October 1963 Electronics World
Table of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
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Electronics World, published May 1959
- December 1971. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
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This crossword puzzle appeared in the October 1963 edition of
Electronics World. About half the words used are related
directly in some way to electronics or physics. My
RF Cafe crosswords, BTW, have 100% of the words directly
related to the sciences. Enjoy.
Electronic Crosswords
By John D. Owens
Across

1. Incombustible residue left after burning.
4. Types of potentiometer used primarily as an
attenuator.
9. Slang for equipment.
12. Chemical suffix denoting salt.
13. Type of FM detector circuit.
14. One (Scots).
15. Circuit having parallel Rand C in one arm;
series Rand L in the opposite arm.
18. Unrefined metal.
19. _________ conductors: class of solid materials
characterized by high resistance.
20. Gentlewoman.
22. You (German).
24. One electrode of a battery.
27. Island (French).
28. Tolerance value of silver in the resistor code.
29. That is.
30. Like.
31. Device having a tungsten filament and containing
mercury or argon.
35. Altitude (abbr.).
36. Visible lines on a TV screen.
37. Secret agent.
38. Care for.
40. Consumed.
41. Geological formations
42. Teleost fish.
44. Day (Spanish).
45. Material used to maintain high frequency stability
in a vacuum-tube oscillator of a transceiver.
52. Part ownership in a business enterprise (abbr.).
53. Term used to indicate that current is being
taken from a voltage source.
54. Former name of the industry's engineering
society (abbr.).
55. Frequency bandwidth.
56. American poet.
57. System based on primary units of length, mass,
and time (abbr.).
Down
1. Goal.
2. Depot (abbr.).
3. Six-electrode vacuum tubes.
4. Elm or oak.
5. Friend.
6. Big body of water (abbr.).
7. Fishes in a particular way.
8. Angry (slang).
9. Receiver (colloq.).
10. Common word ending.
11. Make a right turn.
16. Sour.
17. Urge.
20. Operates photoelectric relay.
21. Winged.
22. Polyphase winding connection.
23. Dark.
25. Artificial illumination sources.
26. Catch sight of.
28. Twitch.
29. Suffix denoting chemical compounds.
32. Type of volume control.
33. First woman.
34. Possessing non-directional characteristics.
39. Close by.
41. Prefix meaning "not."
43. British for "Inc."
44. Unit of force.
45. Confirmation of radio communication among
hams.
46. New channels (abbr.).
47. Metallic element (abbr.).
48. Top of a tube.
49. River, in Spain.
50. Silver (abbr.).
51. The (French).
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