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Early History Data Networks 1st Edition

by Gerard J. Holzmann (Author)

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Most of us would consider the emergence of large-scale communication networks to be a 20th century phenomenon. Yet, the first nationwide data networks were built not in this century but almost 200 years ago. Well before the electromagnetic telegraph was invented, many countries in Europe had fully operational data communications systems, with altogether close to 1,000 network stations.

This book gives a fascinating glimpse of the many documented attempts throughout history to develop effective means for long-distance communications. The oldest attempts date back to millennia before Christ, and include ingenious uses of homing pigeons, mirrors, flags, torches, and beacons.

The book then shows how Claude Chappe, a French clergyman, started the information revolution in 1794 with the design and construction of the first true telegraph network in France. Another chapter contains the first complete English translation of a remarkable document on the design of optical telegraphs networks, originally written in 1796 by the Swedish nobleman Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz.

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0818667826
ISBN-13

978-0818667824
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1st
Publisher

John Wiley & Sons
Publication date

November 30, 1994
Language

English
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7 x 0.7 x 9.25 inches
Print length

308 pages
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Most of us would consider the emergence of large-scale communication networks to be a twentieth-century phenomenon. The first nationwide data networks, however, were built almost two hundred years ago. At the end of the eighteenth century, well before the electromagnetic telegraph was invented, many countries in Europe had fully operational data communications systems, with altogether close to one thousand network stations.

This book gives a fascinating glimpse of the many documented attempts throughout history to develop effective means for long-distance communications. The oldest attempts date back to millennia before Christ, and include ingenious uses of homing pigeons, mirrors, flags, torches, and beacons.

The book then shows how Claude Chappe, a French clergyman, started the information revolution in 1794, with the design and construction of the first true telegraph network in France. Another chapter contains the first English translation of a remarkable document on the design of optical telegraphs networks, originally written in 1796 by the Swedish nobleman Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ John Wiley & Sons; 1st edition (November 30, 1994)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 308 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0818667826
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0818667824
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.7 x 9.25 inches

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Gerard Holzmann worked as a researcher in the Bell Labs Computing Science Research Center before moving to NASA/JPL to head a newly formed Laboratory for Reliable Software (LaRS). He authored several broadly used tools for image processing and software analysis, including an influential early image editing system called Pico, the logic model checker Spin, and the interactive static source code analyzer Cobra. He currently leads Nimble Research, a small consulting company close to Los Angeles.

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Andrew Cumberland

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Too expensive but my city library system did not have it.

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Ahmet Oral

A real reference book

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2006

Since I am member of Anatolian Sailing Club, I am requested to prepare a training document for communication at sea. I liked to give an historical reference to each communication technique used at sea today, and I purchased this book from Amazon. I noticed that the content is very useful in giving all historical background of telecommunication tools.

I really recommend this book to all readers dealing with the history of telecommunications.

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