February 1959 Popular Electronics
Table of Contents

February 1959 Popular Electronics

Table of Contents

Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Popular Electronics, published October 1954 - April 1985. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.

February 1959

Vol. 10, No. 2

Carl & Jerry - Dog Teaches Boy, by John Frye	10
Electronics in Space, by Simon Dresner	43
My Misguided Missile, by Carl Kohler	66
Electronics Abbreviations Puzzle, by John A. Comstock	72
After Class: The Wheatstone Bridge, by Harvey Pollack	73
Electronic Sticklers, by Ronald Walinsky	86

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