THE BELL SYSTEM 



TECHNICAL JOURNAL 



VOLUME XXIV, 1945 



Table of Contents 

 January, 1945 



Intermittent Behavior in Oscillators — W.A.Edson 1 



I'^valuating the Relative Bending Strength of Crossarms — Richard C. 



Egglcston 23 



Mathematical Analysis of Random Noise (Concluded) — S.O.Rice 46 



April, 1945 



Piezoelectric Crystals in Oscillator Circuits — /. E. Fair 161 



The Measurement of the Performance Index of Quartz Plates — C. W. 

 Harrison 217 



Lightning Protection of Buried Toll Cable — E. D. Sunde 253 



July-October, 1945 



Physical Limitations in Electron Ballistics — /. R. Pierce 305 



Electron Ballistics in High-Frequency Fields — A. L.Samuel 322 



Dynamics of Package Cushioning — Raymond D. Mindlin 353 



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