you can probably cite from the time-nuts archive jim s <j...@jwsss.com> wrote:
> >On 9/11/2012 10:01 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: >> The SC cut crystal is generally credited to Jack Kusters >> (of HP) and Errol Ernisse. The story was something like >> Errol proposed the concept and Jack actually made the >> first one, which was quite non-trivial. >> Jack used to joke that "SC" stood for Santa >> Clara. (Jack and I worked for the old HP Santa Clara >> Division). Jack, along with Charles Adams and Jim Collin, >> produced 100's of thousands of SC cut crystals and taught the >> rest of the industry how to make them. Jack was very >> particular about making them "correctly" in terms of >> angle of cut, etc. He was really proud of his X-ray >> system that was accurate to 2 arc-seconds. This was >> instrumental in being able to actually fabricate "true" >> SC cut crystals. >> >> Rick Karlquist N6RK >If there is a web citation of this, I can edit the article and add the >citation and information. I don't like any of the citations in the >section about SC cuts because none of the verbiage is still visible and > >as you mention the critical information as to the origin is missing >after stating it originated in 1974. At the least a citation with >Rick's info and a date would be better in the first sentence if it is >online. > >I hate that they require online citation, but have no way of ensuring >you can go to the source material even given the link. There is a >peeing >contest ongoing about that on another thread and list which is why I'm >responding here.these bits of information from you guys who probably >know better than most are not considered the "best" source, which I >think is silly. > >jim > >_______________________________________________ >time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >To unsubscribe, go to >https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >and follow the instructions there. -- Sent from my Motorola Droid Razr 4G LTE wireless tracker while I do other things. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.