The Continuous Wave : Technology and American Radio, 1900-1932 /
Hugh Aitken describes a critical period in the history of radio, when continuous wave technology first made reliable long-distance wireless communication possible and opened up opportunities for broadcasting voice and music.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest pr...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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Edición: | Course Book |
Colección: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology of Events in The Continuous Wave
- ONE. Prologue
- TWO. Fessenden and the Alternator
- THREE. Elwell, Fuller, and the Arc
- FOUR. De Forest and the Audion
- FIVE. Radio, Cables, and the National Interest
- SIX. "An American Radio Company"
- SEVEN. The Formation of RCA. Part 1: Washington and New York
- EIGHT. The Formation of RCA. Part 2: London and Jersey City
- NINE. Expansion and Integration
- TEN. RCA in Transition
- ELEVEN. Epilogue
- APPENDIX. Contract for Establishment of High Power Radio Service
- Index