The "Italian Navy coherer" affair: A turn-of-the-century scandal

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 248-258

  Phillips, V J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

History; Radio waves

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR CIRCUITS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; RADIO TRANSMISSION;

ITALIAN NAVY COHERER; RECEIVING DEVICE; TRANSATLANTIC TRANSMISSION;

RADIO RECEIVERS;

EID: 0031650029     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.1998.658777     Document Type: Article

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