Thursday, October 15, 2015

Serbia: 100th Anniversary of Patents of Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin - Dawn of Telecommunications

Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, Ph.D., LL.D., was a Serbian American physicist and physical chemist. Pupin is best known for his numerous patents, including a means of greatly extending the range of long-distance telephone communication by placing loading coils (of wire) at predetermined intervals along the transmitting wire (known as "pupinization").


Pupin was a founding member of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) on March 3, 1915, which later became NASA. Pupin released about 70 technical articles and reviews and 34 patents.



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