WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT (1905). An Act to provide for the regulation of Wireless Telegraphy in Canada.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Canada. Parliament.

Verlag: Ottawa: Samuel Edward Dawson, 1905

Beschreibung

Octavo (9.5 inches). 4 & 5 Edward VII, Chapter 49 (Statutes of Canada). Caption title, 2 pages. Royal coat of arms. Neatly extracted from a bound volume. The first practical use of radio communications in Canada was between ship and shore following the first patent for wireless telegraphy technology by Marconi in 1898. In 1904, regulation of wireless telegraphy was made a responsibility of the Department of Marine and Fisheries, and six Marconi stations were erected in the Saint Lawrence River and Atlantic coastal regions to provide communications for shipping activities. Three government ships were also fitted with radio apparatus. By 1905, thirteen wireless telegraph stations were in operation for navigational and commercial use, and the government saw the need for regulation. By this 1905 Act, the first Canadian legislation to regulate radio, required that anyone conducting wireless telegraphy (or related experiments) needed to obtain a licence from the Minister of Marine and Fisheries prior to the installation and operation of any apparatus for wireless telegraphy anywhere in Canada or on any ship of Canadian registry. The development of radio telephony over anything more than short distances did not become practical until the period just prior to World War I. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 122

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Titel: WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT (1905). An Act to ...

Verlag: Ottawa: Samuel Edward Dawson

Erscheinungsdatum: 1905

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition