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Radio Inquiry Unit
Listen in as radio expert Al Klase of the New Jersey Antique Radio Club explains the effects radio had on society and culture in the 1920s and watch as he demonstrates and tunes in a station on an aut…
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Radio Inquiry Unit
This video explores the beginnings of broadcast radio in the home, thanks to Pittsburgh’s KDKA radio station and Westinghouse, which made radio receivers. The electromagnetic “magic” found in sm…
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UAV (Drones) Inquiry Unit
Historic insights into unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), from the Civil War through to today. See how aerial balloons were an integral part of early UAV or drone history and follow the technological p…
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UAV (Drones) Inquiry Unit
UAV (Drones) Inquiry Unit Manned aerial balloons were used for gathering intelligence before the modern development of unpiloted reconnaissance aircraft. In these photos, taken by Matthew Brady on …
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Radio Inquiry Unit
Radio Inquiry Unit Electric Waves, Being Researches on the Propagation of Electric Action with Finite Velocity Through Space, by Dr. Heinrich Hertz, 1857-1894. The English translation of Hertz…
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Radio Inquiry Unit IEEE Biography of Guglielmo Marconi "Marconi was born in Italy in 1874 to Giuseppe and Annie Jameson Marconi. His father was a prosperous Italian landowner and his mother was…
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Radio Inquiry Unit and Information Theory Inquiry Unit
An Exhibit by the IEEE History Center (1981) Written by Robert D. Friedel “It was 150 years ago that the English scientist Michael Faraday discovered that he could generate electricity with magnet…
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Radio Inquiry Unit - Supporting Questions 1A IEEE Milestone's: Maxwell's Equations, 1860-1871 Visit Source Download PDF…
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Early Maritime Navigation Inquiry Unit
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Early Maritime Navigation Inquiry Unit
Early Maritime Navigation – Compass Lesson Visit Source Download PDF…
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