but this yearbook rad labs came out with was so awesome.....
it would have been better to see the get a big splash in LIFE though....
they deserved it!!
Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe R." <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
To: "ed sharpe" <esharpe_at_uswest.net>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and
Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 6:14 AM
Subject: Re: WTB: MIT Radiation Lab books
> At 12:10 AM 6/20/04 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >the other fun companion to this set is the yearbook that came out at
the
> >end ..... it is like they turned the time life photo journalists loose
and
> >lots of building plans lots of text.... really fun!
>
>
> They did! Life was all set to publish a big edition about the Rad Lab
> and the workers there as the unsung heros of the war until the
announcement
> of the atomic bomb. They replaced the Rad Lab edition with a special
> edition about the bomb and Los Alomos. Life later did a small article
about
> a couple of the people at the Rad Lab but never published the big one.
>
> Joe
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> >
> >Have one extra for trade of this too...
> >
> >ed sharpe archivist for smecc
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "William Donzelli" <aw288_at_osfn.org>
> >To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
> ><cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> >Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 10:48 PM
> >Subject: Re: WTB: MIT Radiation Lab books
> >
> >
> >> > I'm aware of the original hard cover versions and the Dover paper
back
> >> > reprints.(not sure if Dover reprinted all the originals but they did
> >quite a
> >> > few) Are there other editions? I have several of the Dover
reprints.
> >>
> >> I think they are sold thru Antique Radio Classified (ARC) - they are
not
> >> hard to get - well, maybe getting a complete set of originals is a
> >> challenge.
> >>
> >> I have most of them, and frankly, the best one is the Components book
> >> (#17). The mugshots of the different vendors' resistors, wire, coils,
and
> >> such, is information that can't be found anywhere else in such compact
> >> form.
> >>
> >> William Donzelli
> >> aw288_at_osfn.org
> >>
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