[Milsurplus] Boonton gear

[Ray Chase]

Aircraft Radio split off from RFL when RFL went belly up in the depression. 
Later became Aircraft Radio & Control, when bought by Cessna, (managed to 
keep the ARC logo).
Also there was a Boonton Electronics as well as Boonton Radio.  Also 
Johanson Capacitor and Marotta Scientific and maybe one or two I have 
forgotten, got to check my files.
Ray

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Klase" <al at ar88.net>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Boonton gear


> On 10/7/2011 9:18 AM, Ray Fantini wrote:
>> .....New Jersey has a great technical history going back to Edison's labs 
>> at the turn of the twentieth century....
>>
> And Boonton is a fascinating part of that story.  Here's a brief
> outline.  Please help fill this in.
>
>    The Boonton Iron Works were founded about 1770 by Samuel Ogden who,
>    with others in his family, purchased a 6-acre (24,000 m2) tract
>    along the Rockaway
>    River.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boonton,_New_Jersey)
>
>    Loanda Hard Rubber Company (1891)
>    -Bakelite moldings (1906)
>                 -Boonton Ware dinnerware
>
>      Radio Frequency Laboratories (1922)
>
>      Aircraft Radio Corporation (1927)
>    -Wholly-owned subsidiary of RFL (http://scr-274-n.info/history.html)
>
>      Boonton Radio Company (1934) see Wiki
>
>      Ferris Instruments Company
>
>      Measurements Corporation (1939)
>    (http://www.componentscorp.com/pdf/jerry-minter.pdf)
>
>      Ballantine Laboratories
>
>      Quan-Tech (?)
>
> Whom did I miss?
>
> This thread started with John Forster announcing the establishment of
> the Yahoo Boonton Group.
> Check it out:  http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Boonton/
>
> Regards,
> Al
>
> -- 
> Al Klase - N3FRQ
> Jersey City, NJ
> http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
>
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