Before my fire, I had the 5 or 6 volume 'manual' for the B-24 bomber. A good 2/3rds of the drawings and almost all the foldouts where colour.
Def will order one of these from Dave. -pete On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:25 PM, John Miles <[email protected]> wrote: > This turns out to be a really neat document. It has foldouts that I > couldn't scan in one piece with the equipment I have, so I sent it to Dave > at Artek Media. He's done a stalwart job of scanning the manual at high > resolution with as much of its original "patina" as could be retained > without going completely out of control with the file size. > > As it is, it's over 100 MB, due to being scanned in color at my request. > Sounds pointless for a service manual, but the reason is apparent as soon as > you open the file, because this isn't just another service manual. > > Here's his listing for the scan: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390289796187 > > A couple of sample pages: > http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/sample1.jpg > http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/sample2.jpg > > Recommended for Cs clock nuts and history-of-technology fans in general. > (The original is spoken for.) > > -- john, KE5FX > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Miles [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 11:46 AM >> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >> Subject: RE: [time-nuts] NATIONAL RADIO NC-2001,2011 CESIUM BEAM MANUAL >> >> >> C'est moi. I wanted a chance to scan it before it's lost forever >> in the tubes. I'll relist it as soon as I'm done (or someone can >> just buy it from me for the same price.) Would be nice if the >> original eventually finds a home with an NC-2001 or -2010. >> >> The manual would probably be of some interest to an NC-1001 owner >> as well, since it would give an idea of the improvements made in >> the next version. Not sure what differences exist but I'll bet >> they have a lot in common. >> >> A catalog of documents held by the Smithsonian ( >> http://sirismm.si.edu/archivcenter/findingaids/AC0547.pdf ) >> suggests that the NC-2001 was a 'militarized' version from the >> same basic era as the NC-1001. >> >> -- john, KE5FX >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On >> > Behalf Of Scott Newell >> > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 10:19 AM >> > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NATIONAL RADIO NC-2001,2011 CESIUM BEAM MANUAL >> > >> > >> > At 11:24 AM 1/25/2011, Scott Newell wrote: >> > >At 11:14 AM 1/25/2011, Bob Camp wrote: >> > > >> > >>Looks like somebody grabbed it pretty fast. I wonder if they have the >> > >>hardware that goes with the manual? >> > > >> > >I sent the ebay link to a friend with one, but I've not heard if he >> > >bought the book. >> > >> > Oops. I just heard back; my friend has an NC-1001, not the >> > NC-2001. So it wasn't him. >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe, go to >> > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> > and follow the instructions there. >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
