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A Handbook of Wireless Telegraphy : Its Theory and Practice, for the Use of Electrical Engineers, Students, and Operators [ electronic resource ] / by James Erskine-Murray.

By: Erskine-Murray, James.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology. Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press , 2011ISBN: 9780511795411 ( e-book ).Subject(s): History of Science and Technology | Engineering: General Interest | Engineering, History | Wireless CommunicationsGenre/Form: Electronic booksDDC classification: 538.842 Online resources: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511795411 View to click Summary: James Erskine-Murray (1868–1927) was a Scots expert in wireless technology who studied under Lord Kelvin for six years at Glasgow University before arriving at Trinity College, Cambridge as a research student. He eventually became a telegraphy consultant and published this work in 1907. Its aim was to inform engineers, students, and radio operators about many aspects of a rapidly changing technology. The book covers recent developments of the time, and a whole chapter is dedicated to the issue of transmission. Erskine-Murray also provided a chapter of tables containing data which he calculated himself and which had not appeared in print before. The work stands as a classic in the field of early engineering texts, and offers contemporary students and radio enthusiasts a useful guide to early wireless technology.
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James Erskine-Murray (1868–1927) was a Scots expert in wireless technology who studied under Lord Kelvin for six years at Glasgow University before arriving at Trinity College, Cambridge as a research student. He eventually became a telegraphy consultant and published this work in 1907. Its aim was to inform engineers, students, and radio operators about many aspects of a rapidly changing technology. The book covers recent developments of the time, and a whole chapter is dedicated to the issue of transmission. Erskine-Murray also provided a chapter of tables containing data which he calculated himself and which had not appeared in print before. The work stands as a classic in the field of early engineering texts, and offers contemporary students and radio enthusiasts a useful guide to early wireless technology.

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