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Originally Posted by kalee20
The 'special circumstances,' though, are not mentioned by Sturley! He's an author of pedigree, but it's still appropriate, as good engineers, to challenge and try to understand WHY.
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Agreed, but to be fair to Sturley, he did provide a reference to an article by W.T. Cocking, another author of pedigree. I’d expect that article to answer the “why” question, but unfortunately the said article (in “Wireless Engineer” 1935 November) is likely to be unobtainium. Both Sturley and Langford-Smith supplied many references, presumably considered to be readily available in typical equipment maker and institutional libraries at the time when they were writing, but a bit frustrating for the casual observer these days. On the other hand, their books would have been gigantic multi-volume sets had they expanded on all topics. Still, on the odd occasion when one can find the referenced articles they are usually quite helpful.
Cheers,