Title :
The ´Italian Navy coherer´ affair: a turn-of-the-century scandal
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Coll. of Swansea, Wales Univ., UK
fDate :
5/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The Italian Navy coherer was a receiving device used by Marconi in this first transatlantic transmission in 1901. A great controversy, which threatened to tarnish Marconi´s reputation, arose concerning the invention of this coherer. The author re-examines the affair, and also includes some technical observations as to the coherer´s precise mode of operation.
Keywords :
history; radio receivers; Italian Navy coherer; Marconi;
Journal_Title :
Science, Measurement and Technology, IEE Proceedings A
