VALUABLE DISCOVERY.
QUARTZ IN UGANDA. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 16. The discovery within the British Empire of quartz crystals of sufficiently tine quality to be used for maintaining the frequency of radio transmitters is reported by the Imperial Institute. The new source of supply is in Uganda, in a district where alluvial gold is being washed. Commercial tests are stated to have proved satisfactory. Hitherto Brazil and Madagascai have been the two chief sources of these, crystals. Besides being used in normal radio transmission, quartz crystals are in demand for apparatus required in depth-sounding at sea, in detection of the presence of rocks and icebergs and other dangers to shipping.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 169, 18 June 1936, Page 7
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111VALUABLE DISCOVERY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 169, 18 June 1936, Page 7
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