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This text describes the development of magnetic recording over the past century, by selecting major product designs and the innovative technology that they introduced. Separated into three parts, the book deals specifically with the history of audio recording, video recording and data recording.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.

Contributors.

Introduction (C. Mee & E. Daniel).

AUDIO RECORDING.

The Magnetic Recording of Sound (M. Clark).

The Telegraphone (M. Clark & H. Nielsen).

Steel Tape and Wire Recorders (M. Clark).

The Introduction of the Magnetophon (F. Engel).

Building on the Magnetophon (B. Gooch).

Product Diversification (M. Clark).

The History of Digital Audio (J. Watkinson).

VIDEO RECORDING.

The Challenge of Recording Video (F. Remley).

Early Fixed-Head Video Recorders (F. Jorgensen).

The Ampex Quadruplex Recorders (J. Mallinson).

Helical-Scan Recorders for Broadcasting (H. Sugaya).

Consumer Video Recorders (H. Sugaya).

Digital Video Recording (K. Sadashige).

DATA RECORDING.

Capturing Data Magnetically (J. Monson).

Data Storage on Drums (S. Rubens).

Data Storage on Tape (W. Phillips).

Data Storage on Hard Magnetic Disks (L. Stevens).

Data Storage on Floppy Disks (D. Noble).

Instrumentation Recording on Magnetic Tape (F. Jorgensen).

Index.

About the Editors.

Magnetic Recording The First 100 Years

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    A Paperback / softback by Eric D. Daniel, C. Denis Mee, Mark H. Clark

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 17 August 1998
      ISBN-13 9780780347090
      978-0780347090
      ISBN-10 0780347099
      Also in:
      Data capture and analysis Electronics and communications engineering

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This text describes the development of magnetic recording over the past century, by selecting major product designs and the innovative technology that they introduced. Separated into three parts, the book deals specifically with the history of audio recording, video recording and data recording.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments.

      Contributors.

      Introduction (C. Mee & E. Daniel).

      AUDIO RECORDING.

      The Magnetic Recording of Sound (M. Clark).

      The Telegraphone (M. Clark & H. Nielsen).

      Steel Tape and Wire Recorders (M. Clark).

      The Introduction of the Magnetophon (F. Engel).

      Building on the Magnetophon (B. Gooch).

      Product Diversification (M. Clark).

      The History of Digital Audio (J. Watkinson).

      VIDEO RECORDING.

      The Challenge of Recording Video (F. Remley).

      Early Fixed-Head Video Recorders (F. Jorgensen).

      The Ampex Quadruplex Recorders (J. Mallinson).

      Helical-Scan Recorders for Broadcasting (H. Sugaya).

      Consumer Video Recorders (H. Sugaya).

      Digital Video Recording (K. Sadashige).

      DATA RECORDING.

      Capturing Data Magnetically (J. Monson).

      Data Storage on Drums (S. Rubens).

      Data Storage on Tape (W. Phillips).

      Data Storage on Hard Magnetic Disks (L. Stevens).

      Data Storage on Floppy Disks (D. Noble).

      Instrumentation Recording on Magnetic Tape (F. Jorgensen).

      Index.

      About the Editors.

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