A desperate drama played out in the Marconi wireless telegraph rooms of the doomed Titanic on the night it sank more than 100 years ago, killing about 1,500 people. Now, the story of the ship’s ...

WIRELESS telegraphy is destined to play an important part in the wars of the future, but it is of practical value every day to the armies and navies of the world, even in the piping times of peace.

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In the final hours it took the R.M.S. Titanic to sink, wireless telegraph operators issued a series of increasingly frantic messages calling for rescue. They went from detailed to desperate. The ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Wireless Telegraph Set for Cavalry ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 105 No. 19 (November 1911), p. 408 doi:10.1038 ...

The Marconi wireless radio system played an important role on the Titanic. After the ship struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912, the system was used to send out distress signals to other ships.

This article was originally published with the title “ The Slaby-Arco Portable Field Equipment for Wireless Telegraphy ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 85 No. 26 (December 1901), p. 425 ...

A chain of wireless telegraph stations down the East Coast, ... customer was the Navy — 26 vessels of Teddy Roosevelt’s “Great White Fleet” were outfitted with de Forest’s equipment.

The device, featuring a built-in satellite transmitter, was found to be in violation of the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1933, which prohibits the possession of wireless telegraphy equipment ...

The device, featuring a built-in satellite transmitter, was found to be in violation of the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1933, which prohibits the possession of wireless telegraphy equipment ...

In the final hours it took the R.M.S. Titanic to sink, wireless telegraph operators issued a series of increasingly frantic messages calling for rescue. They went from detailed to desperate. The ...