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Jim Hawkins

Jan 1, 1970
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I remember it being claimed in the 1940s that the 'Miller Integrator' had in
fact been invented by Blumlein, some papers referring to the circuit as a
'Blumlein Integrator'.
Has history elucidated who is rightfully regarded as the inventor ?

Jim Hawkins
 
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Adrian Tuddenham

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim Hawkins said:
I remember it being claimed in the 1940s that the 'Miller Integrator' had in
fact been invented by Blumlein, some papers referring to the circuit as a
'Blumlein Integrator'.
Has history elucidated who is rightfully regarded as the inventor ?

I confess that I have not researched that particular bit of history, but
is it possible that because the integrator made use of the "Miller
effect" (discovered by Miller), Blumlein called his integrator a "Miller
effect integrator" which later become shortened?

I can't think of anything Blumlein invented which he named after himself
at the time. The attributions seem to have been applied by others at a
later date. Herbert Holman and Henry Clark were the 'inventors' of
many of Blumlein's electromechanical devices; but it wasn't until
Blumlein's superior theoretical knowledge was brought to bear on them
that they achieved their full performance and were put into practical
use.

I expect the answer will be found in his notebooks if someone wants to
take the trouble to look through them.
 
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Tony Williams

Jan 1, 1970
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I remember it being claimed in the 1940s that the 'Miller
Integrator' had in fact been invented by Blumlein, some papers
referring to the circuit as a 'Blumlein Integrator'. Has history
elucidated who is rightfully regarded as the inventor ?

There was a thread here a year or so ago.

Blumlein's peers at the time did start to call
it the Blumlein Integrator but Blumlein himself
apparently preferred to give the nod to Miller.
 
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Homer J Simpson

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim Hawkins said:
I remember it being claimed in the 1940s that the 'Miller Integrator' had
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fact been invented by Blumlein, some papers referring to the circuit as a
'Blumlein Integrator'.
Has history elucidated who is rightfully regarded as the inventor ?

If memory serves, Scroggie was quite the defender of Blumlein who, IIRC,
also came up with the stereo LP system and many other inventions.



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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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I remember it being claimed in the 1940s that the 'Miller Integrator' had
in fact been invented by Blumlein, some papers referring to the circuit
as a 'Blumlein Integrator'.
Has history elucidated who is rightfully regarded as the inventor ?

That's easy. "Miller integrator" rolls smoothly off the tongue - who
would want to use a "Blumlein integrator"? ;-)

Cheers!
Rich
 
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Tony Williams

Jan 1, 1970
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Surprised to find he couldn't read and write when aged 13.
Interesting to see that documentary. john

The account of the crash was interesting, especially
the two people who gave up their seats at the last
moment and the chap who nipped off for a cup of tea
and so missed the takeoff. One of them was Bernard
Lovell. If he had died the Jodrell Bank telescope
might not have been built.
 
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Fred Bloggs

Jan 1, 1970
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Tony said:

The IEE press has published The Life and Times of A D Blumlein by Russel
Burns as part of their history of technology series, and a substantial
portion of the text is readable in PDF format on Google Books. This is a
ridiculously overpriced book otherwise.
 
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John Stumbles

Jan 1, 1970
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Surprised to find he couldn't read and write when aged 13.

No? Wikipedia claims that at age 7 he wrote an invoice to his mother 'for
repairing the doorbell, signed "Alan Blumlein, Electrical Engineer".'
 
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Barry Lennox

Jan 1, 1970
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I remember it being claimed in the 1940s that the 'Miller Integrator' had in
fact been invented by Blumlein, some papers referring to the circuit as a
'Blumlein Integrator'.
Has history elucidated who is rightfully regarded as the inventor ?

If anybody has access to "Wireless World" from the early 90's there
was a long series on famous folk (Maxwell, Ampere, etc, etc) and there
was one on Blumlein. I recall some discussion on the integrator, but
not any more detail.

Barry
 
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john jardine

Jan 1, 1970
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John Stumbles said:
No? Wikipedia claims that at age 7 he wrote an invoice to his mother 'for
repairing the doorbell, signed "Alan Blumlein, Electrical Engineer".'


Who should I believe?. The Wiki or the Alexander Biog' version of events?.

http://www.doramusic.com/Who Was Blumlein.htm (4th paragraph down)

Alexander's site comes across as a case study in rampant self publicity and
egocentricity and I also cannot imagine Blumlein's wealthy parents allowing
illiteracy in the family. So choice made ... I'll go with the Wiki :)

(I've a feeling 'Steiner/Waldorf' schooling has somehow seeped into the mix
but we are not told)

john
 
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