To history of radio engineering'S term "antenna"

Abstract

Results of the researches directed on finding-out of a true state of affairs in the history of origin of radio engineering's term of "antenna" are presented in the report. As a result of this report can be considered that the first document, we are aware of that uses the word l'antenne for an electromagnetic transmitter, is a paper by Lucien Poincaré, presented in 30 January 1898 at a Revue générale des sciences pures et ap-pliquées. This paper by Lucien Poincaré contained information that Marconi was the author of radio engineering's term "antenna”. It is shown that radio engineering's term "antenna” was introduced by Marconi, but a main role in expansion of this term to modern radio engineering has an publications of France's scientists Lucien Poincaré, André Broca and A. E. Blondel.