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THE comparator principle is well known in the accurate determination of lengths. It may also be applied to the measurement of time intervals. By installing an extra electrode system in a standard type of cathode ray tube, radial deflections and spiral time bases are readily produced. Such a modified tube has advantages over the ordinary tube when the latter is used to obtain radial deflections, whether by anode voltage modulation 1,2,3,4, or by auxiliary apparatus5.
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DOWLING, J., BULLEN, T. Use of a Radial Deflection Cathode Ray Oscillograph as a Time Comparator. Nature 137, 279 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137279a0
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