The Guild of Scientific Troubadours

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Scientific illustration of scopes, scanners, and cathode-ray equipment from the mid-70s, white line drawings on black background.

Science Art: Cathode Ray Tubes, 1974

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An image from an ad from the Jan/Feb 1974 issue of the Journal for the Society for Informational Display.

The edition is pretty light on scientific illustrations and pretty heavy on flowcharts… Read the rest “Science Art: Cathode Ray Tubes, 1974”

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