that is precious! Ed# In a message dated 3/4/2018 7:05:35 AM US Mountain Standard Time, d...@db.net writes:
On Sun, Mar 04, 2018 at 12:45:10PM -0000, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: > > > > 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 -- - db@FreeBSD.orgdb@db.nethttp://www.db.net/~db
