{"title":"180 Years of telecommunication in Russia","authors":"O. Makhrovskiy","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487585","url":null,"abstract":"In capital of Russian empire, St.-Petersburg, on October, 21st, 1832 the Russian diplomat and outstanding scientist Baron Pavel L'vovitch Shilling in his big 5-rooms apartment in the house on Tsaritsyn meadow (now Marsovo pole, 7), has arranged the public demonstration of the first electromagnetic telegraph invented by him. So in Russia there was first-ever suitable to practical use an electromagnetic telegraph. This day now is considered as birthday of Russian telecommunication. In this paper we briefly present the biography of Pavel Shilling, describe how the first electromagnetic telegraph has been invented. We also present academician B. S. Jakobi (1801-1874) who continued works of Shilling and created more perfective electromagnetic telegraphs. Finally this paper shows the evolution of telegraph to the modern communication in Russia.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129979954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Bowers, R. Galdi, S. Jeszenszky, F. Pietra, A. Savini
{"title":"The Giovi line and the three-phase electrification","authors":"B. Bowers, R. Galdi, S. Jeszenszky, F. Pietra, A. Savini","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487562","url":null,"abstract":"The three-phase railway electrification was largely developed in Italy early in 20th century and became known as the “Italian system” for railway electrification. It proved a suitable system, in particular, for railways facing high slopes. The first experiment, carried out for the Valtellina line in 1902, was followed in 1911-1913 by that of the Giovi line connecting the Mediterranean sea (Genoa) to the Po valley and the continental Europe. In the following three decades in Italy over 1800 kms where electrified at 3400 V 16.7 Hz. The paper describes the origin and the characteristics of the Giovi line.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115121380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"History of developing and commercializing families of solid-state calculators","authors":"T. Chiba, T. Iwase, Y. Yoshida, I. Shirakawa","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487586","url":null,"abstract":"Beginning with the first all-electronic transistorized desktop calculator released in June of 1964., Sharp Corporation commercialized a sequence of solid-state calculators in rapid succession one after another by adopting germanium and silicon transistors, bipolar and MOS IC's, MOS and CMOS LSI's, LCD's, and photovoltaic-cells. The present article outlines Sharp's history of developing and commercializing these families of solid-state calculators, for which IEEE Milestone of Electrical Engineering and Computing was awarded in December 2005.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120959080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collecting the old and the new at the Pavia Museum of Electrical Technology","authors":"R. Galdi, F. Pietra, A. Savini","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487557","url":null,"abstract":"In 2011 the University of Pavia celebrated 650 years from its foundation as a Studium Generale. During the long history of this ancient university scientific museums have been created to collect original and curious things as teaching aids. Most of these museums still exist, but their mission has changed. They no longer collect the new; they only preserve the old. The Pavia Museum of Electrical Technology is different. Its origin is in the last two decades of the 20th century when old and new apparatus began to be collected for teaching purpose, thus continuing the original mission of a University museum. An extensive collection was soon gathered and a modern building was erected to accommodate it. The new Museum was opened in March 2007. The paper describes the origin and the mission of this modern museum and its special features.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132035153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Landscape and electrical transmission lines: A cultural approach to the international context","authors":"S. Morosini, F. Trisoglio","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487571","url":null,"abstract":"From a technical point of view, the international debate about the history of electrical transmission lines is widespread. Overhead lines and pylons, however, could be also analyzed in their cultural, aesthetic and natural meanings. In fact, they are symbols of modernity keeping the pace with the evolution of structures and technologies - since their origins until the present time. This essay is based on a comparative method, focusing on the international, historical context. At the same time, it was conceived as a multidisciplinary approach, linked to different themes: History of technology, Geography, Social and Political History, Literature and Arts.