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Ball, Norman R., 1944-

Ferranti-Packard : pioneers in Canadian electrical manufacturing / Norman R. Ball and John N. Vardalas. - Montreal [Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)1994. - 1 online resource (xvi, 336 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""1 The Technology that Gave Birth to Ferranti-Packard""; ""2 Birth of Packard Electric""; ""3 Ferranti Arrives in Canada""; ""4 Ferranti Builds a Manufacturing Base in Canada""; ""5 Packard Electric, 1912�1945""; ""6 Ferranti and Packard""; ""7 From Canadian to North American""; ""8 Birth of the Electronics Division""; ""9 The Rise and Fall of Canada's First Commercial Computer""; ""10 End of an Era""; ""Epilogue: Ferranti-Packard's Journey to Rolls-Royce""; ""Chronology""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H"" ""I""""j""; ""k""; ""l""; ""m""; ""n""; ""o""; ""p""; ""q""; ""r""; ""s""; ""t""; ""u""; ""v""; ""w""; ""x""; ""z""



ISBN: 9780773563810

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Subjects--Corporate Names:
Ferranti-Packard Transformers--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Electric machinery industry--History.--Canada
Electronic industries--History.--Canada

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic Books.

LC Class. No.: HD9697 / .F477 1994