I spent the past two days searching through
"America's Historical Newspapers" archive to find out about the invention of the radio and searching for it's relationship with progressivism. What I have found out is that the invention of the radio was a monumental leap into how live in the 21st century is lived. The initial radio wasn't what what you have in your car, that you love to listen to driving down the road. It was much more akin to the phone that you use everyday, but obviously not hand held and and couldn't be put in a pocket. I was much more akin to a telegraph, but it was wireless, which was an incredible leap forward, especially for the navy during war time. The radio at this time was known as a "wireless telephone" Navy ships could communicate with each other, and even bach to land. This allowed for strategies to be planned and for lines of communications to be open.
While this was an incredibly progressive invention , some dispute occurred when it came to taking ownership of the fascinating new invention. The Pawtucket Times wrote on March 4, 1898 about the several different men that lay their claims on the invention of the radio. However it was in fact Guglielmo Marconi that truly made the physical invention. The other scientists, such as Heinrich Rudolph Hertz proved that radio waves did in fact exist.
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| This is one of the many scientists that is accredited with the invention of the radio, Guglielmo Marconi. |
Eventually the radio that we think of today was developed from the initial radio invention. The transmission of a voice was achieved from over 600 miles! The line ran from New York to Philadelphia. Today the same thing is achieved and we can listen to the radio in our cars everyday, and the "wireless telephone" evolved into the cellphones that we use today, no longer "dots and dashes".
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A car radio today, serves the same purpose today as it did when it was first invented
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| This is a radio similar to what would have been used on a navy ship |
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