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  1. Skiatron
    The Skiatron was a modification of the PPI display that involved The back-projection of the image underneath a large , circular glass table. The idea was to improve the visual display so that controllers and operators alike could see what was happening.
    Found op http://histru.bournemouth.ac.uk/Oral_History/Talking_About_Technology/radar

  2. Skiatron
    A skiatron is a form of cathode-ray tube sometimes employed in radar. Its screen is composed of pottasium chloride and is white in colour, but exhibits a magenta trace of long persistence.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GS.HTM

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