PRESSURE SERVICE
September 1938. Reproduced with permission of the Navy Department by the Canadian Radium and Uranium Corporation, New York City. 8vo., 33 photographic plates with titles and accompanying line drawings, bound in metal ring binder. Owner name stamps on title and verso. VG. (a19494)
$150.00 Jenkins, C. Francis . RADIO MOVIES
Meeting of May 18, 19, 20, 21, 1925. Schenectady, New York. In one complete issue of Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers no. 21. at pp. 7-12. Jenkins hailed as the Father of Television. Early proposal for television system called Radio Movies. Whole issue includes other articles on topics such as the use of light and the use of color in movies. 8vo., wraps. Good plus, tips of a few pages turned down; light soiling on wrap; light chipping on backstrip. no ownership marks. (a19824)
$150.00 Jenkins, C. Francis . RECENT PROGRESS IN THE TRANSMISSION OF PICTURES BY RADIO
NY 1924. Article in Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, Number Seventeen, at pp. 81-85, photos. Jenkins hailed as the Father of Television. He caused a sensation when in 1923 he transmitted a photographic image of President Harding over a distance of 135 miles. This image is reproduced in this article. Included in complete issue. Octavo, 196pp., ads, wraps. Very early television experiments. VG, some minor soiling, wear. (a19856)
$175.00 Johnson, Walter c. . TRANSMISSION LINES AND NETWORKS
NY 1950 1st McGraw Hill Electrical and Electronic Engineering Series. 8vo., 361pp., index. Owner signed and one small ink doodle on front and rear end papers. VG, no DJ. (a23652)
$35.00 (radio) . THE PROPAGATION OF RADIO WAVES THROUGH THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERE
Washington 1946 Summary Technical Report of the Committee of Propagation NDRC Volume 3. Copy No. 378. Hardcover. 4to., 206pp., index, hardcover. A few institution stamps. Owner signed. Good plus. (a27025)
$35.00 (radio) . SCOVILL VS. POST RADIO EXHIBITS VOLUME II
1910 United States District Court Eastern Disttrict of Penn. Exhibits for plaintiffs and defendents. Involves patent claims, high frequency currents, wireless telegraphy. All original documents or copies thereof. Numerous technical articles, diagrams, etc. Bound in hardcover -legal style. Large octavo, index. Good plus. Volume II. (a29675)
$220.00 Briggs, G. A and R. S. Roberts . AERIAL HANDBOOK
Idle 1968. Second Edition, with special reference to Colour TV and Multiplex Stereo. Octavo, 175pp., illustrations, index, wraps. VG. (a31270)
$27.00(radio, television). DE FOREST'S TRAINING LESSON LHS-1 THROUGH LHS-20
Chicago n..d (c.1950). 20 pamphlets, constituting lessons in various electronic devices relating to radio and television technology issued by De Forest's Training, Inc. Pamphlets are octavos, about 20pp. each, illustrated, wraps. All are VG to Fine. Set of 20 pamphlets with box: (a31889)
$75.00 Fry, Thornton C. . PLANE WAVES OF LIGHT I, II, III
Bell Telephone Laboratories. Three separate pamphlets: November 1927 reprint B-272, Octavo, 24pp., wraps; February 1928 reprint B-286, Octavo, 25pp., wraps; June 1932 Monograph B-676, Octavo, 32pp., wraps. Owner signatures. VG. Set of three: (a45533)
$45.00(television). AM FM TELEVISION BROADCAST NEWS JANUARY 1953 THROUGH OCTOBER 1953
NY 1953 Radio Corporation of America. Five bi-monthly issues, January-February 1953 through September-October 1953 (Numbers 72-76), bound in one large 4to volume with original colorful covers. Numerous monochrome photo illustrations. Institution stamps on fore-edges, company ownership stamps on endpapers. VG. (a48385)
$165.00(television). AM FM TELEVISION BROADCAST NEWS FEBRUARY 1955 THROUGH DECEMBER 1955
NY 1955 Radio Corporation of America. Five bi-monthly issues, February 1955 ( May 1955 is the second issue) through December 1955 (Numbers 82-86), bound in one large 4to volume with original colorful covers. Numerous monochrome photo illustrations. Institution stamps on fore-edges, company ownership stamps on endpapers. VG. (a48398)
$165.00(television). AM FM TELEVISION BROADCAST NEWS FEBRUARY 1956 THROUGH DECEMBER 1956
