| A Handbook of Wireless Telegraphy: Its Theory and Practice, for the Use of Electrical Engineers, Students, and Operators Contributor(s): Erskine-Murray, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511795416 ISBN-13: 9780511795411 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | History - Technology & Engineering | Radio |
| Dewey: 621.384 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology |
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| Publisher Description: James Erskine-Murray (1868-1927) was a Scots expert in wireless technology who studied under Lord Kelvin for six years at Glasgow University before arriving at Trinity College, Cambridge as a research student. He eventually became a telegraphy consultant and published this work in 1907. Its aim was to inform engineers, students, and radio operators about many aspects of a rapidly changing technology. The book covers recent developments of the time, and a whole chapter is dedicated to the issue of transmission. Erskine-Murray also provided a chapter of tables containing data which he calculated himself and which had not appeared in print before. The work stands as a classic in the field of early engineering texts, and offers contemporary students and radio enthusiasts a useful guide to early wireless technology. |