My grandfather was one of the inventors at Bell Labs. I remember that he had some of those holes in his backyard where he was experimenting with growing crystals, and lots of scientific equipment in his basement (1960's). We have lots of those crystals, as well as the largest one they made. It's hefty- takes two hands to hold it.
I remember seeing this film at an open house years ago at the Western Electric Merrimac Valley Works in North Andover Mass. My grandfather was the man sealing the crystals in the vacuum tube. If he were still around, he would be 104 years old. I figure he was around 52 years old in this film. He loved his work at Western Electric. I never thought I would see this again. Thanks for posting it.
Thanks for putting this up. These old school films are fascinating / pure / raw and full of knowledge. And they show the trials & tribulations. Thanks!
Hi Bruce, I'm glad you enjoyed the videos. I have been working with crystals for many years. I noticed how little info there was on the growth and production of these, and so I put this collection of videos together. I hope to add more info soon. I have some other remarkable specimens to show. Please stay tuned.
Thank for this! My grandfather worked at Bell Labs/Western Electric and we have a few of these lab grown crystals. I've always wondered about them. Thanks again!
Ernest Buehler was the man who patented the Auto Clave system at Bells Labs for growing quartz. He appears in around 2:40 of this video. Good looking short grey hair. You can check out the other patents with the Patent Office. Amazing stuff.
I have two or more of the vacuum tube crystals for double checking the frequency accuracy of my amateur radio transmitters, and the digital transmitters also have tiny crystals to control the frequency with an accuracy undreamed about back when these films were made. The size of the quartz crystals grown today are so huge, it boggles the mind that they are also perfect as well! Tiny slips of crystal quartz regulates everything from radios to navigation satellites, and they are all made to order, and the cost is much less than gold with the technology developed back in the 1940s and 50s!
This is great. Thanks for putting it up! I usually work with natural crystals and recently got into a few lab grown pieces so wanted to learn a bit more. This was great. Morticia
Crystal Skulls is what is interesting me. Proof of ancient high technology. I want to know how to get them to grow as a skull shape. Have you heard of The Geopolymer Institute channel? He has spent 30 years researching stone age geopolymer technology. Cool stuff. Watch the chemical analysis of Puma Punku H blocks. He found rubber inside them. Concrete. Pyramids. Fascinating.
Yes I heard quite a bit about crystal skulls. Bashar channeled by Daryl Anka talked about how there was 13 crystal skulls produced from the Atlantis period about 13K yrs ago. He said to access the skulls sound frequency was needed, wether by specific vocal tones or sound tech
@@RichHandsome Yes sound is important for sure. Another person into the ancient use of sound is a South African guy named Michael Tellinger. He has a museum of 'singing rocks' and cone shaped artifacts. Seems pretty out there but he's onto something with the importance of sound and it's use by ancients. Another one is the documentary 'The Pyramid Code'. They talked about sound being used to heal in some of the ancient megalithic sites in Egypt. I also find magnetism interesting. Been trying to talk to people about possibly using magnets with crystals. Specifically Ken Wheeler at Theoria Apophasis channel. He is magnetic universe theorist. Written some books you can download free. He does livestreams where u can ask him questions. Deletes the streams afterward but he has a bunch of cool videos about magnets. He also translates ancient languages.
i like this video, it confirms some sort of ignorance the masses have for what technology truly originates from. and i get warm fuzzies when i read through all these comments.
Water and a mineralizing agent (calcium carbonate or potassium hydroxide). The autoclave is filled to ~85% full, with the air used gap to generate pressure as the vessel is heated.
Yes. The Japanese use a scaled up version of the same process here to make trillions of little quartz gems. Large crystals get cut down into little pieces. Modern electronics still need this or similar piezoelectric materials.
The top half of the autoclave was kept at about 50°c cooler. That's why the seeds were not dissolved. Before that was figured out though, some runs had everything dissolve.
@@jasonk795 First maybe crush crystals to dust. Then take the crystal dust with heavy acid and make it to neutral pH scale. then place the seed in the now dissolved neutral sludge?.
My grandfather was one of the inventors at Bell Labs. I remember that he had some of those holes in his backyard where he was experimenting with growing crystals, and lots of scientific equipment in his basement (1960's). We have lots of those crystals, as well as the largest one they made. It's hefty- takes two hands to hold it.
Pics or it didn't happen.
Jacob Kon google gooch and housego; my grandad was doing this in 1948/50's commercially after the war
You chat shit
I wonder if a grow these at home
How much for it?
A remnant from the past that yet has value today. Very interesting watch, thanks for preserving it !
I remember seeing this film at an open house years ago at the Western Electric Merrimac Valley Works in North Andover Mass. My grandfather was the man sealing the crystals in the vacuum tube. If he were still around, he would be 104 years old. I figure he was around 52 years old in this film. He loved his work at Western Electric. I never thought I would see this again. Thanks for posting it.
my grandad was growing Quartz just after WW2 1948, first lasers in southwest UK, so proud of him x
Thanks for putting this up. These old school films are fascinating / pure / raw and full of knowledge. And they show the trials & tribulations. Thanks!
