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Wireless

Sungook Hong
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Author : Sungook Hong
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262514194

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A new look at the early history of wireless communication. By 1897 Guglielmo Marconi had transformed James Clerk Maxwell's theory of electromagnetic waves into a workable wireless telegraphy system, and by 1907 Lee de Forest had invented the Audion, a feedback amplifier and oscillator that opened the way to practical radio transmission. Fifteen years after Marconi's invention, wireless had become an essential means of communication, as well as a hobby for many. This book offers a new perspective on the early days of wireless communication. Drawing on previously untapped archival evidence and recent work in the history and sociology of science and technology, it examines the substance and context of both experimental and theoretical aspects of engineering and scientific practices in the first years of this technology. It offers new insights into the relationship between Marconi and his scientific advisor, the physicist John Ambrose Fleming (inventor of the vacuum tube). It includes the full story of the infamous 1903 incident in which Marconi's opponent Nevil Maskelyne interfered with Fleming's public demonstration of Marconi's syntonic (tuning) system at the Royal Institution by sending derogatory messages from his own transmitter. The analysis of the Maskelyne affair highlights the struggle between Marconi and his opponents, the efficacy of early syntonic devices, Fleming's role as a public witness to Marconi's private experiments, and the nature of Marconi's "shows." It also provides a rare case study of how the credibility of an engineer can be created, consumed, and suddenly destroyed. The book concludes with a discussion of de Forest's Audion and the shift from wireless telegraphy to radio.

Marconi

Marc Raboy
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Author : Marc Raboy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780199313600

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A little over a century ago, the world went wireless. Cables and all their limiting inefficiencies gave way to a revolutionary means of transmitting news and information almost everywhere, instantaneously. By means of "Hertzian waves," as radio waves were initially known, ships could now make contact with other ships (saving lives, such as on the doomed S.S. Titanic); financial markets could coordinate with other financial markets, establishing the price of commodities and fixing exchange rates; military commanders could connect with the front lines, positioning artillery and directing troop movements. Suddenly and irrevocably, time and space telescoped beyond what had been thought imaginable. Someone had not only imagined this networked world but realized it: Guglielmo Marconi. As Marc Raboy shows us in this enthralling and comprehensive biography, Marconi was the first truly global figure in modern communications. Born to an Italian father and an Irish mother, he was in many ways stateless, working his cosmopolitanism to advantage. Through a combination of skill, tenacity, luck, vision, and timing, Marconi popularized--and, more critically, patented--the use of radio waves. Soon after he burst into public view at the age of 22 with a demonstration of his wireless apparatus in London, 1896, he established his Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company and seemed unstoppable. He was decorated by the Czar of Russia, named an Italian Senator, knighted by King George V of England, and awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics--all before the age of 40. Until his death in 1937, Marconi was at the heart of every major innovation in electronic communication, courted by powerful scientific, political, and financial interests. He established stations and transmitters in every corner of the globe, from Newfoundland to Buenos Aires, Hawaii to Saint Petersburg. Based on original research and unpublished archival materials in four countries and several languages, Raboy's book is the first to connect significant parts of Marconi's story, from his early days in Italy, to his groundbreaking experiments, to his protean role in world affairs. Raboy also explores Marconi's relationshps with his wives, mistresses, and children, and examines in unsparing detail the last ten years of the inventor's life, when he returned to Italy and became a pillar of Benito Mussolini's fascist regime. Raboy's engrossing biography, which will stand as the authoritative work of its subject, proves that we still live in the world Marconi created.

Marconi My Beloved

Maria Cristina Marconi
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Author : Maria Cristina Marconi
Publisher : Branden Books
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0937832391

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When in 1895 twenty-one-year-old Guglielmo Marconi made his first wireless transmission over land, he became the boy wonder of the world. When subsequently, he made similar transmissions across the Atlantic Ocean, thus proving to the world that his radio-related inventions had immediate and wide-spread applications for all of humanity, young Marconi ushered in the Age of Communication. The life, the works, the character of one of the greatest scientists of this Century, Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of the Radio, are described in this carefully documented, impassioned and deeply involved book by an exceptional witness: his wife Maria Cristina. He was called 'The genius who gave a voice to silence'. Acclaimed by the whole world, the recipient of the most prestigious honours and decorations, he never lost his innate modesty and discretion even at the height of his success.

The Other Marconi

Eugenio Michael Albano
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Author : Eugenio Michael Albano
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524643324

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The Other Marconi by Eugenio Michael Albano Pdf

E. M. Albano has once again beautifully captured the life of Italian immigrants in the early twentieth century. He follows his father from Calabria, where he immigrated to the United States with his family, and describes the joy, tradition, values, familial loyalty, and love that helped these Italian-Americans succeed in the New World. I enjoyed every page, and it brought back many wonderful memories of my own youth with Italian immigrant parents (Carmen Finestra, executive producer and cocreator of the situation comedy Home Improvement).

Marconi and Tesla

Tim O'Shei
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Author : Tim O'Shei
Publisher : Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 159845076X

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Introduces readers to the inventors of wireless communication equipment and the Tesla coil used in today's radios and television sets through an examination of their childhood years, education, inspirations, and groundbreaking discoveries.

My Father, Marconi

Degna Marconi
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Author : Degna Marconi
Publisher : Guernica Editions
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1550711512

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My Father, Marconi by Degna Marconi Pdf

The daughter of Guglielmo Marconi draws upon her father's personal journals and letters as well as from scientific and historical records to chronicle the life and profession of the internationally known inventor.

The Early History of Radio

G.R.M. Garratt
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Author : G.R.M. Garratt
Publisher : IET
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1994-06-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780852968451

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The Early History of Radio by G.R.M. Garratt Pdf

Radio was as much the culmination of the work of a series of scientists in the 19th Century, starting with Faraday, as it was an invention by Marconi. This book aims to illustrate the contributions made by these scientists and show how each was dependent upon the work and ideas of his predecessors; Faraday, Henry, Maxwell, Hughes, Fitzgerald, Hertz, Lodge and Marconi.

Improvements in Apparatus Employed in Wireless Telegraphy

Guglielmo Marchese Marconi,Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company,Great Britain Patent Office
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Author : Guglielmo Marchese Marconi,Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company,Great Britain Patent Office
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1014479436

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Improvements in Apparatus Employed in Wireless Telegraphy by Guglielmo Marchese Marconi,Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company,Great Britain Patent Office Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Who Invented the Radio?

Susan E. Hamen
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Author : Susan E. Hamen
Publisher : Lerner Publications (Tm)
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Inventions
ISBN : 9781512483208

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Who Invented the Radio? by Susan E. Hamen Pdf

The story of how Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi faced off in a race to invent the radio will have readers at the edge of their seats!

Marconi's Wireless and the Rhetoric of a New Technology

Aaron Toscano
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Author : Aaron Toscano
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400739772

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This book examines the discourse surrounding the wireless, created by the Anglo-Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. The wireless excited early twentieth-century audiences before it even became a viable black box technology. The wireless adhered to modernist values—speed, efficiency, militarization, and progress. Language surrounding the wireless is a form of technical communication, overlooked by today’s practitioners. This book establishes a broader definition for technical communication by examining a selection of the discourse surrounding Marconi's wireless. The book’s main themes are the following: 1) technical communication is all discourse surrounding technology, 2) the field of technical communication (or technical writing) should incorporate analyses of discourse surrounding technologies into its epistemology, 3) the wireless is a product of the society from which it comes (early twentieth-century Western civilization), and 4) the discourse surrounding the wireless is infused with tropes of progress—speed, efficiency, evolution, and ahistoricity.

Guglielmo Marconi

Victoria Sherrow
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Author : Victoria Sherrow
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Inventors
ISBN : 0766022803

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Guglielmo Marconi by Victoria Sherrow Pdf

Guglielmo Marconi is one of the most important inventors of the modern age. Prior to Marconi's work, telegraph signals had to be transmitted through electric wires, but in 1895, Marconi successfully sent the first telegraph signals through the air. In 1901, Marconi transmitted the first wireless communication across the Atlantic Ocean. For his groundbreaking work with wireless transmissions, Marconi was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1909. In addition to the development of radio, Marconi would also do pioneering work with short waves and microwaves. Marconi was born in Bologna, Italy. As a child, Marconi demonstrated a strong interest in science. Although he failed the University of Bologna entrance exam, he decided to continue pursuing scientific studies on his own. In addition to the Nobel Prize he later earned, Marconi also won many other honors for his revolutionary work in electronic communication. Book jacket.

