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1956 J. Langham Thompson won an order from Ministry of Supply for airborne electrical equipment for the RAF<ref>The Times, 8 September 1956</ref>. | 1956 J. Langham Thompson won an order from Ministry of Supply for airborne electrical equipment for the RAF<ref>The Times, 8 September 1956</ref>. | ||
1957 order from Swedish Airforce<ref>The Times, 11 February 1957</ref> | 1957 order from Swedish Airforce<ref>The Times, 11 February 1957</ref>. Maker of 35mm oscilloscope camera for continuous and single shot recording<ref>[http://www.collection.archivist.info/searchv13.php?searchstr=J.+Langham+Thompson+Ltd]</ref>. | ||
1959 [[Ether]] Ltd acquired [[J. Langham Thompson]]<ref>The Times, 24 November 1959</ref>. | 1959 [[Ether]] Ltd acquired [[J. Langham Thompson]]<ref>The Times, 24 November 1959</ref>. | ||
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J. Langham Thompson, electronic development engineers, of Bushey, Herts.
c.1948 First company of the group was formed[1].
1956 The J. Langham Thompson Group was part of Camp Bird; it included 4 companies, one of which was responsible for the Courtney-Pratt High Speed Camera, capable of 125,000 pictures per second; another was making the Sorensen Voltage Regulator[2].
1956 J. Langham Thompson won an order from Ministry of Supply for airborne electrical equipment for the RAF[3].
1957 order from Swedish Airforce[4]. Maker of 35mm oscilloscope camera for continuous and single shot recording[5].
1959 Ether Ltd acquired J. Langham Thompson[6].
1964 Pye acquired Ether Langham Thompson[7].
Notes: John Langham Thompson 1906 - 2000; portrait held at Bushey Museum and Art Gallery[2]. The IEE makes an award named after John Langham Thompson.