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ANSI reference designators - ANSI reference designators.pdf
John Larkin wrote in
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On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:28:56 +0100, Eeyore
m wrote:
John Larkin wrote:
Americans invented electronics
WRONG !
Never mind the early work of Faraday, Fleming et al, The first
'electronic' device, the diode, was invented by a Briton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Guthrie
I don't consider Fleming's diode to quite be "electronics" because it
didn't have gain.
That is the most stupid comment I've heard in the last 60 years.
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