Updated July 36, 2005

Historical Varian ads

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New for August 2005! In 1959 and 1960, the Bomac Tube Company of Beverly Massachusetts published a series of ads that traced the history of microwaves back to the Stone Ages.

Who said microwave advertisements can't have a sense of humor?

Varian bought Bomac, and changed the name on later copies of the ads. Then Varian sold the business to CPI in Palo Alto, CA and Canada.

Click on the title to reveal a high-resolution scan that you can download, print out, and hang by the coffee pot.

About Waterloo

The Day Somebody Goofed

Sir Francis Drake Cracks a Case

Radar and the Crusades

The Great Dragon Raid of 1405

A Viking Fable

The Real Story of the Trojan Horse

Tall Tale from Texas

The Birth of Radar

How Radar Got its Name

Attila Attacks!

The Perfidious Electron Tube

Radar & the Bastille

While Nero Fiddled

That's the complete collection of fourteen ads!