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History
of
Wireless
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The
Guglielmo
Marconi
Case:
Who is the
True
Inventor
of Radio? |
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How
many
mistakes
are there
in our
history
books
after all?
How many
facts are
erroneously
described
and so
replicated
throughout
the world,
while the
reality is
completely
different?
The
invention
of radio
is one of
these
cases.
Despite
the fact
that
almost
every book
mentions
Guglielmo
Marconi as
the
inventor
of radio,
the only
thing
Marconi
did seems
to be
nothing
more than
reproducing
apparati
Nikola
Tesla had
registered
years ago.
Marconi
copied
Tesla,
made some
modifications,
built a
large
industry
producing
radio
devices in
Europe and
spent huge
amounts to
advertise
his
supposed
invention.
Yet,
the
inventor
of radio
is Nikola
Tesla, as
proved by
official
court
decisions
and as
great
scientists
of his era
admit.
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Some
Claimed
Facts
1893 |
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Tesla
carries
his first
experiments
with high
frequency
electric
currents.
The first
demonstration
of
wireless
communication.
In his
articles
and
lectures
Tesla
describes
his first
radio
apparatus
in detail. |
1895 |
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Marconi
presents a
radio
device in
London,
claiming
it as his
invention.
However,
the device
is the
same as
what Tesla
had
already
described
in his
articles.
Later on,
Marconi
will claim
that he
had not
read
Tesla's
articles,
despite
that they
were
translated
in many
languages
very
quickly. |
1897 |
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First
patent
registered
by Nikola
Tesla on
radio
communication,
Patent No.
645576. |
1898 |
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Tesla
constructs
the first
remotely
controlled
boat and
demonstrates
it in New
York. He
registers
this
invention
under
Patent No.
613809. |
1899 |
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Tesla
builds a
large
radio
station in
Colorado
Springs,
USA and
starts his
experiments.
His
observations
are noted
in his
diary. |
1900 |
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Marconi
starts
selling
his radio
apparatus.
Tesla says
he wants
to sue
him. |
1901 |
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Tesla
begins the
construction
of a huge
radio
station in
Wanderclyffe,
near New
York. This
station,
Tesla's
biggest
dream,
would
transmit
electric
signals
and energy
to the
whole
planet. It
was never
completed,
due to
lack of
financial
means. The
same year,
Marconi
transmits
his first
message
over the
Atlantic.
The world
was
impressed,
but did
not learn
that
Marconi
was only
using
Tesla's
Patent No.
645576
(1897). |
1916 |
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Marconi
starts
exploiting
the rights
of his
supposed
invention,
considering
himself,
and not
Tesla, the
patent
holder. |
1917 |
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In
an article
in
"Electrical
Experimenter"
Tesla
announces
a system
to locate
metallic
objects
through
radio
signal
reflection.
This is
the
beginning
of the
radar. |
1943 |
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Nine
months
after
Tesla's
death, the
Supreme
Patent
Court of
the USA
decides
that
Nikola
Tesla must
be
considered
the father
of
wireless
transmission
and radio.
Justifying
its
decision
the court
notes that
in
Marconi's
related
Patent
(No.
763772 of
1904)
there is
nothing
new not
having
been
earlier
published
and
registered
by Tesla.
The Court
considered
Marconi's
claim that
he did not
knew of
Tesla's
patents
false. |
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Tesla's
drawing
published
in 1893,
showing
the first
radio
communication
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Nikola
Tesla
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