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All the fussing over Marconi was a bit painful to read through - it's not "Marconi's radio waves" - Tesla was there first too. Unfortunately it happened after
by EricE 6y ago
All the fussing over Marconi was a bit painful to read through - it's not "Marconi's radio waves" - Tesla was there first too. Unfortunately it happened after both their deaths but Marconi's patents were invalidated and Teslas were held up. It's annoying to see this myth about Marconi still perpetuated.
More: https://teslauniverse.com/nikola-tesla/articles/tesla-invented-radio-not-marconi https://teslauniverse.com/nikola-tesla/articles/tesla-invent...
- gregwebs 6y agoThanks, I was thinking the same thing. Marconi deserves credit for developing the concept of radio as we know it for long range communication whereas Tesla invented radio and demonstrated remote control but did not pursue communication. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_radio#Tesla's_boat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_radio#Tesla's_boa...
- fsh 6y agoRadio waves were discovered by Hertz long before Tesla or Marconi were working in the field. When it comes to actual applications of radio, Marconi was certainly much more influential than Tesla despite him holding some early patents. It is also with noting that nationalism probably influenced the american court's ruling against the british Marconi Company [1]. [1] https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_whoradio.html https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_whoradio.html
- Johnythree 6y agoDavid Edward Hughes developed a working Radio system long before either Marconi or Tesla. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Edward_Hughes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Edward_Hughes Nether Marconi or Tesla could claim to have "Invented" Radio as the principles were well documented before they started work.