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Communications an international history of the formative years / Russell Burns.
| Author/creator | Burns, R. W. |
| Other author | Institution of Electrical Engineers. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Stevenage, U.K. : Institution of Electrical Engineers, c2004. |
| Description | x, 639 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from IET Digital Library - Books |
| Subjects |
| Series | IEE history of technology series ; 32 History of technology series ; 32. ^A185542 |
| Contents | Communication among the ancients -- Semaphore signaling -- The development of electric telegraphy from c. 1750-1850 -- Electric telegraphy--commercial and social considerations -- Submarine telegraphy -- The telephone -- Optical communications -- Images by wire, picture telegraphy (1843-c. 1900) -- Distant vision (c. 1880-1908) -- The early wireless pioneers -- Early experimental wireless telegraphy (1895-1898) -- Other wireless developments -- Maritime wireless telegraphy -- Point-to-point communications -- Television development, pre-1914 -- The Great War years, 1914-1918 -- The birth of sound broadcasting -- Some important developments in the 1920s -- The rise and fall of low definition television, c. 1920-c. 1930 -- The birth of high definition television -- EMI and high definition television -- The emergence of new technologies. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [625]-628) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006286580 |
| ISBN | 0863413277 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0863413307 (pbk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |