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 Historical Studies in Telecommunications

DOCUMENTS IN AMERICAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY

Edited with an introduction. by John M. Kittross

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THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH: AN HISTORICAL ANTHOLOGY

Edited with an introduction. by George Shiers

ISBN: 0405077572 $59.95      Available 10/01/2000

THE TELEPHONE: AN HISTORICAL ANTHOLOGY

Edited by George Shiers; with an introduction  by Elliot N. Sivowitch.

Reprint of 23 articles published in various journals between 1877 and 1968.

Contents: Watson, T. A. How Bell invented the telephone.- Bell, A. G. Researches in telephony.-Gray, E. Experimental researches in electro-harmonic telegraphy and telephony.-Taylor, L. W. The untold story of the telephone.-Jehl, F. Edison and the telephone.-Dolbear, A. E. Researches in telephony.-Hughes, D. E. On the physical action of the microphone.-Urbanitzky, A. R. V. The telephone.-Anthony, W. A. Transatlantic telephoning.-King, W. J. The development of electrical technology in the 19th century.-Lawson, R. A history of automatic telephony.-Shaw, T. The conquest of distance by wire telephony.-Fleming, J. A. Telephones.-Denman, R. P. G. Electrical communication.-Jewett, F. B. The telephone switchboard.-Langdon, W. C. Myths of telephone history.-Jewett, F. B. A quarter century of transcontinental telephony.-Gray, G. H. The evolution of wire transmission.-Angwin, A. S. Graham Bell, pioneer.-Martin, W. H. Seventy-five years of the telephone.-Kelly, M. J. ... and others. A transatlantic telephone cable.-Hoth, D. F. The tl carrier system.-Carson, D. N. The evolution of picturephone service

ISBN: 0405077580 $59.95     Available 10/01/2000

THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIRELESS TO 1920

Edited by George Shiers; with an introduction. by Elliot N. Sivowitch

Reprint of 20 articles published in various journals between 1890 and 1967. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: De Tunzelmann, G. W. Hertz's researches on electrical oscillations.-Fleming, J. A. On the conversion of electric oscillations into continuous currents by means of a vacuum valve.-De Forest, L. The Audion.-Fessenden, R. A. Wireless telephony.-Fleming, J. A. The evolution of electric wave telegraphy.-Marconi, G. Wireless telegraphic communication.- Braun, C. F. Electrical oscillations and wireless telegraphy.- Marconi, G. Radiotelegraphy.-De Forest, L. Recent developments in the work of the Federal Telegraph Company.-Round, H. J. Wireless telephony.-Armstrong, E. H. Some recent developments in the Audion receiver.-Coursey, P. R. The methods employed for the wireless communication of speech.-Armstrong, E. H. A study of heterodyne amplification by the electron relay.-Marriott, R. H. United States radio development.-Smith-Rose, R. L. The evolution of the thermionic valve.-Goldsmith, A. N. Alternators of radio frequency.-Burrows, A. R. Wireless possibilities.-Prince, C. E. Wireless telephony on aeroplanes.-Elwell, C. F. The Poulsen system of radiotelegraphy.-De Forest, L. The audion: its action and some recent applications. Dewey: 621.3841/09034 1. Telegraph, Wireless-History. 2. Radio-History. I. Shiers, George.

ISBN: 0405077599 $56.95     Available 01/01/2001

TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT OF TELEVISION

Edited with an introduction. by George Shiers

Reprint of articles published between 1911 and 1970 by various publishers. Includes bibliographical references

ISBN: 0405077610 $59.95     Available 10/01/2000