DocumentCode
899163
Title
The ´Italian Navy coherer´ affair: a turn-of-the-century scandal
Author
Phillips, V.J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Coll. of Swansea, Wales Univ., UK
Volume
140
Issue
3
fYear
1993
fDate
5/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
175
Lastpage
185
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Science, Measurement and Technology, IEE Proceedings A
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0960-7641
Type
jour
Filename
215249
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