| Description |
1 online resource (x, 639 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
IEE history of technology series ; 32
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History of technology series ; 32.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 625-628) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Telecommunication -- History.
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Telecommunication. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Institution of Electrical Engineers.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Burns, R.W. Communications. London : Institution of Electrical Engineers, ©2004 9780863413308 (DLC) 2006286580 (OCoLC)55606426 |
| ISBN |
9781849190244 (electronic book) |
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1849190240 (electronic book) |
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0863413277 |
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0863413307 (paperback) |
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9780863413278 |
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9780863413308 (paperback) |
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