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Volta:: Curiosity-Driven Basic Science: Application To Telecommunications
Volta:: Curiosity-Driven Basic Science: Application To Telecommunications
APPLICATION TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
1800
Oersted: Electromagnetism Faraday: Electromagnetic induction Henry: Detailed investigation of electromagnets in circuits Maxwell: Equations of electromagnetism
1820
1840
1860
Hertz: Discovery of radio waves Thompson: Discovery of electron Richardson: Thermionic emission (leading to vacuum tube) Schr dinger, Heisenberg, etc: Quantum Mechanics
1880
Bells telephone
1900
Marconi: Transatlantic radio Beginning of commercial radio (KDKA) First FAX transmission Demonstration of TV Patent for cable transmission system Bell Labs experiments with picture phones
1920
1940
Bardeen & Brattain: Transistor Schawlow & Townes: Laser
1960
Transatlantic telephone FCC plans for communication satellites AT&T announces beroptic system plans
1980
2000