Ueber sehr schnelle electrische Schwingungen, et al.

by Heinrich Hertz

$1,900 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

FIRST PRINTING of Hertz's first three papers on electromagnetic waves; the foundation for wireless communication. “Experimental proof by Hertz of the Faraday-Maxwell hypothesis that electrical waves can be projected through space was begun in 1887, eight years after Maxwell’s death. The two main requirements were a a method of producing the waves, supposing that they existed, and b a method of detecting them once they were produced. Hertz

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