Maskelyne-Marconi affair (nonfiction)
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The Maskelyne-Marconi affair refers to the events June 4, 1903 public demonstration by John Ambrose Fleming promoting Marconi (nonfiction)|Guglielmo Marconi]]'s technology which was hacked by Nevil Maskelyne.
Maskelyne, who was Marconi's adversary, ruined Fleming's public demonstration of Marconi's new syntonic system by sending derogatory messages for interference, hurt much of Fleming's credibility.
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- Nevil Maskelyne (magician) (nonfiction)
- Guglielmo Marconi (nonfiction)
- John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)
External links:
- Nevil Maskelyne (magician) @ Wikipedia
- Guglielmo Marconi @ Wikipedia
- John Ambrose Fleming @ Wikipedia
- Inventing the History of on Invention: J. A. Fleming's Route to the Valve by Sungook Hong