Palmer Method returning to a more cursive style. The Palmer company stopped publishing in the 1980s. In radar engineering, a Palmer Scan is a scanning technique that produces a scanning beam by moving the main antenna and its feed in a circular motion. The name was derived from the looping circles practiced by students of the Palmer Method. Palmer Method The Palmer Method of penmanship instruction was developed and promoted by Austin Palmer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was largely created as a simplified style of the "Spencerian Method", which had been the major standardized system of handwriting
Raymond A. Palmer Raymond A. Palmer Raymond Arthur Palmer (August 1, 1910 – August 15, 1977) was an American editor of "Amazing Stories" from 1938 through 1949, when he left publisher Ziff-Davis to publish and edit "Fate Magazine", and eventually many other magazines and books through his own publishing houses, including Amherst Press and Palmer Publications. In addition to magazines such as "Mystic," "Search," and "Flying Saucers", he published or republished numerous spirtualist books, including "", as well as several books related to flying saucers, including "The Coming of the Saucers", co-written by Palmer with Kenneth Arnold. Palmer was also a prolific author