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Karl Ferdinand Braun

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Karl Ferdinand Braun , 1850-1918, German physicist. Braun taught at the Univ. of Marburg, Strasbourg Univ., Karlsruhe's Technische Hochschule, and the Univ. of Tübingen before being named director of Physics institute at Strasbourg in 1895. He conducted researches in electricity (an electrometer and a cathode-ray tube bear his name) and the transmission of signals by radio waves (wireless telegraphy). For his pioneering work on wireless telegraphy he shared with Marconi the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics. Author not available, BRAUN, KARL FERDINAND. , The Columbia Encyclopedia,... Read more
Ferdinand Braun
Encyclopedia of World Biography Ferdinand Braun The German physicist Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918) received ... wireless telegraphy. Karl Ferdinand Braun was born in Fulda ... Franziska (Gohring) Braun. Upon graduation ... rods and strings. Braun's career began at ... Read more
Marconi, Guglielmo
Computer Sciences ... systems. Many honors were bestowed on him, including the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909, which he shared with Karl Ferdinand Braun who modified Marconi's transmitters to increase their range and usefulness. Marconi's business empire stretched ... Read more

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Technical Aid for the TV Set
The Washington Post; 4/26/1987; Vic Sussman; 787 words ; ... your heart, and offer silent thanks to the memory of Karl Ferdinand Braun, Vladimir K. Zworykin and Philo Farnsworth. No, they ... planning to contribute to this statistic, you-like Karl, Vlad and Philo-could probably use a capsule guide ... Read more
Screen decisions
The Press; 4/13/2004; HERMAN, Michael; 787 words ; ... competition. Although first used in televisions in the 1940s, the CRT was discovered in 1897 when German scientist Karl Ferdinand Braun found it was possible to use alternating voltages to send controlled streams of electrons from one end of a tube ... Read more
Co-Founder Leaves TV Display Developer Plasmaco, Now Owned by Matsushita.
Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY); 1/21/2004; 327 words ; ... well-respected member of his field. In May 2000, Weber received the Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize from the Society for Information Display for his contributions ... Middletown, N.Y. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. TICKER SYMBOL(S): MC, 6752 Read more
Marriage Licenses
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 11/12/2005; 787 words ; ... M. Heinaman, 27, of 127 W. Ferdinand St., Manheim, son of Michael ... Way, Red Lion, daughter of Karl W. and Betty Lee Bennington. Easton M. Braun, 25, of 2788 Old Philadelphia ... son of Jerome G. and Sheila Braun, and Kara E. Renn, 24 of 2688 ... Read more
NEW CASES BEFORE THE DISTRICT COURT
The Journal Record; 2/13/1990; 622 words ; ... Earman, David W. Atty;Assg Div S-4 Hon. Karl Gray. CS-90-751 - Brac Credit Corporation ... FD-90-927 - Matos Barbara Leanne Vs Matos Ferdinand Jr; Alleged Divorce; Vallejo, Richard ... Vs Murray Randall Jon; Alleged Divorce; Braun, Charles Gilbert Atty;Assg Div S-17 -Hon ... Read more
TI's Larry J. Hornbeck Wins Awards for DLP Technology
Wireless News; 12/6/2004; 317 words ; Wireless News 12-06-2004 TI's Larry J. Hornbeck Wins Awards for DLP Technology WIRELESS NEWS-6 December 2004-TI's Larry J. Hornbeck ... Television Arts & Sciences (1998), the Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize from the Society for Information ... Read more
Society for Information Display Honors 2008 Winners
Wireless News; 3/14/2008; 524 words ; Wireless News 03-14-2008 Society for Information Display Honors 2008 Winners WIRELESS NEWS-March 14, 2008-Society for Information ... outstanding technical achievement award, the Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize, for the pioneering discovery ... Read more
Radio waves across the water; RETROSPECTIVE WALES - MARCONI: Pioneer's wireless transmissions ushered in a new era of communications.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 12/18/2001; 636 words ; ... established for public use. In 1909, Marconi received a Nobel Prize in physics jointly with the German physicist Karl Ferdinand Braun. He died in Italy in 1937. Wales in 1901 ONE of the worst disasters to hit the South Wales coalfield occurred at ... Read more

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