Lee De Forest Papers 1884-1955

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Lee De Forest Papers 1884-1955

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Radio pioneer and inventor. Correspondence, diaries, technical notes and other material relating to De Forest's inventions in radio and electronics and their effect in sound recording and transmission, efforts to exploit his discoveries through various business ventures, and his competition with Guglielmo Marconi in the field of wireless communication.

375 items; 4 containers; 1.6 linear feet; 2 microfilm reels

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Marconi, Guglielmo, marchese, 1874-1937

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Guglielmo Marconi, Italian-born physicist and inventor of wireless transmission. From the description of Guglielmo Marconi manuscript material : 1 item, 1899 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 727146246 From the guide to the Guglielmo Marconi manuscript material : 1 item, 1899, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian physicist who spent much of his professional life in Grea...

De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961

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Lee De Forest was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on August 26, 1873. He was a graduate of the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University in 1896 and received a Ph.D. from Yale in 1899. He was an important contributor in the development of wireless telegraphy in the United States. He started multiple radio broadcasting companies and patented 300 inventions in his lifetime. In 1904, he was awarded the gold medal at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. He died on June 30, 1961. F...