Clyde F.Coombs Jr. Editor- n-chief

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Electronic instrument handbook/Clyde F.Coombs, Jr., editor-in
chief. 3rd ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-07-012618-6
1. Electronic instruments. I. Coombs, Clyde F.
TK7878.4.E55 1999
621.3815 ?4 dc21 99 35923
CIP

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