Re: [MV] Interesting tid bits about British military inventions

From: Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Apr 10 2005 - 20:10:18 PDT


Time to do a search on Crosely.

Joe

--- Convoy Magazine <convoymagazine@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Uh boy, yer gonna get it ;-) teehee
>
> Actually I kinda think the Mosquito was the best
> fighter, arguably THE fastest prop plane, could
> carry
> almost as much payload as the venerated B-17 but
> with
> a two man crew and twice as fast. Dozens
> ofsuccessful
> variants.. and I guess Brit design
>
> HOWEVER, as for radio, please realize that Canadian
> Reginald Fessenden was the first to successfully
> create what we know as radio..a voice transmission
> without wires..
> Fessendan also invented the fathometer and a couple
> other things and was granted
>
> Marconi was a great businessman and was, if Im not
> mistaken successfully sued by Tesla(?) for
> infringement of his patents amongst others..His
> theory
> on sound waves was incorrect and he was still using
> Morse when Fessenden was successfully sending voice
> and music!

                
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