The Principles of Shortwave Radio Communication Are Discovered
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Scientists, Physics, Physicists, Television, Radio, Broadcasting, Communications
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, German History
- Geographical Location: Europe, North America
- Date: 1919
Article abstract: Theoretical principles proposed and tested by physicists, coupled with technological and empirical experimentation, made possible reliable long-distance radio communication via short waves.
Summary of Event
When James Clerk Maxwell first postulated the theory that the flow of an electric current created an accompanying electromagnetic force, he did so without recourse to empirical experimentation and as an enlargement upon his theories of light waves and optics. His mathematical and theoretical suppositions were published in the...
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