While I was preparing a paper to Bilisim'06 (Information and telecommunication technology conference - 2006) took place in Ankara, I needed some historical data concerning the first wireless installation in Turkey, and I found this book in the Internet. It is very comprehensive book giving the most important information concerning the deployment of wire and wireless telegraph network in the World as well as the first transmitter in Istanbul installed in 1912. I really recommend this book to the reseachers for history of telecommunications.
Author(s): K. G. Beauchamp
Series: I E E History of Technology Series
Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 439
Tags: Связь и телекоммуникации;История связи и телекоммуникаций;
Contents......Page 8
List of figures......Page 14
List of tables......Page 18
Preface......Page 19
Abbreviations......Page 22
PART 1 – TERRESTRIAL TELEGRAPHY......Page 26
1 Things mechanical......Page 28
1.1 Shutter systems......Page 29
1.2 Chappé’s telegraph......Page 31
1.3 Popham and the Admiralty installation......Page 33
1.4 Some semaphore systems in Europe......Page 39
1.5 Semaphore in the United States......Page 41
1.6 Operations......Page 42
References......Page 43
2.1 Electrostatic devices......Page 45
2.2 Electrochemical devices......Page 47
2.3 The ‘needle’ telegraphs......Page 49
2.4 Cooke and Wheatstone......Page 55
2.5 Telegraphy on the railways......Page 59
2.6 Dial telegraphs......Page 65
2.7 Codes and ciphers......Page 72
References......Page 74
3.1 Morse and single-line working......Page 76
3.2 Telegraph companies in the United States......Page 82
3.3 Development in Britain......Page 94
3.4 The Telegraph Acts of 1868–69......Page 98
3.4.1 The Electric & International Telegraph Company......Page 99
3.4.3 The London & District Telegraph Company......Page 102
3.4.4 The United Kingdom Electric TelegraphCompany......Page 103
3.4.5 The Universal Private Telegraph Company......Page 104
3.4.7 The Exchange Telegraph Company......Page 105
3.5 Faster, cheaper telegrams......Page 106
3.6 Recording and printing......Page 110
3.7 Overhead or underground?......Page 115
3.8 Telegraphy in British India......Page 119
References......Page 124
4 Military operations......Page 127
4.1 War in the Crimea......Page 128
4.2 The Indian Mutiny......Page 133
4.3 The American Civil War......Page 135
4.4 European conflicts......Page 140
4.5 African colonial wars......Page 142
4.5.1 The Nile and Egyptian campaigns......Page 144
4.5.2 The Boer War......Page 147
4.7 The Telegraph Battalion......Page 151
4.8 The Society of Telegraph Engineers......Page 152
4.9 British Army signalling......Page 153
References......Page 157
5.1 Leaving the land......Page 159
5.2 Gutta-percha......Page 160
5.3 Crossing the Channel......Page 163
5.4 The Siberian Telegraph......Page 167
5.5 Oceanic cables......Page 172
5.6 Theory and techniques......Page 173
5.6.1 Loading......Page 176
5.6.2 Sensitive detectors......Page 177
5.7 Atlantic crossing......Page 179
5.8 Links to South America......Page 181
5.9 Cable-laying technology......Page 183
5.10 A Committee of Inquiry......Page 185
5.11 A Cable to India . . .......Page 187
5.12 . . . and further East......Page 193
5.13 The Australian connection......Page 196
5.14 The world encompassed......Page 199
References......Page 203
PART 2 – AERIAL TELEGRAPHY......Page 206
6 Marconi and the experimenters......Page 208
6.1 Beginnings......Page 209
6.2 Marconi......Page 211
6.3 Transatlantic attempt......Page 215
6.4 Spark and arc......Page 217
6.4.1 ‘Short spark’ operation......Page 219
6.4.2 The electric arc......Page 225
6.4.3 The high-frequency alternator......Page 226
6.4.4 Frequency multiplication......Page 227
6.5 Production and power......Page 229
6.5.1 The ‘Marconi system’......Page 231
6.5.2 Marconi high-power stations......Page 233
6.5.4 Telefunken and Siemens......Page 235
6.5.6 Continuous waves in the United States......Page 240
References......Page 246
7 Telegraphy for peace . . .......Page 249
7.1.1 Detection......Page 250
7.1.2 Amplification and oscillation......Page 252
7.1.3 Transmission......Page 254
7.2 Linking the Empire......Page 256
7.2.1 Cable and wireless......Page 263
7.3 Maritime communication......Page 265
7.3.1 Wireless training in the merchant navy......Page 269
7.3.2 Codes, telegrams and newspapers at sea......Page 271
7.4 Life-saving at sea......Page 273
7.5 International agreements......Page 279
7.6 Civil aviation......Page 282
7.7 The role of amateurs......Page 285
References......Page 287
8 . . . and at war......Page 291
8.1 Army wireless before 1914......Page 292
8.2 War on the ground, 1914–18......Page 293
8.2.1 Wireless direction-finding......Page 294
8.2.2 Trench warfare......Page 297
8.2.3 Wireless at the front......Page 301
8.2.4 Two military engagements......Page 306
8.3 The inter-war years......Page 309
8.4 War on the ground, 1939–45......Page 310
8.4.1 Line working......Page 311
8.4.2 The African campaigns......Page 313
8.4.3 Communication systems......Page 314
8.4.4 Across the Channel......Page 317
8.5 Army wireless in the Second World War......Page 319
8.5.1 Allied wireless equipment......Page 321
8.5.2 German Army wireless......Page 326
8.6 British Army training and recruitment......Page 329
References......Page 330
9.1 Wireless experiments at sea......Page 333
9.2 War at sea, 1914–18......Page 339
9.2.1 Shipboard wireless equipment......Page 342
9.2.2 The Naval wireless telegraph network......Page 347
9.2.3 Cable operations......Page 348
9.3 The shore stations......Page 349
9.4 The inter-war years......Page 352
9.5 War at sea, 1939–45......Page 354
9.5.1 Allied wireless equipment......Page 358
9.5.2 German wireless equipment......Page 362
9.6 Cable ships and cables......Page 365
9.7 British naval wireless training......Page 367
References......Page 370
10.1 The dirigible......Page 373
10.2 War in the air, 1914–18......Page 375
10.2.1 British airborne equipment......Page 378
10.2.2 Training telegraphists for air operations......Page 384
10.2.3 American airborne equipment......Page 385
10.2.4 German airborne equipment......Page 387
10.3 The inter-war years......Page 390
10.3.1 Use of shorter wavelengths......Page 392
10.3.2 The 1929 development programme......Page 394
10.4 War in the air, 1939–45......Page 395
10.4.1 British airborne equipment......Page 396
10.4.2 American airborne equipment......Page 401
10.4.3 German airborne equipment......Page 402
10.5 RAF wireless training......Page 408
References......Page 411
11.1 The demise of Morse......Page 414
11.2 High-speed telegraphy......Page 415
11.3 Baudot and the new codes......Page 416
11.3.1 Keyboard machines......Page 421
11.3.2 The teleprinter......Page 422
11.3.3 Military use of the teleprinter......Page 423
11.4.1 The telex service......Page 424
11.4.2 Telephony by submarine cable and satellite......Page 426
11.5 The digital revolution......Page 428
References......Page 429
Index......Page 430
