[ARC5] History and Context of the ARC-5 sets

[dean at laptop4hire.com]

Mike -

On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:35:19 -1000, Michael Tauson <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:45 AM,  <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> Life and its history are not made-up of such snippets.
> ...  Who was RFL’s original
> parent company?  (I’ve heard two different versions of this.)  Who
> came up with creating A.R.C., RFL or their parent, and when?

From:  http://www.boonton.org/Community/History.htm

"In 1891 the Loanda Hard Rubber Company was founded by Edwin A. Scribner,
and began the manufacture of molded hard rubber products. Seven years
later, Mr. Scribner died, and the management of the firm fell to other
hands. Among the latter, in 1906, was Richard W. Seabury, who, casting
about for new materials, learned of experiments with synthetic resins made
by Dr. Leo Hendrick Baekeland, for whom the well-known material,
"Bakelite", was later to be named. Originally intended by Dr. Baekeland for
a synthetic varnish, the new material was used by Seabury in making the
world's first molding of organic plastics in 1907. From that simple and
early beginning, one of the world's great industries developed, and made
the name of Boonton famous. Boontonware, a molded plastic dinnerware was
sold nationwide.

The molded plastics industry was to some extent responsible for bringing
the radio and electronics industry to the Boonton area. In the 1920's, the
burgeoning radio industry created a large demand for molded parts, and,
thereby, attracted the attention of Richard W. Seabury, who organized Radio
Frequency Laboratories to exploit that new field. Spawned by that original
company, more than a half dozen radio and electronics firms were later
formed, and recognized internationally for the excellence of their
products. Most of those companies today are operated as divisions of larger
coporations, some have undergone changes in name, and have located
somewhere else. RFL Industries, Aircraft Radio Corporation, Measurements
Corporation, and Ballantine Laboratories are among those contributing
materially to the prosperity of the area."

73 - Dean / WA6IKJ
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