Title :
Reuters "Air Mail"
Author :
Schmitt, Hans Juergen ; Saam, Roland John
Author_Institution :
RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen
Abstract :
The history of pigeons as carriers of information in the pre-electronic time is described, culminating in Reuter\´s unique "pigeon post" in Aachen around 1849, at the transition to electronic telegraphy.
Keywords :
telegraphy; Reuter air mail; electronic telegraphy; information carrier; pigeon post; pre-electronic time; Biomedical optical imaging; Cities and towns; Gaussian processes; History; Marine vehicles; Physics; Poles and towers; Postal services; Telegraphy; Wireless communication; "Reuters Telegraph Company"; Airborne communication system; Cooke; Gauss; Weber; Wheatstone telegraph;
Conference_Titel :
EUROCON, 2007. The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool"
Conference_Location :
Warsaw
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0813-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0813-9
DOI :
10.1109/EURCON.2007.4400695
