Project Tinkertoy

United States, 1953

Film
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A report on a joint US Navy-National Bureau of Standards project to develop a new system of electronics design and manufacture. this uses the ‘building block’ principle by which resistors, capacitors, tube rockets and other parts of common design are assembled by machines into functional electronic parts.

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Credits

production company

United States. Dept. of the Navy

Duration

00:27:09:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1953

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

008779

Language

English

Subject categories

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Electronics

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Electronics - History

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Engineering design

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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