History of Radio and Electronics
Morse Telegraph SystemThe introduction of the Morse
telegraph system brought about one of the largest revolutions in communications
the world has ever seen, arguably more important than the internet. Read about
its inventor, Samuel Morse and its history:-
- Samuel Morse
- Development of the Morse Key
- The Story of the Morse Telegraph System
Great Names
Read about the great names in the history of radio and electronics:-
- Andre-Marie Ampere
- Edward Victor Appleton
- Edwin Armstrong Inventor of the regenerative radio, superhet radio and
wideband FM
- Ambrose Fleming Inventor of the diode valve
- Michael Faraday
- R A Fessenden
- Johann Gauss
- Oliver Heaviside
- Hedy Lamarr Hollywood actress and inventor of frequency hopping
- Sir Oliver Lodge
- Nikola Tesla
- Thomas Alva Edison
- James Maxwell
- Guglielmo Marconi
- Hans Christian Oersted
- Captain H.J. Round
- Alessandro Volta
- Georg Ohm The man who discovered the link between resistance, voltage and
cirrent in a circuit
History of Radio
Radio has been an accepted part of everyday life for many years. Its development
is still ongoing, and has taken it from an interesting curiosity to a means of
communication on which today's world relies. Read about the essential milestones
in its development.
- The Story of Radio
- History of the Radio Receiver
The discovery and development of the thermionic valve or vacuum
tube
There is a great nostalgia about the gently aroma that rises up out of a vacuum
tube radio that is operating. The first tubes appeared at the beginning of the
20th Century and heralded the beginning of electronics as we know it today. Find
out about their development.
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History of the vacuum tube
