Re: Marconi, etc. (Stop the nonsense)

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Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Randy by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<randy-at-gte-dot-net>

> I'll concede a goodly amount of respect for H. Hertz.
> Somebody, <I'm thinking it was Malcolm> posted a very good
> explanation of Marconi's radio theory vs. Tesla's, as far as
> tuned-circuits of transmitters goes a few years ago,...2 elements vs. 4
> elements.
> But I'm not aware <pleading ignorance here> of him making
> whoppingly big sparks, or knowing about AC or polyphase AC...

Marconi certainly knew about everything of this. His work was
concentrated in the development of practical radio systems, and
this he surely attained. If he used the ideas of others?
Certainly, as every practical engineer does. Very rare are the cases
whe someone takes a complete complex system out of his mind only.

> And I won't even *mention* Thomas E**son, who'd have us all
> watching soot belch from smokestacks every 3000' or so, if
> we'd been saddled with the genius of his Direct Current.

Many cruelties are said about Edison, Marconi, and about every 
researcher that pursued systematically commercial use for his ideas.
They surely had to pass over others in their pursuit, but were not
for people like these, we would not have many of the things 
(I mean the good ones...) that we have.
 
> IIRC it was the US Supreme Court that "decided" in '43 or so that
> Tesla, and not Marconi, had "invented" radio..... but nobody
> can deny that Hertz got EM waves to travel through space
> w/o wires, first....

The correct ideas were in the heads of many researchers at that
time. Fundamental concepts were demonstrated by separate persons.
Tesla demonstrated advanced radio systems at a very early time,
an for this he eventually received his credit, but it was Marconi 
who turned the thing practical.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz