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This awesome. Could you perhaps remember the title of the book you lost?
by gtsnexp 7mo ago
This awesome. Could you perhaps remember the title of the book you lost?
- hilbert42 7mo agoI wish I could but it's s long while ago. More precisely the book wasn't lost but loaned to someone who never returned it and I lost track of him. The book was a harback with a bright yellow dust jacket and I think its title was printed in red. It was about 300 pages and was no lightweight, full of resonance equations, tables etc.—the sort of book you'd find in the lab of a commercial crystal manufacturer. Can't remember the price but it was damned expensive. At times over the years I've had need to refer to it and I still get a bit peeved when I think about it.
- gtsnexp 7mo agook, could it be: Crystal Oscillator Design and Temperature Compensation :Marvin E. Frerking (1978). or perhaps Introduction to Quartz Crystal Unit Design : Virgil E. Bottom (1982)?
- hilbert42 7mo agoCould well be either, it was around the late 70s early 80s when the book went walkabout. Damn nuisance my memory isn't better. However, I'd recognize it instantly if I saw it. Must check those references out. There may be enough info online for me to figure it out. Thanks.
- gtsnexp 7mo agoThank you!
- hilbert42 7mo ago"Crystal Oscillator Design and Temperature Compensation :Marvin E. Frerking (1978)." Ah, that has to be the book, just did a search and there's a photo of the cover on Amazon that I recognize. I said it was bright yellow with red writing and I was pretty close with its red lines and bits. 240 pages and not 300, but that's not too bad after close on 50 years. And I was correct about the price too, it is expensive, Amazon has it at $110 for the hardback. Good one!
- gtsnexp 7mo agoFantastic! Also found used on abebooks! Thank you