MAGNETIC AMPLIFIERS: Another Lost Technology

Portland, Oregon: High Voltage Press. Fine. 2000. First Edition: First Printing. Stapled Wraps. 20 pages: 7 x 8.5 in.: 0.6: KB#018640: BRAND NEW, In Unread Condition. Covers and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "This booklet contains the text and illustrations of MAGNETIC AMPLIFIERS: A RISING STAR IN NAVAL ELECTRONICS, Prepared by Electronic Design and Development Division, Bureau of Ships, Dept. of the U. S. Navy 1951. The BIBLIOGRAPHY is published separately by High Voltage Press." "First came the vacuum tube, then the transistor, right? Not really. In between there is another "lost" entity. Electronics engineers of the 1950's believed the rugged little magnetic amplifier was going to replace the less reliable vacuum tube in all its functions up to a megacycle. Originating in the USA but adopted and developed by the Nazis for the V2 missile, the mag amp after WWII found a clique of boosters among U.S. electronics engineers. Still evident in some regulators, the mag amp can also magnify, modulate, switch, invert, convert, phase shift, multiply, and even compute. It requires zero maintenance and can handle thousands of amperes. Modulate your Tesla coil with a mag amp. 43 illustrations.": B&W Illustrations .