[ARC5] [Glowbugs] "Using Defective Crystals" 1937

[Hubert Miller]

Roy, I doubt that. These 'kinks' are all things hobbyists experimented with and found "worked".  
My thought tho, was the blanks I have here are rather small to start with.
-Hue 	

>Hue,

This is an interesting article.  I have had one of the round crystal holders shown, but never took it apart.

The business about 

“If it (the crystal) has been cracked … possible to get several good crystals from an inch square plate … all of which will oscillate on the original frequency.”  

is pure baloney, based on all I have learned about quartz crystals and how they operate.

It is possible of course - I never tried it.  I suspect they never tried it either!

Roy