INDEX
broadcasts, 4, 7–8, 12, 18, 20
Edison, Thomas, 6
electromagnetic waves, 7, 11
Hertz, Heinrich, 7
laboratory fire, 14
Lodge, Oliver, 11
oscillator, 9, 18
patent, 16–17, 21, 25
Preece, William, 15
Tesla coil, 6–7
trans-Atlantic transmission,
20–21
transmitter, 11, 19
US Supreme Court ruling, 25
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p. 10; Library of Congress (LC-DIG-ggbain-14387), p. 11; DEA/A. DAGLI ORTI/
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