4 Mar
2018
4 Mar
'18
9:38 a.m.
that is precious!
Ed#
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In a message dated 3/4/2018 7:05:35 AM US Mountain Standard Time, db at db.net writes:
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On Sun, Mar 04, 2018 at 12:45:10PM -0000, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote:
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> A very interesting story in this radar history is how the Dutch managed to
> rescue the EF50 tube, essential for these early radar receivers, to England
> just hours before the Germans invaded holland.
I heard this story.
"It was in Canada though, in 1956, that Watson-Watt got a glimpse of a less
popular application for the technology he helped develop - when he was
pulled over for speeding by a policeman using a radar gun.
According to Mr Herriot: "He said, 'My God, if I'd known what they were
going to do with it, I'd have never have invented it!'"
"
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-27393558
Diane
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