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Re: C P Clare Relays?

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On 08/24/20 21:48, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> There used to be a company that made relays, C P Clare,
> out of Chicago.  They advertised in various magazines
> on bitsavers.
>
> Anyway, they seem to have gone out of business in
> the 1960s, possibly acquired by another company.
>
> I heard they made a quality product.  Would anyone
> know accurately what happened to them, and why
> they went out of business?
>
> Here are some of their ads from the past.
>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=L4_mAAAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=relay%20heel%20piece&pg=PA313#v=onepage&q&f=false
>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=L4_mAAAAMAAJ&dq=railway%20%22induction%20communication%22&pg=PA707#v=onepage&q&f=false
>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=L4_mAAAAMAAJ&dq=railway%20%22induction%20communication%22&pg=PA782#v=onepage&q&f=false
>
  Good quality product, at least the examples I have seen. One of their
strong suits were mercury wetted contact relays, used a lot in telco
and test kit and by me once or twice for fast rise pulse
generators...

Chris

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C P Clare Relays? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2020-08-24 13:48 -0700
  Re: C P Clare Relays? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-24 18:36 -0400
    Re: C P Clare Relays? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-24 18:37 -0700
      Re: C P Clare Relays? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-25 03:46 +0000
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