Thursday, June 12, 2014

Manual of Wireless Telegraphy 1915

Steve Davis sent me some scans, and I cleaned them up in my usual obsessive fashion. We considered whether it made sense to scan the whole thing and issue it as an e-book, but in the end it seemed like not enough people would buy it to justify the labor. However, here are the four test pages we did, so enjoy!





As always, you can click on the object to produce the largest version.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Early Adopter

Today it's smartphones, but in the early days of radio it was kids showing grandfathers how it worked. By Norman Rockwell, no less. Thanks to Jim Haack at powerangers for the scan.

Monday, June 2, 2014