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129751283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rediscovering the very first Italian digital computer","authors":"G. Cignoni, F. Gadducci","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487563","url":null,"abstract":"Until recently, the ELEA 9003 by Olivetti and the CEP by the University of Pisa were considered the first digital computers built in Italy. The CEP was the final outcome of a project carried out from 1955 to 1961 by the University of Pisa with a substantial participation of Olivetti. Actually, this seven years long project delivered a first fully functional computer already in 1957: the MR. However, for a number of reasons, the relevance of MR has been overlooked by previous researchers that underestimated its accomplishments. This paper offers a revised introduction to the history of the CEP project and adds an original chapter, devoted to the MR. We also briefly present the experimental archeology project that rediscovered the MR. In particular, we highlight the benefits that a re building approach brings to the proper reconstruction and to the correct evaluation of historical events.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127628999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Volta onwards: A variety of electrical batteries in the Pavia Museum of Electrical Technology","authors":"P. Brenni, R. Galdi, F. Pietra, A. Savini","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487561","url":null,"abstract":"The Pavia Museum of Electrical Technology preserves a remarkable collection of a number of electric batteries of the 19th and 20th centuries, deposited by the Govoni family. Starting from replicas of the original battery invented by Alessandro Volta, a professor of the Pavia University, it is therefore possible to make a journey through the history of electrochemical batteries, in particular, produced in the past two centuries. The variety of batteries includes primary and secondary batteries, different according to the nature of the electrodes and of the electrolyte, batteries with one or two liquids, wet and dry batteries, etc.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114632433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Rosa, E. Rovida, S. Graziosi, P. Giudici, C. Guarnaschelli, D. Bongini
{"title":"Dishwasher history and its role in modern design","authors":"F. Rosa, E. Rovida, S. Graziosi, P. Giudici, C. Guarnaschelli, D. Bongini","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487574","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487574","url":null,"abstract":"The fundamental steps in the development of electrical technologies have determined their strong diffusion in several applications that were previously hand operated and controlled. The household appliance industry is one of the sectors where this permeation had the major effects, fostering a continuous search for new design perspectives. Capturing such product evolution is fundamental in order to preserve knowledge coming from past experiences, which could act as a stimulus for new technical solutions or socio-economic analysis. Starting from the description of the dishwasher historical evolution, in this paper an approach to preserve such precious knowledge is presented: a functional representation of that knowledge is proposed end its role in modern design is discussed.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132808215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conferences, technical societies and development — A history of synergy","authors":"J. Baal-Schem","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487558","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is about IEEE Region 8 Conferences, their raison d'être and their impact on the development of Electro-technology in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), which constitute the geographical area of the Region. The claim is that technology conferences, held by `learned societies' in different parts of Region 8, were necessary for the technological development of the Region, in order to highlight and discuss the problems with which technology world is coping. In order to set up these conferences, technology experts needed technical societies, such as IEEE, to enable - among other activities - this facility. On the other hand, the holding of these Conferences contributed to the technological development of the Region and to the contact between scientists and engineers, for the benefit of Humanity. Thereby, IEEE Region 8 and the series of EUROCON, MELECON, AFRICON etc. conferences had a synergetic effect on the technological development of EMEA during the last 50 years (1960-2010). In a business application, synergy means that teamwork will produce an overall better result than if each person within the group were working toward the same goal individually and it is claimed that by creating the awareness about the latest inventions, issues and concerns of technology among technologists, IEEE Conferences, organized by Region 8 Operating units, have largely contributed to the technological development of EMEA in the fields related to IEEE activities.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130775519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Anglo-Italian connection documented in the IET Rare Book and archives collections","authors":"L. Symons","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487577","url":null,"abstract":"The IET in London hold the extensive collections of books and pamphlets on electrical and other topics gathered by Sir Francis Ronalds and Silvanus Thompson, who both travelled in Itlay. Other collections include correspondence and the diary which Michael Faraday wrote when he visited Italy and other countries in 1813-15. More recently Gordon Rawcliffe visited Italy to study three-phase railway electrification in the course of his work on induction motors.","PeriodicalId":315681,"journal":{"name":"2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115445971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}