Papers concerning directional wireless and direction finding
MS. Marconi 370
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Papers concerning directional wireless and direction finding
Shelfmark
MS. Marconi 370
Summary
Comprises:
Letter from Cuthbert Hall to Marconi about the possibility of ascertaining a ship's position, 1901
Telegrams between Marconi and Kemp about experiments with directional aerials, 1905
Correspondence with the Admiralty concerning directional transmission and reception, and the possibility of direction finding, 1906
Correspondence about the use of directional wireless on Belgian ships, 1906
Paper by Marconi on directional transmission and reception, 1906
Letter from W.T. Ditcham discussing technical aspects of a direction finder, 1915
Letter from H.C. Kenworthy to the Chief of the Field and Air Division of the company, reporting the successful location [by direction finding] of an unlicensed transmitter during the General Strike, with an organisation chart prepared (according to a later note) for services during the strike, and copies of newspapers issued at the time, 1926
Date
1901-26
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Papers relating to Marconi and the development of wireless telegraphy
Technical papers
Papers concerning directional wireless and direction finding
