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Electromagnetic wave receiver — Aleksandr Popov

1895 AD · Transmission: Parallel
TechnologyInventionRussian

On 7 May 1895, Aleksandr Popov demonstrates before the Russian Physical and Chemical Society in St. Petersburg an electromagnetic wave receiver based on a metal-filings coherer, antenna, and relay, initially conceived as a lightning-storm detector. In March 1896 he uses it to transmit the first real message in Morse code over 250 meters. Popov worked under a Russian Navy non-disclosure clause, which prevented him from patenting his invention and worked against him relative to Marconi's later recognition.

InstitutionNaval Engineering School / Russian Physical and Chemical Society, St. Petersburg
Historical regionRussian Empire
Primary sourceDemonstration before the Russian Physical and Chemical Society, St. Petersburg, 7 May 1895
Secondary sourceIEEE Engineering and Technology History Wiki — "Milestones: Popov's Contribution to the Development of Wireless Communication, 1895"; IEEE Xplore — Pérez Yuste et al., "Contribution of Prof Alexander S Popov to the development of wireless communications"
Original languageRussian
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