VOLUME XXIV JANUARY, 1945 number i 



THE BELL SYSTEM 



TECHNICAL JOURNAL 



DEVOTED TO THE SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS 

 OF ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION 



Intennittent Behavior in Oscillators . . W. A. Edson 1 



Evaluating the Relative Bending Strength of Crossarms 



Richard C.Eggleston 23 



Mathematical Analysis of Random Noise (Concluded) 



S. O. Rice 46 



Abstracts of Technical Articles by Bell System Authors 157 

 Contributors to this Issue . . * 159 



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