Fred's Very Eclectic Files. INDEX.HTM

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Long May It Wave!
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Frederick W. Chesson
Presents...
. FRED'S VERY ECLECTIC HOME PAGE . "FROM RADAR BEACONS TO RAISING BULLFROGS...!" . INCLUDING SUCH DIVERSE TOPICS AS... . . THE BOYS OF SUMMER: WOODBURY, CONN., 1895 . Cover illustration from my recent book: "AROUND WOODBURY." . Issued October, 2000; from Arcadia Publications. . Following: NEW HAVEN in 1993, and WATERBURY in 1995.
. FEATURING: . CIVIL WAR STUFF . SECRET WIRES--Civil War Telegraphs and Ciphers. . CONNECTICUT In The CIVIL WAR . YANKEES IN ETERNITY . MAINE FORTS . MILITARY ELECTRONIC STUFF . OLD RADIO ITEMS . RADIO FICTION . ROXBURY FURNACE . GENEALOGY . THE ST. JAMES SCHOOL SAGA . ROBOT PAVLOVIAN DOGS . SOME SHORT FICTION . And, finally, it's.... . "JUST RAISING BULLFROGS..."
. CIVIL WAR TOPICS .
Andrew McClintock; My Civil War Ancestor. . Colonel Chatfield's Share of "Glory." .
"SECRET WIRES:" The US Military Telegraph Corps and Civil War Communications. . Some Young Brass Pounders. . Confederate Connections. . Lincoln Connections. . Epilogue: Lincoln, IF....
. VISIT MORE CIVIL WAR COMMUNICATION SOURCES AT: WWW.CIVILWARSIGNALS.ORG
. CONNECTICUT REGIMENTS AND THEIR GRAVES
. Our Martyrs at Andersonville. . Waterbury's Civil War Dead. . . Graves of the 1st CT Regiment.
Graves of the 6th CT Regiment.
Graves of the 9th "Irish" CT Regiment.
Graves of the 12th CT Regiment.

Graves of the 14th CT Regiment.
Graves of the 16th CT Regiment.

Graves of the 29th "Colored" CT Regiment.
Graves of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery.
. OTHER CONNECTICUT CIVIL WAR GRAVE SITES & ROSTERS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST .
Waterbury Graves. . Connecticut Graves at Arlington National Cemetery. . Connecticut USMC and NAVY Graves. . . Spanish-American and Early 20th Century Wars. . . Other New England Civil War Graves in Connecticut .
"YANKEES IN ETERNITY:" GRAVESTONES, EPITAPHS, and "ZINKIES." .
. David Avery's Baroque Brownstone monument in Poquonnock, near Groton, Conn. A Fort Griswold Massacre Victim, he died September 6, 1781 at age 34. His stone was photographed in April, 1941 by Charles R. Harte. . Cemetery Terminology. . Gravestone Carvers. . Assorted Epitaphs. . Little Yankees in Eternity. . . "Listing Lady" . The Dawson Monument in Woodbury's North Cemetery illustrates zinc's use in casting hollow mortuary statuary...but also the metal's aging problems as well. . "Search for the 'Great White Bronze.'" . . THE FORTS Of MAINE. . MILITARY ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT and MANUAL FILES.
SORRY, But these lists are for Reference and Research purposes only! . Signal Corps BC- (Basic Component) Files. . Signal Corps SCR- (Complete Set) Files. . Signal Corps RC- (Radio Components) Files. . . VT-Vacuum Tube Equivalents. . Nomenclature of AN- Electronic Systems. . AN- Aircraft Electronics. . Airborne Radar Systems. . . The UPN-2, An early portable S-Band Radar Beacon. . Radar Beacon Systems. . The REBECCA-EUREKA Beacon System. . Airborne Radar Nav-Aids. . Air-Carried Electronic Systems. . Ground-Based Electronic Systems. . AN-Type Naval Electronic Systems. . Electronic Simulators & Training Systems. . Airborne Search Radar Systems. . Utility Electronic Systems. . Airborne Radar Jamming Systems. . Antenna Components & Systems. . ARCO vs. AN/ARC- Radio Sets. . Meterological Equipment. . Photographic Equipment. . Plugs and Connectors. . Cabinets, Cases, Chests, Etc. . Homing Pigeon Equipment. . Radio Insulators. . Radio Crystals. . Radio & Radar Jamming Equipment. . . Miscelaneous Equipment. . Secret Communications Equipment. . The AN/GRR-4: A Mystery Receiver Set. . Electronic Equipment of B-29 "Enola Gay." . DOCUMENTATION . A-N DOCUMENT FILES. . FM-11 Field Manuals. . TM-11 Technical Manuals.
. NAVY ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT and MANUAL FILES. . SE- and Early Naval Communication Equipment . Naval Manufacturers' Codes. . Connecticut Naval Equipment Mfgrs. .
. ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS . Western Electric/Bell Labs Equipment . General Electric Equipment . RCA Electronic Equipment . Raytheon Electronic Equipment . Westinghouse Electronic Equipment . Naval Air Equipment Categories
. . VISIT THE ANTIQUE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA at... WWW.ANTIQUEWIRELESS.ORG
. SOME RADIO HISTORY: . Radio in the Late Roaring Twenties. . Broadcast Stations of 1925 . Fifty Years plus with an ARB Receiver! . A Unique French Wireless Detector
. . ROBOTICS: Featuring An Automated Pavlovian Dog! . . . Developed many years ago, in the "Pre-IC Age" these Robot Rovers could simulate such Classical Pavlovian Responses as: CONDITIONING, EXTINCTION, SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY, LEARNING CURVES and HIGHER-ORDER CONDITIONING.. . . . Three-deck stepping-relays comprised the main elements of the dog's memory. A few transistors were used for "eye" and "ear" sensors, plus a "tail-wagging power amplifier." .
. . A HISTORY OF THE ROBOTIC WORLD .
RADIO FICTION: . "RADARS of the LOST ARC." A Radio Row Christmas Story. . MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
ROXBURY FURNACE: Built 1867, Abandoned 1872.
Roxbury Furnace; A Monument to Connecticut's Vanished Iron Industry
COOK/E and CHESSON GENEALOGIES . Cook/e Genealogy.
. "SAINT JAMES PLACE:" A Unique Private School's Rise and Fall.
. Recent input from former St. James and Camp Leo "Survivors" has opened long-closed doors!
Camp Leo and St. James Origins.

ST. JAMES STUDENTS wore English-style school uniforms, complete with knee-socks and short pants, the year-round. These seventh and eighth-graders at a town-sponsored dance in early 1957 seem acutely self-conscious.
St. James' "Best Years."
School is Out, Camp is Closed. End of the Trail....
A NEW Web Site on St. James School AND Camp Leo may be found at: . http://www.saint-james-school.com
. A FACT...and Some FICTIONS.
. . THE GREAT TURTLE EXODUS.
. "A Case of Dino-Madness...." . "The Case of the Curious Chutney...." . "A Do-It-Yourself Holmesian Mystery Story...." . "Night of the Yam Festival...." .
. And Finally, It's.... . . "JUST RAISING BULLFROGS...!"
. E-MAIL US AT: fchesson@snet.net
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