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(1) MR. MYERS is to be complimented on producing the first book on the subject to be published in Great Britain, and a truly comprehensive and readable book. He has spared no pains in bringing the matter up to date, and his exhaustive survey of the whole field includes some eight hundred references.
(1) Electron Optics
Theoretical and Practical. By L. M. Myers. Pp. xviii + 618 + 68 plates. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1939.) 42s. net.
(2) Theory and Applications of Electron Tubes
By Prof. H. J. Reich. Pp. xviii + 670. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1939.) 30s.
(3) Fundamental Electronics and Vacuum Tubes
By Prof. A. L. Albert. (Engineering Science Series.) Pp. ix + 422. (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938.) 20s. net.
(4) Electron Optics
By the Research Staff of Electric and Musical Industries, Ltd. Compiled and written by Otto Klemperer. (Cambridge Physical Tracts.) Pp. x + 107. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1939.) 6s. net.
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JACOB, L. (1) Electron Optics (2) Theory and Applications of Electron Tubes (3) Fundamental Electronics and Vacuum Tubes (4) Electron Optics. Nature 144, 401–402 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144401a0
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