Back in the early sixties I worked in a lab adjusting filters for line 
transmission.
We had numerous oscillators, built to be boat anchors, and CROs set up for X-Y 
display.
The lab had 100hz, 1kHz, 10kHz standards wired in.
We were expert at recognising lisajou figures. We might have several 
oscillators running together,
and we could establish almost any frequency with precision.
Calibting an oscillator would not have been difficult.

Cheers, Neville Michie



> On 12 Feb 2017, at 5:08 PM, Scott Stobbe <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I was inspired recently coming across a Lampkin 105 frequency meter, as to
> how  frequency measurement was done before counters.
> 
> Certainly zero-beating a dial calibrated oscillator, would be one approach.
> 
> Is there a standout methodology or instrument predating counters?
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