Wireless
| 1873 - James Clerk Maxwell (British) |
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| 1888 - Heinrich Hertz (German) |
| generated and detected radio waves |
| 1894-5 Guglielmo Marconi (Italian) |
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1895 - took wireless to the Italian government |
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| 1896 - took wireless to the British government |
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| 1896 - British patent |
| 1897 - Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company |
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| role: informational |
| philosophy: point to point (customers supply content) |
1899 A growing maritime power becomes interested |
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| 1901 first transatlantic wireless signal |
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| The US Navy has growing concerns about wireless |
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