When you go back in time, this is the video you show them
Hi Bruce, I'm glad you enjoyed the videos. I have been working with crystals for many years. I noticed how little info there was on the growth and production of these, and so I put this collection of videos together. I hope to add more info soon. I have some other remarkable specimens to show. Please stay tuned.
Thank for this! My grandfather worked at Bell Labs/Western Electric and we have a few of these lab grown crystals. I've always wondered about them. Thanks again!
Ernest Buehler was the man who patented the Auto Clave system at Bells Labs for growing quartz. He appears in around 2:40 of this video. Good looking short grey hair. You can check out the other patents with the Patent Office. Amazing stuff.
I have two or more of the vacuum tube crystals for double checking the frequency accuracy of my amateur radio transmitters, and the digital transmitters also have tiny crystals to control the frequency with an accuracy undreamed about back when these films were made.
The size of the quartz crystals grown today are so huge, it boggles the mind that they are also perfect as well!
Tiny slips of crystal quartz regulates everything from radios to navigation satellites, and they are all made to order, and the cost is much less than gold with the technology developed back in the 1940s and 50s!
Thanks Ann. The work your grandfather did pioneered the US telecom network and played a BIG roll in the space race.
This is great. Thanks for putting it up! I usually work with natural crystals and recently got into a few lab grown pieces so wanted to learn a bit more. This was great.
Morticia
Thanks a lot for this I am on the hunt for these kind of videos.
If you have more videos like this please let me know
Crystal Skulls is what is interesting me. Proof of ancient high technology. I want to know how to get them to grow as a skull shape. Have you heard of The Geopolymer Institute channel? He has spent 30 years researching stone age geopolymer technology. Cool stuff. Watch the chemical analysis of Puma Punku H blocks. He found rubber inside them. Concrete. Pyramids. Fascinating.
Yes I heard quite a bit about crystal skulls. Bashar channeled by Daryl Anka talked about how there was 13 crystal skulls produced from the Atlantis period about 13K yrs ago. He said to access the skulls sound frequency was needed, wether by specific vocal tones or sound tech
@@RichHandsome Yes sound is important for sure. Another person into the ancient use of sound is a South African guy named Michael Tellinger. He has a museum of 'singing rocks' and cone shaped artifacts. Seems pretty out there but he's onto something with the importance of sound and it's use by ancients. Another one is the documentary 'The Pyramid Code'. They talked about sound being used to heal in some of the ancient megalithic sites in Egypt.
I also find magnetism interesting. Been trying to talk to people about possibly using magnets with crystals. Specifically Ken Wheeler at Theoria Apophasis channel. He is magnetic universe theorist. Written some books you can download free. He does livestreams where u can ask him questions. Deletes the streams afterward but he has a bunch of cool videos about magnets. He also translates ancient languages.
Yes I used to watch him a lot on Gaia TV
This is awesome. Thank you for posting
Fascinating
Glad you enjoyed it! Too many of these great old films are lost to history.
Fascinating!!❤
informative job
Nice and beautifull video!!! very ilustrative. :)
Hmm ... I wonder what the solvent is.
Very good,thanks.
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i like this video, it confirms some sort of ignorance the masses have for what technology truly originates from. and i get warm fuzzies when i read through all these comments.
Where does technology originate from ?
What is the solution? Probably mostly liquid water?
Water and a mineralizing agent (calcium carbonate or potassium hydroxide). The autoclave is filled to ~85% full, with the air used gap to generate pressure as the vessel is heated.
@@Indrid__Cold fascinating
good old days
that was cool. thanks.
do we still used quarzt for any thing importaned beside tranzister radio and yes some still work
Yes. The Japanese use a scaled up version of the same process here to make trillions of little quartz gems. Large crystals get cut down into little pieces. Modern electronics still need this or similar piezoelectric materials.
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Three years later...I'm from NJ
Golden age of American technologies
If they pour into the solution that dissolves the quartz crystals then their seeds will also dissolve. If not before, make the solution neutral.
The top half of the autoclave was kept at about 50°c cooler. That's why the seeds were not dissolved. Before that was figured out though, some runs had everything dissolve.
I believe they Super cool the seed first and keep it cold until the process starts. A lot was left out, probably to keep the secret.
@@jasonk795 First maybe crush crystals to dust. Then take the crystal dust with heavy acid and make it to neutral pH scale. then place the seed in the now dissolved neutral sludge?.
5:20 When disappointed by a failure, smoke a cigarette to feel better!
5:22 ...just reminding you that most scientists and engineers prefer Camel cigarettes to all other brands!
Before they are ready to carry voices to distant places
You shouldn't call people ugly.
clearer(purer) than natural
Hello
Oh god! It's the Kindergarten all over again!
+blakshema And by Kindergarten you mean...
You really want to know?
Yes
Really?
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