tektronix Rare Oop Illustrated Hardbound History - Mixed Domain Oscilloscope

US $730

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States
May 31st

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Up for auction is a Rare and Out-of-Print, Fully-Illustrated History of the Electronic Equipment Company, Tektronix—Winning With People: The First 40 Years of Tektronix by Marshall M. Lee. Oregon: Tektronix, Inc., 1986. 326 pages. Featuring 263 b/w vintage and recent photographs, this detailed volume chronicles Tektronix’s amazing history—from its beginnings in the post-World War II electronics revolution, the company’s founders, C. Howard Vollum and Melvin J. “Jack” Murdock who invented a technological breakthrough—the world’s first triggered oscilloscope in 1946, to the starting and growing the company in Portland and Beaverton, Oregon; to the growth of the company, the electronic inventions, the staff, the experiments and early computer use, plus much, much more…The chapter listings include: · Setting the Scene · Present at the Creation: 1945-1946 · The Hawthorne Experience: 1947-1949 · Too Busy to Notice: 1949-1954 · Growth Overtakes Tek: 1955-1959 · The Last of the Great Experiments: 1959-1963 · Regrouping: 1963-1970 · Facing the Seventies: 1971-1979 · The Eighties and Beyond In addition this also provides a detailed examination of particular equipment innovations, the company philosophy, vintage advertisements for electronics, and more. Sections also include a summary of the Technological Advances of various periods of the company growth, the Operations, Corporate Structure and Finance, and Marketing. Includes a Preface and Introduction by the author. Hardbound with the Tektronix logo and gilt lettering to the front cover; gilt lettering to spine. Not sold commercially but presented to employees of Tektronix. Excellent condition with some scraping on the back board. Measures h-10 7/8 x w-8 3/8 inches. *Please view my other auctions where I have up for bid additional books, plus paper ephemera and much more!* Thank you for viewing this auction, please contact me if you have any questions or would like additional images. I have been in the business of selling rare antiquarian signed and unsigned non-fiction and fiction books and other items for over thirty years. Each item I sell is guaranteed to be authentic. A Letter of Authenticity is available upon request for the high bidder. Each item is wrapped safely and securely for shipment. A confirmation e-mail will be sent as soon as the auction item(s) are mailed. **I will gladly combine shipping costs for more than one auction.** *Will Gladly Ship World-Wide!!* Thank you again for viewing this auction and good luck!! –John

*tektronix Rare Oop Illustrated Hardbound History - Mixed Domain Oscilloscope*

tektronix Rare Oop Illustrated Hardbound History - Mixed Domain Oscilloscope