NY 1956 Radio Corporation of America. Six bi-monthly issues, February 1956 through December 1956 (Numbers 87-92), bound in one large 4to volume with original colorful covers. Numerous monochrome photo illustrations. Institution stamps on fore-edges, company ownership stamps on endpapers. VG. (a48399)
$165.00 Jenkins, C. Francis . MOTION PICTURE CAMERA TAKING 3200 PICTURES PER SECOND; RECENT PROGRESS IN THE TRANSMISSION OF MOTION PICTURES BY RADIO
1923. Two articles by Jenkins, including photo illustrations of early radio transmissions of pictures. Also, 13 more on early cinema in Transactions of the Society of Motion PIcture Engineers, Number 17, which covers the meeting of October 1, 2, 3, 4, 1923 in Ottawa, Canada. Other articles include: Film Sprocket Design by J. G. Jones, The Motion Picture Engineer and His Relation to the Industry, by Dr. Alfred Hitchins; Thermal Characteristics of Motion PIcture Film, by Loyd A. Jones. Octavo, 196pp. plus 8pp. of advertisement, indices, wraps. VG. (a50078)
$195.00 Sams, Howard S. . TEST EQUIPMENT CYCLOPEDIA VOLUME ONE
Indianapolis 1967. Color and Black/White TV, Audio, Citizens Band, Buyer's Guide, Small appliances, Automotive. Articles include: TV Alignment, Scope Waveform Interpretation, Field Strength Meters Make Money, A Shop Voltage Standard, etc. 4to., 104pp., illustrations, wraps. VG. Volume One. (a51122)
$30.00Kohlhaas, H. T. (editor). ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION, TECHNICAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION 1946-1954 (30 ISSUES BOUND IN ONE VOLUME).
NY 1946-1954 ITT. 30 issues of this quarterly journal, September 1946 (Volume 23, No. 3) through December 1954 (Volume 31 No. 4) bound with original covers in one hardcover volume. Sm.4to., photo illustrations of scientists, equipment, brown buckram. Wealth of information on microwaves, telephone systems, vacuum tubes, radar, cathodes, aircraft radio, thermomagnetic generators, aerial navigation equipment, etc. Owner signed on front endpaper. VG plus. (a69816)
$220.00 Salzberg, Bernard . OUTPUT CURRENT OF A NONLINEAR DEVICE (SIGNED)
1951. Article at pp. 555-561 in The American Journal of Physics. Included in a complete issue of this journal with several other articles. 4to., original printed wraps. Signed by Bernard Salzberg on the front. VG, light wear. (a74806a)
$45.00Iams, Harley and Bernard Salzberg. THE SECONDARY-EMISSION PHOTOTUBE
Harrison 1935 RCA Radiotron Division. Published by RCA as an offprint from the Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers. The seminal paper in the development of the vacuum tube photomultiplier. Octavo, pp. 55-64, original printed red wraps. Fine. Rare. (a74824)
$200.00Salzberg, Bernard. NOTES ON THE THEORY OF THE SINGLE STAGE AMPLIFIER
Harrison 1936 RCA Radiotron Division. Publication No. ST-42. Offprint from the Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers. Octavo, pp.879-897, original printed wraps. Fine. (a74995)
$23.00 Salzberg, Bernard . ON THE OPTIMUM LENGHT FOR TRANSMISSION LINES USED AS CIRCUIT ELEMENTS
Harrison 1937 RCA Radiotron Division. Publication No. ST-93. Offprint from the Proceedings of th Institute of Radio Engineers. Octavo, pp.1561-1564, errata stapled inside front, original printed wraps. Fine. (a74996)
$22.00Miller, John M. and Bernard Salzberg. MEASUREMENTS OF ADMITTANCES AT ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCIES
Harrison 1939 RCA Radiotron Division. Publication No. ST-153. Offprint from RCA Review. Octavo, pp.486-504, original printed wraps. Fine. (a74997)
$23.00Salzberg, Bernard. A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE RELATIONS FUNDAMENTAL TO ELECTRIC CIRCUIT THEORY
Brooklyn 1929. Thesis for Degree of Electrical Engineer, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. 4to., 49 leaves (rectos only), hardcover. VG plus. (a75231)
$79.00 (radio). . FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONS RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING STANDARD BROADCAST STATIONS.
Subject of hearing on June 6, 1938 (These Rules and Regulations not yet effective. ) Large octavo, 38 leaves (mimeo), wraps. VG. (mu472)
$35.00