[Milsurplus] Re: prox. fuzes

[Joe Foley]

Wait a minute!

I thought Crosley designed the Proximity Fuze!

You remember Crosley from Cleveland?

Joe




--- antqradio at juno.com wrote:
> Reminds me of a marriage, one spouse comes up with
> the idea and the other
> has to reduce it to practice.
> Or like the professor said "It is a trivial matter
> to ..."
> Now, as long as the wife doesn't see this,
> everything will be OK.
> Jim
> 
> 
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:55:18 -0700 "Hue Miller"
> <kargo_cult at msn.com>
> writes:
> > 
> > Yes, those were surprising facts.  This would seem
> to say that the 4 
> > tubes used
> > in these gizmos were likely the most-produced
> vacuum tubes in 
> > history, beating
> > out even 6BA6's  and 6CB6's.
> > 
> > Also, appears that we owe the Brits for some of
> the very best 
> > war-winning ideas:
> > vhf aircraft radio, magnetron microwave radar, and
> the proximity 
> > fuze.
> > -Hue Miller
> 
> 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Unserviceable but Repairable"
> <cosmoline at ba-watch.org>
> > 
> > > Below comes fm Bob Dennison (W2HBE) art'l in
> fall '96 QCWA 
> > Journal
> > > Sylvania was making 500,000/day @ end of ww2. 
> Total production 
> > was 130
> > > million
>
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