Norm did not invent the fuze. His contribution was the tubes that made it prectical. The Dopplar technique was British, as I remember.
There is a video up on MIT's "TechTV" that shows the submini tube manufacturing line. Norm is in that. -John =============== > At 08:56 AM 4/20/2010, J. Forster wrote: >>Do you know the story of the CK722? >> >>In the 1950s, Raytheon was making tiny transistors for hearing aids to >>replace the pre-WW II subminiature tubes. >> >>Aside: Those tubes, developed by Norm Krim, were ruggedized and used in >>the WW II Proximity Fuzes, one of THE big inventions of WW II. > > Neat story. Strange that his name (according to google books) > doesn't appear in "The Deadly Fuze". It's still a good book, BTW. > > -- > newell N5TNL > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
