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It was not easy to find. I spent $80 on a copy of Burt's Battleships that was so thoroughly water damaged, it could not be opened. That is on my radar. I do, however, have 2 copies of IDNS [[User:Tone|Tone]] 20:48, 17 March 2011 (UTC) | It was not easy to find. I spent $80 on a copy of Burt's Battleships that was so thoroughly water damaged, it could not be opened. That is on my radar. I do, however, have 2 copies of IDNS [[User:Tone|Tone]] 20:48, 17 March 2011 (UTC) | ||
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| + | Next time I go down to the National Maritime Museum I intend to photograph Burt's battleship books, as well as D.K.B.'s ''A Century of Naval Construction'' which I spied on the shelves on my last visit. In fact, I really should draw up a "shopping list". I must confess to having scanned my copy of Sumida many years ago now. I really need to go through it properly at some point and mine all the quotes from it. —[[User:Simon Harley|Simon Harley]] 21:05, 17 March 2011 (UTC) | ||
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Blond's dissertation on wireless telegraphy
Have you got Blond's doctoral thesis on wireless telegraphy in the R.N., 1895-1920, out of interest? —Simon Harley 18:49, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
Nope. I might have some take-away factoids from "Signal!"Tone 19:03, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
That is a book I need to get at some point, if only for the anecdotes. —Simon Harley 19:09, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
It was not easy to find. I spent $80 on a copy of Burt's Battleships that was so thoroughly water damaged, it could not be opened. That is on my radar. I do, however, have 2 copies of IDNS Tone 20:48, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
Next time I go down to the National Maritime Museum I intend to photograph Burt's battleship books, as well as D.K.B.'s A Century of Naval Construction which I spied on the shelves on my last visit. In fact, I really should draw up a "shopping list". I must confess to having scanned my copy of Sumida many years ago now. I really need to go through it properly at some point and mine all the quotes from it. —Simon Harley 21:05, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
