Wireless Priest: Archibald Shaw and the Maritime Wireless Telegraph Company
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Around 1910 a forward thinking Catholic priest, Archibald Shaw, was experimenting with spark-gap wireless about a decade before broadcast radio took-off. He founded an engineering factory in the Sydney suburb of Randwick. Shaw was a missionary priest and his intention was to use the wireless sets he manufactured to keep in touch with distant missionaries throughout New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. He hoped that profits from...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1763637506
ISBN13:9781763637504
Release Date:July 2024
Publisher:Studio20
Length:310 Pages
Weight:1.33 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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