... not possible for him to improve his system without knowing what to improve (i.e. the stability and purity of the produced but still unknown waves at the transmitting end and the sensibility of the receiver). The situation was different two decades later: The development of broadcasting had not been anticipated by Marconi at all [Rosenberg, 1994]. This time, though, I would argue that ... it was not a lacking sense of economy. It was not a problem of science or technology, either, although there were some steps that had to be taken on the journey from telegraphy to radio. But even ... w...

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