The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 1989 eISBN: 978-1-84919-403-7 | Cloth: 978-0-86341-146-5 Library of Congress Classification TK7855.C53 1989 Dewey Decimal Classification 621.3810720421
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The Research Laboratories of the GEC were conceived in 1916, started work in 1919 and moved to their well-known buildings in Wembley in 1922.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Origins, philosophy and organisation
Chapter 2: Six decades of research
Chapter 3: Lamps, phosphors and photometry
Chapter 4: Lighting
Chapter 5: Valves
Chapter 6: Cathode-ray tubes
Chapter 7: Communications and electronics
Chapter 8: Semiconductor materials and devices
Chapter 9: Physics, mostly solid state, in the post-war period
Chapter 10: Materials and passive components
Chapter 11: Lasers and optoelectronics
Chapter 12: Engineering and technology
Chapter 13: Heating
Chapter 14: Glass and refractories
Chapter 15: Metallurgy
Chapter 16: Chemistry and materials characterisation