Excerpt from Wireless Telegraphy The decisive turning-point was reached in 1896, by the labours of Guglielmo Marconi, who made a definite attempt to elaborate a system of wireless telegraphy by means of electric waves. True, he stood upon the secure foundation of the ingenious experiments of Hertz; but the persistence and skill with which he contrived to overcome the practical difficulties in his way, cannot be sufficiently admired. Thus Marconi was the first to actually telegraph over a distance of many miles without wires, thereby winning lasting renown. However, the capacity of his instruments soon reached a limit. In Germany, too, the labours of slaby-arco led to no improvement, in point of principle; but the course of development was diverted into an entirely new channel with unexpected progress by the work of Professor Ferdinand Braun, of Strassburg. By complete mastery of the existing material, well-designed application of scientific principles and appropriate use of technical appliances, he created the basis on which wireless telegraphy is now everywhere conducted. To the personal modesty of Professor Braun nothing is more objectionable than the fruitless conflict over the so called systems: and he would be the first to put an end to the envious and distracting outcry raised by the companies engaged in exploiting wireless telegraphy, and to use the name Hertzian electrical-wave Telegraphy as the worthiest title possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.