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Edward Lewis (Decca)
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Sir Edward Roberts Lewis was an English businessman, best known for leading the Decca recording and technology group for five decades from 1929. He built the company up from nothing to one of the majo
Sir Edward Lewis, pictured around 1970
Sir Edward Lewis, pictured around 1970
Decca Navigator System
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The Decca Navigator System was a hyperbolic radio navigation system that allowed ships and aircraft to determine their position by using radio signals from a dedicated system of static radio transmitt
Edward Lewis (Decca)
…records, he raised the capital to take the company over, and ran it until his death. Among the ground-breaking achievements of Decca under Lewis were the Decca Navigator System (the leading maritime and aviation navigation system prior to GPS), the Decca "ffrr" recording technology, and the first release on record of Wagner's…
The display panel of a Decca Navigator Mk 12 (ca. 1962). Decca position coordinates were directly displayed by four decometers and these were plotted
The display panel of a Decca Navigator Mk 12 (ca. 1962). Decca position coordinates were directly displayed by four decometers and these were plotted on a conventional chart that had been over-printed with Decca lattices.
Decca Navigator Mk. 21, with the Decometer dials prominent.
Decca Navigator Mk. 21, with the Decometer dials prominent.
Decca receiver, Mk.51 seen in the National Museum of Scotland
Decca receiver, Mk.51 seen in the National Museum of Scotland
An ap Decca receiver Mk II from the 1980s that could be purchased instead of leased. It could store 25 waypoints.
An ap Decca receiver Mk II from the 1980s that could be purchased instead of leased. It could store 25 waypoints.