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Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony

Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony

Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony

An Outline for Electrical Engineers and Others
L. B. Turner
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Paperback
9781107629561
Paperback

    First published in 1921, this book was originally intended to supplement the knowledge of electrical engineers with limited experience of wireless telegraphy. Turner examines various branches of the technology's development, focusing especially on the thermionic method of wireless, and compares telegraphy to telephony. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of science, telegraphy in particular.

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    No date available
    Paperback
    9781107629561
    232 pages
    229 × 152 × 13 mm
    0.35kg

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Electromagnetic radiation
    • 3. Oscillatory circuits
    • 4. The production of high-frequency alternating currents
    • 5. The detection of high-frequency currents
    • 6. The thermionic tube
    • 7. The triode as amplifier
    • 8. The triode as rectifier
    • 9. The triode as oscillation generator
    • 10. Retroactive amplification and rectification
    • 11. Wireless telephony
    • 12. Miscellaneous
    • Index.
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    • L. B. Turner