Crystal Sets Lead to Modern Radios
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Inventors, Physics, Physicists, Engineering, Engineers, Communications
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: 1910
Article abstract: The invention of crystal sets, the first radio receivers, led to the development of the modern radio.
From Morse Code to Music
In the 1860’s, James Maxwell Clerk demonstrated that electricity and light had electromagnetic and wave properties. The conceptualization of electromagnetic waves led Maxwell to propose that such waves, made by an electrical discharge, would eventually be sent long distances through space and used for communication purposes. Then, near the end of the nineteenth century, the technology that produced and...
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