A HISTORY

OF

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY

1838-1899

INCLUDING SOME BARE-WIRE PROPOSALS

FOR SUBAQUEOUS TELEGRAPHS

BY

J. J. FAHIE

MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, LONDON, AND OF
THE SOCIÉTÉ INTERNATIONALE DES ÉLECTRICIENS, PARIS;

AUTHOR OF

'A HISTORY OF ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHY TO THE YEAR 1837,' ETC.

WITH FRONTISPIECE AND ILLUSTRATIONS

SECOND IMPRESSION

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON

MDCCC C

All Rights reserved

W. H. PREECE, ESQUIRE, C.B., F.R.S.,

Past President, Institution of Electrical Engineers;

President, Institution of Civil Engineers,

&c., &c.,

The First Constructor of a Practical

Wireless Telegraph,

AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF ESTEEM AND FRIENDSHIP,

AND IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MANY

KINDNESSES

EXTENDING OVER MANY YEARS.