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The Development of Telegraphy, 1870-1900: A European Perspective on a World History Challenge [PDF]
This article puts forward that the study of so-called information societies and of the interplay of information technology and society in general needs to be amended from a historical perspective.
Wenzlhuemer, Roland
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Abstract Transformers are widely distributed and extremely important energy conversion equipment in the power system. However, the high altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) can induce a steep pulse voltage with a peak value of up to thousands of kilovolts on the overhead line, and the frequency is up to 100 MHz, which is easy to damage the transformer
Han Wu+5 more
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The First Spanish Short Wave Stations. Development of Radio & Tv Technology [PDF]
In the thirties in Spain there were three big Short Wave Stations. One, belonging to Transradio Española in Aranjuez, 50 kilometers south of Madrid, which rendered radiotelegraphic services to the Canary Islands, Europe and America. Another, belonging to
Romeo Lopez, Jose M.
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Telegraphy is an occult art: Cromwell Fleetwood Varley and the diffusion of electricity to the other world [PDF]
© Cambridge University Press 1999. Paper condensed from chapters of the author's doctoral dissertation. Illustrations 1,2,4 & 5 reproduced by permission of the British Library © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved (4367.150000 DSC; 4367.215500 DSC;
Noakes, Richard
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The History of Wireless Telegraphy at the Eiffel Tower [Historically Speaking]
T. Simpson, Bill Liles, T. Bird
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J. C. Poggendorff: Comment on the Paper by Prof. Kirchhoff (translated and edited by A. K. T. Assis) [PDF]
Editor's Note: An English translation of J. C. Poggendorff's 1857 paper "Bemerkung zu dem Aufsatz des Herrn Prof. Kirchhoff", [Pog57]. This paper is related to Kirchhoff's 1857 paper "On the motion of electricity in wires", [Kir57b] with English translation in [Kir57a], and to Weber's 1864 paper "Electrodynamic measurements, especially on electric ...
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Bad governance in Australia and how to mitigate it
Abstract We argue that new public management (NPM) and other processes have led to adverse selection and agency rent problems within the political elite in Australia. The politicisation of the public service and the rise of careerist politicians have led to the de‐separation of what was once two distinct career paths within the political elite.
Keith Dowding, Marija Taflaga
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Wealth Accumulation: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Abstract This article examines the social and economic impact of the greatly vaunted process of personal wealth accumulation. Recent decades have seen a significant surge in the level of privately owned wealth in the UK, other rich nations and globally. Yet this wealth boom is not associated with an historic boost in innovation and business performance
Stewart Lansley
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Abstract Within the extensive literature on the powers and constraints of British prime ministers, there has been little comparison of the extent to which the premiers themselves have perceived or projected a personal entitlement to determine government policy.
Archie Brown, Nicholas James
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