Blackburn J.F. (ed.) Components Handbook

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1949. — 620 p. — (MIT Radiation Laboratory Series. Volume 17)This volume is intened primarily as a companion and a reference work for Vols. 18 through 23 of the Radiation Laboratory Series. It contains data on a number of classes of electrical rind electronic components which are of principal interest to the designer of receiving and test equipment. In so far as possible it emphasizes the components which were developed by or under the sponsorship of the Radiation Laboratory, or were of primary importance in its work. In order to avoid a one-sided presentation, however, this material has been supplemented with other data so that in most cases an individual chapter approximates a survey of current practice in its particular field.
The title “Components Handbook” is undoubtedly too inclusive for the volume as published, since the circumstances under which it was written have unfortunately prevented the inclusion of chapters on several important classes of components and have also had some effect on the contents of those that were included. The most serious omission is probably that of fixed condensers. Chapters were also projected on air-core inductors, on mechanical components, and on several other subjects. Credit is due the authors who contributed to these chapters; the omission of their work was due neither to any faults of the work itself nor to a lack of interest in the subject matter, but solely to the fact that the termination of the Office of Publications caused these chapters to be left out. Their omission is a serious if unavoidable defect.