Discovery and Prophecy
Asa Briggs · Oxford University Press eBooks · 1995
This chapter focuses on the prophecies and discoveries in wireless communication. It discusses Heinrich Rudolf Hertz's experimental demonstration of the creation and communication of electromagnetic waves and James Clerk-Maxwell's presentation of proof that the creation and communication of such electromagnetic waves is possible. It discusses Guglielmo Marconi's filing of his wireless patent in London, England in 1896. His invention consisted of a sensitive tube-like receiver connected to an earth and an elevated aerial, which paved the way for the development of wireless telephony.