Heaviside

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1. Heaviside - Noun

2. Heaviside - Proper noun

Meaning

English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications; in 1902 (independent of A. E. Kennelly) he suggested the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1850-1925)

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Brittain quoting Heaviside letter to Behrend, 1918. Source: Internet

By timing the squegger so that the dot arrived at the far end of the display at the same time as expected signals reflected off the Heaviside layer, the altitude of the layer could be determined. Source: Internet

At the end of the 19th century, Oliver Heaviside used formal Fourier series to manipulate the unit impulse. Source: Internet

Finally, Heaviside made the proposal (1893) to use discrete inductors at intervals along the line. Source: Internet

AT&T later offered Heaviside money in exchange for his rights; it is possible that the Bell engineers' respect for Heaviside influenced this offer. Source: Internet

Brittain p56 There also can be little doubt that Heaviside was the first to publish and many would dispute Pupin's priority. Source: Internet

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