Foundations of Wireless
M.G.Scroggie
Published by Iliffe and Sons Ltd, 1958
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1958. Seventh Edition. 388 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine. Seller Inventory # 1725542203ADA
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Title: Foundations of Wireless
Publisher: Iliffe and Sons Ltd
Publication Date: 1958
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Foundations of Wireless
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Seller: Book Bar Wales, Wrexham, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. 5th ed HB in navy blue cloth binding with no inscriptions and a just few company stamps to prelims. 328pp. incl 236 ills. Seller Inventory # 003619
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Foundations of Wireless
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Seller: Crappy Old Books, Barry, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Foundations of Wireless (1945) ? M. G. Scroggie Iliffe & Sons ? ISBN: nobly pre-ISBN Condition: Good Still faintly humming with potential, via: Crappy Old Books Before Bluetooth, before Wi-Fi, before the phrase ?Have you tried turning it off and on again??, there was wireless ?a mysterious art involving coils, condensers, glowing valves and the occasional smell of hot dust. And presiding over it, with brisk authority, was M. G. Scroggie , who wrote Foundations of Wireless in 1945 to explain to mere mortals how radio actually works, instead of just calling it ?magic in a box? and going to make tea. This is not a glossy, modern ?Teach Yourself Electronics in 24 Hours? affair. This is proper wartime/just-post-wartime engineering prose, in which: Electrons march dutifully through circuits with military discipline. Equations appear without apology, assuming the reader owns both a brain and a pencil. Valves (tubes, for transatlantic heretics) are treated as noble, fragile beings deserving of care, reverence, and the occasional replacement. The word ?wireless? is used completely unironically, because nothing else needed naming after it yet. Scroggie patiently explains the basics: oscillators, rectifiers, amplification, modulation, demodulation, and all the other clever tricks that allow voices and music to be hurled invisibly through the air and recomposed into recognisable noise at the other end. It?s the kind of book that assumes you might actually build something afterwards?possibly on the kitchen table, to the alarm of everyone else in the house. Reading it now is a delightful experience: half solid technical grounding, half time travel to a world in which components had leads, radios glowed, and ?portable? meant ?liftable by two determined adults.? Now, about this particular copy , as rated with icy honesty by Crappy Old Books : Condition: Good ? which means this is a sound, wholly serviceable volume. The spine is firm, the pages are all attached, and the book does not attempt to convert itself into a loose-leaf binder the moment you open it. The boards show honest wear: a bit of rubbing to the edges, perhaps a bumped corner, the sort of patina acquired from decades on workbenches, desks, and next to smokey soldering irons. No horror, just history. The pages have mellowed into that comfortable off-white/very-light-tea colour, but the print remains crisp enough that even the tiny circuit diagrams haven?t faded into hieroglyphs. You may also find: A previous owner?s name inside the front cover, possibly followed by a callsign, which is how you know they were serious. Pencil notes in the margins, such as ?CHECK THIS? or ?works!? or the classic ????? next to some particularly elegant but baffling algebra. A faint, nostalgic aroma of old paper, warm components, and long-dead bakelite. Things you will not find: An ISBN. This is 1945. Books were catalogued using titles, authors, and the librarian?s memory, not international product codes. Any mention of integrated circuits, microcontrollers, or software-defined anything. The most advanced ?chip? here is a very determined valve. QR codes, web links, or online resources. If you want answers, you consult the index, not a search engine. This Good copy of Foundations of Wireless is perfect if you: Secretly believe that real electronics contains at least one coil you wound yourself. Want to understand radio from the ground up, rather than from the ?here?s a module, don?t touch it? school of modern hobbyism. Collect classic technical texts, especially the kind printed when diagrams were drawn with ink, rulers and a sense of duty. Enjoy the slightly smug pleasure of reading sections aloud and thinking, ?My phone does all of this, badly, in software.? So here it is: M. G. Scroggie?s calm, rigorous guide to how wireless actually works, still standing after nearly eighty years, its circuits intact even if some of its readers are now purely theoretical. A sturdy, gently worn, thoroughly respectable Good copy?ready to explain RF fundamentals to anyone patient enough to listen?brought to you with a crackle, a hiss, and a grin by Crappy Old Books . Seller Inventory # 4981
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Foundations of Wireless and Electronics
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Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR000622111
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Foundations of Wireless
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Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN: Seller Inventory # 9965278
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FOUNDATIONS OF WIRELESS
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Iliffe and Sons Ltd London 1960, 1960
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Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
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Reprint 388pp illust., ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (owners name unobtrusive at ffep, discolouration and foxing to endpapers and preliminaries) in very good d/w (light rubbing and edgewear, front flap price clipped). Seller Inventory # 1g4/9
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Foundations of Wireless and Electronics
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0408012021. Seller Inventory # 9965271
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Foundations Of Wireless
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Iliffe & Sons, 1963
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Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. 3rd im. 1963. Well-kept dust jacket in plastic sleeve. Light foxing to the page edges, and a previous owner's name on the front pastedown. Otherwise a clear, bright copy within. Seller Inventory # rev6634132027
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Foundations of Wireless
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Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. 1954. Fifth Edition; Second Impression. 328 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Seller Inventory # 1697643741ABS
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Foundations of Wireless
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Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. 1958. Seventh Edition. 388 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white diagrams throughout. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is heavily dulled. An ink stain to front. Boards are slightly bowed. Seller Inventory # 1701955886LEE
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Foundations of Wireless
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Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. 1954. Fifth edition, revised. 327 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white diagrams throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled. Seller Inventory # 1756200422ALK
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