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    You are hereHeinrich HertzNovember 11, 1886
    1877Phonograph Shared thread 1887Photoelectric effect Shared thread 1831Electromagnetic induction Shared thread 1907Audion Shared thread 1876Alexander Graham Bell Shared thread 1959MOSFET Shared thread

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    November 11, 1886

    Heinrich Hertz

    A spark too small to see in normal light crossed a hairline gap in a wire ring metres away — and even the anniversary is unsettled: reputable accounts give three different November dates.

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