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.11.

INVENTION and INNOVATION

in the

RADIO INDUSTRY

With o Foreword by KARL T. COMPTON

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This book is a study of great tech-

nological innovations in the radio indus-

try-tracing the development of radio

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from its scientific origins in the 19th

century fo its accomplishments of today,

including FM and television. Attention

is focused on key inventors and innova-

tors to determine what personality re-

quirements are needed for successful

innovation. The role of new firms in in-

troducing technical innovations is ex-

plained. The strengths and weaknesses

of the large corporation in bridging the

gap between scientific research and the

introduction of new commercial prod-

ucts is examined. The book provides also

an opportunity to see how the patent

system hes been working. Has it been

an inducement to invention-to invest-

ment in research? Are there patent

abuses that retard progress and, if so,

how should they be corrected?

The result is a basic descriptive analy-

sis of a major American industry, written

in terms easily understandable to the

layman. It should provide en important

document for the formulation of public

policy. It should also contribute to an

organized and systematic theory of eco-

nomic development based on observa-

tion and experiment.

The book is the first volume in a series

of studies on the economics of innova-

tion being undertaken-under the direc-

tion of Professor Maclaurin-at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jacket design by Meyer 1Vagman

W. RUPERT MACLAURIN

Dr. Maclaurin is Director of the In-

dustrial Relations Section, Massachu-

setts Institute of Technology. He has

had a distinguished career as university professor, industrial aralyst, consultant

to a considerable number of business

concerns and as Secretary, Bowman Committee on Science and the Public

Welfare, Office of Scientific Research and Development. He is author of Economic Planning in Australia and The Movement of Factory Workers.

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I887-Hertz transmits and detects wireless signals in his

laboratory

1896-Marconi receives a radio message over a distance of two

miles

1907-De Forest applies or T.: patent on the triode, revolutionizing

radio art

19I5-American Telephone

telephone signals

and

from

Telegraph Arlington,

transmits wireless

Virginia, to Eiffel

Tower, Paris

I920-First regular broadcasting programs received on modern

vacuum tube sets

1928-Vladimir K. Zworykin produces photo-electric tube for

television transmittal

1933-Introduction of small sets opens new market for receivers; Edwin Armstrong announces system of FM

1936-RCA opens experimental television station of top of

Empire State Building

1941-FCC fixes standards for full commercial operation of tele-

vision broadcasting

with

The

the

story of these innovators and their inventions, "perennial gale of competition" and patent

together litigation

which followed most of the advances, makes a revealing and fasci-

nating history of a great industry.

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