Published 1984 | Version v1
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The scale-of-two counter

Description

This is the story of how the first thyratron ring counter and then its successor, the scale-of-two counter, came into being in 1929-31. The details of their construction are described. The circuit diagrams for both are given. (UK)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Adam Hilger Ltd.
Imprint Place
Bristol (UK)
ISBN
0-85274-761-6
Imprint Title
Cambridge physics in the thirties
Imprint Pagination
217 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 141-149.

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
17007402
Subject category
S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCALERS; THYRATRONS
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRON TUBES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; GAS DISCHARGE TUBES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS

Optional Information

Notes
Edited version of the author's Duddell medal address, printed in full in the Physical Society Yearbook, 1957. Imprint:Price Pound17.50.