ABSTRACT

This accessible work provides a detailed picture of the history of one of the most important companies in the electronic industry.

part I|162 pages

Part one

chapter 1|10 pages

The Stage is Set

chapter 2|10 pages

The Young Signor Marconi

chapter 3|9 pages

The Infant Company

chapter 4|8 pages

Successes and Setbacks

chapter 5|9 pages

Tuning: a Great Step Forward

chapter 6|13 pages

The Transatlantic Gamble

chapter 7|11 pages

‘A Transatlantic Service, but—'

chapter 8|8 pages

Progress and Problems

chapter 9|7 pages

The Growing Competition

chapter 10|6 pages

Further Struggles and Achievements

chapter 11|4 pages

The Invention of the Diode Valve

chapter 12|4 pages

The Directional Antenna

chapter 13|9 pages

More Inventions and Discoveries

chapter 14|6 pages

The Transatlantic Service Realized

chapter 15|7 pages

The Commercial ‘War' with Germany

chapter 16|7 pages

Momentous Events

chapter 17|6 pages

‘The Marconi Scandal'

chapter 18|9 pages

Further Advances in Technology

chapter 19|11 pages

Wireless at the Outbreak of the Great War

chapter 20|5 pages

The Great War (continued)

part II|123 pages

Part two

chapter 21|6 pages

The Post-War Scene

chapter 22|8 pages

The Start of Sound Broadcasting in Britain

chapter 23|7 pages

The Formation of the B.B.C.

chapter 24|6 pages

Sound Broadcasting 1925–1939

chapter 25|12 pages

The Imperial Wireless Scheme Again

chapter 26|10 pages

The Short-Wave Beam System

chapter 27|8 pages

The Cable and Wireless Merger

chapter 28|11 pages

Wireless and Aviation to 1939

chapter 29|6 pages

Developments in Marine Equipment to 1939

chapter 31|11 pages

Television

chapter 32|7 pages

Research and Development to 1939

chapter 34|10 pages

The Old-Time Engineers

chapter 35|9 pages

The Passing of Guglielmo Marconi

part III|106 pages

Part three

chapter 36|4 pages

The Evolution of Radar

chapter 37|9 pages

World War II (Part 1)

chapter 38|10 pages

World War II (Part 2)

chapter 39|11 pages

The English Electric Takeover

chapter 40|3 pages

Prelude to the Post-War Scene

chapter 41|8 pages

Developments in Radar 1945–1965

chapter 42|8 pages

Developments in Aviation 1945–1965

chapter 43|7 pages

Sound Broadcasting 1945–1965

chapter 44|14 pages

Developments in Television 1945–1965

chapter 45|12 pages

Developments in Communications 1945–1965

chapter 48|4 pages

A Last Look Round