On 2/10/19 4:36 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote:
Christopher Shawn McGahey's wrote his phd at Georgia Tech on the subject,
and it sorts a lot of facts from fiction.
"HARNESSING NATURE'S TIMEKEEPER: A HISTORY OF THE PIEZOELECTRIC QUARTZ CRYSTAL
TECHNOLOGICAL COMMUNITY (1880-1959)"
https://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/handle/1853/28255/mcgahey_christopher_s_200905_phd.pdf
by Christopher Shawn McGahey, Georgia Institute of Technology, May 2009
This is an awesome work.. although some of the clever turns of phrase
are a bit of a groaner...
[patent filing] activity declined and oscillated
If I meet him, I'll buy him a beer.
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