Antedating of "Radar"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Fred Shapiro wrote:

> radar (OED 1941 Nov.)
>
> 1971 _N.Y. Times_ 2 Oct. C24 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  The [depth]
> bombs must be tied to a grid of listening devices, radars and plotting
> instruments.

Thanks to Barry for pointing out my error; I meant 1941, not 1971.

Fred


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