A History of the Marconi Company 1874-1965

W. J. Baker
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Author : W. J. Baker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134526079

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A History of the Marconi Company 1874-1965 by W. J. Baker Pdf

This accessible work provides a detailed picture of the history of one of the most important companies in the electronic industry.

Radio Man

Mahrie Locket
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Author : Mahrie Locket
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595470228

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Radio Man consists of never before published stories and pictures about the British Merchant Marine seen through the eyes of Ship's Radio Officer Alan Patterson. His captivating diaries offer rare 1st- person insight to the harrowing state of the Pacific theatre at the time, taking us from 1938 through to the end of the war. Here is a glimpse of a typical day in Alan's life as the Ship's Radio Man. "We saw no patrol ships at all while at sea, the poor old Merchant Service had to just plug along on its own with no protection and no guns. However, the Navy had put a gun platform on our stern before we left, so we built an imitation of a gun with a mast spar and an empty oil drum. We hoped that if a sub saw it at a distance it might possibly mistake it for a gun and so prevent it surfacing and shelling us. I couldn't help thinking how futile and rather pathetic this was but still while there is life there is hope. We arrived in Calcutta safely-- thanks to no one but ourselves. Shortly after this trip we were given guns and taught how to use them!" Alan and his crew managed to escape submarine wolf packs several times. On one especially dangerous run near India, he discovered that the fine bunch of courageous men from the ship he had just left had been blown to bits while returning to India on a British India Vessel loaded with munitions. Alan writes about more than just the war however. His diary is also a wealth of historical sidebars and anecdotal observations covering both India and Burma as World War II smouldered ominously in the closing distance. Here is one of those obscure front-row seats which imparts a genuine sense of immediacy to the turbulence of the the times. One can almost sense the destruction and devastation caused by the bombing and the plundering as Alan's eye-witness accounts unfold before you. Radio Man is a fascinating read and it will keep you intrigued until the very end. To see rare photos from World War II at sea, check out the author's website. www.mahriesradiodreams.com

Guglielmo Marconi and Radio Waves

Susan Zannos
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Author : Susan Zannos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Inventors
ISBN : 1584152656

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Guglielmo Marconi was a young man fascinated with the recently discovered phenomenon of electricity. Telegraph wires were already being used to send messages with electricity-there was even a cable under the Atlantic Ocean making communication between continents possible. But when Marconi learned about the electromagnetic waves scientists had discovered, he thought that they could be used to send messages without wires. In 1894, when he was 20 years old, Marconi began his experiments in sending messages: first a few feet, next a few yards, then over a mile, and at last across the Atlantic Ocean. Marconi's wireless telegraphy made it possible, for the first time, for ships at sea to communicate with the land and with each other. Marconi's work provided the foundation for the amazing developments in electronic technology that occurred in the 20th century-radio, television, radar, sonar, microwave ovens-and are still occurring at dizzying speed. Book jacket.

Wireless Writing in the Age of Marconi

Timothy C. Campbell
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Author : Timothy C. Campbell
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 081664442X

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Wireless Writing in the Age of Marconi by Timothy C. Campbell Pdf

Wireless technology has become deeply embedded in everyday life, but its impact cannot be fully understood without probing the contributions of the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), who ushered in the beginning of wireless communication. Marconi produced and detected sound waves over long distances, using the curvature of the earth for direction, and laid the foundations for what we know as radio—the original mobile, voice-activated, and electronic media community. Timothy C. Campbell demonstrates that Marconi’s invention of the wireless telegraph was not simply a technological act but also had an impact on poetry and aesthetics and linked the written word to the rise of mass politics. Reading influential works such as F. T. Marinetti’s futurist manifestos, Rudolf Arnheim’s 1936 study Radio, writings by Gabriele D’Annunzio, and Ezra Pound’s Cantos, Campbell reveals how the newness of wireless technology was inscribed in the ways modernist authors engaged with typographical experimentation, apocalyptic tones, and newly minted models for registering voices. Wireless Writing in the Age of Marconi presents an alternative history of modernism that listens as well as looks and bears in mind the altered media environment brought about by the emergence of the wireless. Timothy C. Campbell is associate professor of Italian at Cornell University.